The Bookshelves Project
I was searching for a place on the internet where one can find the bookshelves of great thinkers and scientists.
This could mean lists of what they are or were reading, "shelfies" (high resolution photos of their book shelves, so that one can identify the books), or other visual representations.
Sadly I wasn't (yet) able to find such a project. In the meantime I'm starting it myself.
Please reach out to me if you found relevant additions, to send me your own shelfies, or if you want me to come by to take some photos of your bookshelf when I'm in your area of the world.
This could mean lists of what they are or were reading, "shelfies" (high resolution photos of their book shelves, so that one can identify the books), or other visual representations.
Sadly I wasn't (yet) able to find such a project. In the meantime I'm starting it myself.
Please reach out to me if you found relevant additions, to send me your own shelfies, or if you want me to come by to take some photos of your bookshelf when I'm in your area of the world.
List of Bookshelves
- Gates, Bill: His blog contains a dedicated section about books and readings; also features on WIRED
- Kahneman, Daniel: his edge lecture is close to a shelfie, but doesn't fully qualify
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas: Books by his writing table, Twitter (2017)
- Victor, Bret: bookshelf from 2015 is available on his website
- Wolfram, Stephen: posted his Mathematica-related bookshelf on Twitter (2021)
Related projects and general Book lists:
Should this project grow significantly, I'll create a dedicated website for it.
- "Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books" by Leah Price
- The Bookshelves of 10 Successful Leaders
- Civilization Emerging Reading List
- Jordan B. Peterson: Great Books List and Books everyone should read
- more to come
Should this project grow significantly, I'll create a dedicated website for it.