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Welcome to Books & Articles Weekly. The territory doesn't seem to suffer the summer doldrums, as we keep getting good stuff to read. The top five are worth your time, but also check out the index to discover some gems.

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Thanks to everyone who contributed.

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be valuable, so I will only only exercise discretion for low quality links
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Books & Articles Weekly, Issue123

Top Posts Of The Week

• Meditations Book Club: Book1 by @Undisciplined
• I've been thinking about some stuff, no, it's not clickbait, or isit? by @samhainsam
• BOOK on BOOKS: "I Am Not Your Bruh," by George Mekhail by @denlillaapan
• Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m cable to avoid Dobby's 'grave' by
  @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• Review: Mortal Things by MarieLu by @deluluwithjuju_

Index

Index Of Selected Posts

Writing Contests

• Writing Contest #1
• Writing Contest #2
• Stacker News Fiction Month

Stackers' Blogs

• Fighting The Daily Grind by
  @cryotosensei
• Personal Blog, Got My First Job by
  @CyberCrypto
• writing without book writing day #1: i've returned. at least fornow. by @deluluwithjuju_
• writing without book writing day #7: taking risks is what youneed. by @deluluwithjuju_
• writing without book writing day #8: getting through thelow's. by @deluluwithjuju_
• writing without book writing day #9: a small pantsedpost. by @deluluwithjuju_
• writing without book writing day 12: some chapters come to aclose. by @deluluwithjuju_
• Hello frens, June's here and so am I🩷 by @samhainsam
• Parenting Journal 6/6/26 by
  @cryotosensei
• Community Library in Singapore by
  @cryotosensei
• "Locker 37" by @cryotosensei
• Baking and listening to music etc by
  @samhainsam
• What's up, creatures of the night? by
  @samhainsam
• AI and Innovation Festival inSingapore by @cryotosensei
• Istana Open House by @cryotosensei
• I've been thinking about some stuff, no, it's not clickbait, or isit? by @samhainsam

My Bitcoin Journey

Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker's bitcoin origin stories
will be posted for easy reference.

• Grayruby's Bitcoin story by @grayruby
• I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by
  @brandonsbytes
• From Selling Newspapers To FindingBitcoin by @Coinsreporter
• My bitcoin journey by
  @Carreson
• "Who are you?" — How do I want toanswer? by @IamSINGLE
• "My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinaryCuban" by @BTCLNAT
• @realBitcoinDog Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog

Book Clubs

• Stoic Book Club:Meditations by @Se7enZ
• Jordan Peterson SN Bookclub -- We Who Wrestle WithGod by @denlillaapan
• Broken Money_ book club: index andreflection by @elvismercury
• Praxeology of Privacy Book Club - PartI by @Scoresby
• Praxeology of Privacy Book Club - PartII by @Scoresby
• Praxeology of Privacy Book Club - Part III by @Scoresby
• Praxeology of Privacy Book Club - PartIV by @Scoresby
• Praxeology of Privacy Book Club - Part V by @Scoresby
• Praxeology of Privacy Book Club - PartVI by @Scoresby
• Meditations Book Club: Book 1 by @Undisciplined

Books

• The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
• Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter1 by @cleophas
• The Final Product by
  @cleophas
• The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1
  by @cleophas
• Happy The Hippo, an absolutely
  wonderful children's book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
• The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
• Submersible by @johnbnevin
• And Then She Disappears - Block1 by @ginkgo

Book Reviews

Book Reviews Archive, Vol. 1 —
all reviews prior to April 2026

Bitcoin, Economics & Society

• [REVIEW] The Gold Standard by Saifedean Ammous: My ThreeTakeways by @BlokchainB
• [REVIEW] Poor Economics: My ThreeTakeaways by @BlokchainB
• Book Review: The HabsburgWay by @jimmysong
• Book Review: Leaving a Legacy by JohannKurtz by @jimmysong
• [Book Review] The Israel Lobby and US ForeignPolicy by @SimpleStacker
• Book Review: Four Thousand Weeks, by OliverBurkeman by @denlillaapan
• [Book Review] Six Faces of Globalization, by Anthea Roberts and NicolasLamp by @hasherstacker
• Book Review (Partial)... The Big Print, by LawrenceLepard by @denlillaapan
• BOOK'S BOOKS Bookmarked: The Philosophy of Bitcoin, by Álvaro D.María by @denlillaapan
• BOOK On BOOKS: Bitcoin One Million, The Final Chapter of Fiat (Krueger &Sigman) by @denlillaapan
• Book Review: Tamers of Entroy by JurajBednar by @TotallyHumanWriter
• BOOK on BOOKS: "Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC," by RogerVer by @denlillaapan
• Book Review: Proof Of Work by Paco De LaIndia by @hasherstacker
• A Return to Taleb, the Ultimate Asymmetrical Thinker: Skin in the Game(2018) by @denlillaapan
• BOOK on BOOKS: "Gradually, Then Suddenly" by ParkerLewis by @denlillaapan
• BOOK on BOOKS: Skin in the Game, by NassimTaleb by @denlillaapan

