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Have you read the William Manchester biography of of MacArthur [...] It's incredible!
— Ryan Holiday
2021-07-09 on youtube.com
The best books I read this year. Thanks @austinkleon and @susanorlean and among others. If you want reading recommendations, sign up for the reading list email at https://t.co/9yuC15FLai. Can’t believe it is in its tenth year. https://t.co/dXeMpcFjsj pic.twitter.com/m7gEc6NDpF
— Ryan Holiday
2019-12-15 on twitter.com
https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday/status/1206247396797304832
Six weeks on the road for the new book. This is what I managed to read. https://t.co/X030F0JM5i pic.twitter.com/mJTHp6RMQ1
— Ryan Holiday
2019-11-13 on twitter.com
https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday/status/1194624351653552128
Great question. I think it's complicated. If you read the new Chernow book he paints a nuanced picture of Grant's presidency that I found quite compelling. At the same time, it's clear Grant did not do the work on himself required to be a great President. Eisenhower made the transition from soldier to statesman. Grant didn't quite get there. Ego had something to do with it. Naïveté did as well. [...] Very tough. I think Manchester and Caro are tied. Chernow is third. The first two are more poetic and beautiful in their prose. They seem to really get inside the skin of their subjects.
— Ryan Holiday
2019-10-29 on reddit.com