Bryan

A gripping story with a great sense of reality and brilliant survival tactics. While Mark found himself in some dire situations, he tend to get out of them pretty fast. It seemed like more really tense moments needed to occur during the middle of the book.

The best part about this was the writing style. It's full of dry humor and vulgarity that you would expect from someone stuck on Mars for a couple of years.

Informative and inspiring, I haven't been sucked into a book like this for quite some time now.

Damn, what an honest biography.

A design classic from the '60s, this book introduces the simple concept of the relationship of a dot and a line and then provides a ton of examples of varying complexity. There isn't much to read beyond the first few pages, but it's timeless and fun to flip through.

One of the most powerful books (graphic novel, or otherwise) that I've ever read. It's a gripping look at the struggle and survival of the authors parents during their stay at the concentration camps during WW2.

The illustrations are also masterful, I recommend watching this short video essay on the amount of detail and thought that goes into the layout of each page - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dQEfL2BfUM

This book had a lot of hype that I feel was a bit unwarranted. The short form style of writing should be kept to a blog format.

If you've been to Japan and have enjoyed any of Monocle's Travel Guides, this is going to be right up your alley. Beautiful photos, foiled gold details on the cover, and tons of interesting content within. I want to go back after finishing this.