Science Fiction & Fantasy

• Darth Plagueis by James Luceno: AReview by @ihatevake
• The Private Eye by Brian K Vaughn: AReview by @ihatevake
• [REVIEW] We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - Philip KDick by @Scoresby
• [REVIEW] Hardwired by Walter JonWilliams by @Scoresby
• [REVIEW] Count Zero by WilliamGibson by @Scoresby
• REVIEW: The Electric Church by JeffSomers by @Scoresby
• What is the Wheel of Time tvseries? by @Undisciplined
• [REVIEW] Ready Player One by Ernest Cline by @Scoresby
• [REVIEW] Make Room! Make Room! by HarryHarrison by @Scoresby
• Review: Red City by Marie Lu
  by @deluluwithjuju_
• Review: To Dream In Darkness by AnnLiang by @deluluwithjuju_
• [Book Review] Project Hail Mary by AndyWeir by @SimpleStacker
• [REVIEW] Accelerando by CharlesStross by @Scoresby
• Review: Mortal Things by Marie Lu by @deluluwithjuju_

Literary & Popular Fiction

• Galveston - Nic Pizzolatto by @nkmg1c
• Book Review: The Stolguard Incident, by LynAlden by @denlillaapan

General Non-Fiction

• A few books I've read thiswinter by @samhainsam
• A few books I read and other stuff by @samhainsam
• [Review] - Lincoln in the Bardo, by GeorgeSaunders by @billytheked
• Book recommendation - King Leopold'sGhost by @Signal312
• Book Review – Blood Of The Bourgeoise, by Michael R.Sullivan by @siggy47
• My first review: The Tartar Steppe by DinoBuzzati by @LiterarySummary
• Submission: A Novel by MichelHouellebecq by @LiterarySummary
• The Anxious Generation by
  @LiterarySummary
• I'm a Hallmarked Girl!? by
  @samhainsam
• [Review] Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(1998) by @hermione
• Klara and the Sun | Book Review by @SimpleStacker
• Book Review: A World Appears, by MichaelPollan by @denlillaapan
• SN Book Reviews: Categorized(Redux) by @SimpleStacker
• Book Review - The Age of Time by ScottDedels by @TotallyHumanWriter
• "Leaders Eat Last" by
  @cryotosensei
• John Michael Greer - The Long Descent
  by @nkmg1c
• [Book Review] The Book Of Enoch by @hasherstacker
• Daylight Robbery by Dominic Frisby by
  @hasherstacker
• "First, Break all the Rules" by
  @cryotosensei
• Books and movies from the past fewweeks by @samhainsam
• Book Review: "Junglekeeper," by Paul Rosolie - Part 1: Passion and LifeJourney by @denlillaapan
• Book Review: "Junglekeeper," by Paul Rosolie - Part 2: The Economics ofForests by @denlillaapan
• Book Review: Ivan Illich Tools forConviviality by @Dash_1971
• Book Review: Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey by DavidCayley by @Dash_1971
• Man's Search for Meaning [Viktor Frankl1946] by @Kayzone
• "Lucky the Dog and other tales from thefarm" by @cryotosensei
• BOOK on BOOKS: "I Am Not Your Bruh," by GeorgeMekhail by @denlillaapan
• The Storyteller by Benjamin
  by @LjubaRadman

Children's Books

• "Messi's Magic" by
  @cryotosensei
• "The Great Pollination Investigation"
  by @cryotosensei
• "Animals" by @cryotosensei
• "Animal Problem-Solving" by
  @cryotosensei

Asian Fiction

• Pan Dorobo (Bread Thief) by
  @cryotosensei
• "Auggie and Me" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Shigoto e no Michi" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Is a Camel a Mammal? All aboutMammals" by @cryotosensei
• "Malice" by @cryotosensei
• "Yours sincerely, Giraffe"
  by @cryotosensei
• "Dracula and Daughters" by
  @cryotosensei
• "What dwells in the deep?"
  by @cryotosensei
• "My life cycle" by
  @cryotosensei
• "The Marriage Test" by
  @cryotosensei
• Timothy and the Phubbers by
  @cryotosensei
• "I want to die but I want to eattteokbokki" by @cryotosensei
• "Rumble in the Jungle" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Let's discover our farms,Singapore" by @cryotosensei
• "Days at the MorisakiBookstore" by @cryotosensei
• "Tales from the Cafe" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Before the coffee getscold" by @cryotosensei
• "Mindset" (Dr. Carol S.Dweck) by @cryotosensei
• "Welcome to the Hyunam-Dongbookshop" by @cryotosensei

Bitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews

• Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | ArticleReview by @SimpleStacker
• Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | ArticleReview by @SimpleStacker
• Bitcoin: What Does Mainstream Economics Have to Say? | ArticleReview by @SimpleStacker
• Competition and trust in the private provision of money | ArticleReview by @SimpleStacker

Movie & Television Reviews

• Sound of Freedom | MovieReview by @SimpleStacker
• Movie Review | "How to make millions before Grandmadies" by @cryotosensei
• Movie Review | "Culinary ClassWars" by @cryotosensei
• El Encargado | Argentinian TV series | very goodcomedy by @DarthCoin
• The IT crowd | hillarious super funny comedy TVseries by @DarthCoin
• Two TV series about the "Schrodinger's cat"theory by @DarthCoin
• From | Que sera, sera... | new season 3 TVseries by @DarthCoin
• Bingeworthy: Slow Horses by
  @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• Two Comics, One Cartoon by @samhainsam

Essays

• An Empty Jar of Asparagus by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• Prose piece | Running by
  @carlosfandango
• Prose piece | The storm by
  @carlosfandango
• Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus OnNietzsche by @jurraca
• Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age ofDistraction by
  @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• The 1984 Index by
  @softglitter2d
• Solving Bitcoin's Biggest Problem through Human-to-HumanCommunication by @TotallyHumanWriter
• Satoshi Nakamoto did not create Bitcoin. He discoveredit. by @hasherstacker
• More Than 100 Bitcoin Books WorthReading by @hasherstacker
• A Call for Peace: Nostr and Bitcoin Need Builders, NotBattlefields by @hasherstacker
• [HM] - The Man Who Turned Everything into Bitcoin andDisappeared by @guerratotal
• Death by Bureaucracy by @mo
• The Digital Cave: From Plato's shadows to the smartphonescreen by @Taft
• [HM] Zapversary by @hasherstacker
• Farewell Tour: The Last World Cup for Messi, Ronaldo, andNeymar? by @Artikelarts
• So You Wanna Work In Bitcoin... by
  @TotallyHumanWriter
• [HM] - The Hacker Who Left Bitcoin to Go toWar by @guerratotal
• Dog Island and the Magic Dog Treat Oven (A walkingtale) by @grayruby
• Which is more rational: Life orLiterature? by @LjubaRadman
• I explain Bitcoin to hookers and dealers. This is that story.[PROLOGUE] by @RobertMust
• On the Translation of Homer (The Illiad and TheOdyssey) by @billytheked
• Everyone's talking about the Odyssey. Why? by @LjubaRadman
• The False Promise of Commercial HardwareWallets by @hasherstacker
• Will Artificial Intelligence replace the humanwriter? by @the_optimist

Poetry

• Avoidant Attachment 101: A Beginner'sCourse by @bitcoingraffiti
• Realized Loss by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• Saint Nicholas by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• The Secondary Land by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• The Tourism Consumerist Apex
  by @bitcoingraffiti
• Amsterdam by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• The Great Dali by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• I want to start a church by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• I am the Rat Man — Exterminate where ican by @bitcoingraffiti
• Which person is truly healthy & which one is poisoningme? by @bitcoingraffiti
• How to Grieve — The 5 StepPlan by @bitcoingraffiti
• [PM] I am a man smoking outside shops🚬 by @bitcoingraffiti
• [PM] Why my waitress' goneawry by @bitcoingraffiti
• Reflections on the recentholiday by @plebpoet
• internet feelings by @ek
• Sorelle by @Myshkin
• Autunno by @Myshkin
• Poetry:unresolved between a thai lad andI by @cryotosensei
• plebpoet's original poem + discussion
  by @plebpoet
• a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear🦻) by @plebpoet
• I am not man enough by
  @Nuttall
• If A Day Comes... by @Tef
• Let's pretend we loved eachother by @Nadia
• That's MINE! Poetry. by
  @Malach17
• Silly rhymes written by a guy (maybe) fallen inlove by @0268a5c238
• When ♾️ 🗓️ and How Many 🔢 by @DP0604

Short Stories

• Bitcoin Original: Forked Lessons,2029 by @GreaterthanFiction
• Ghost Blocks: The Fight Against Bitcoin's Stamp Tax(2091) by @GreaterthanFiction
• Stacker News Fiction Month
  by @Scoresby
• [FICTION] Cherry Orchards by
  @TotallyHumanWriter
• Citizen Zero (2028): When Britain's Digital ID Failed, Bitcoin SavedIdentity by @GreaterthanFiction
• The Cost of Certainty by
  @GreaterthanFiction
• The Rite of Keys by
  @GreaterthanFiction
• Proof of Love (2031)- When all is lost much can befound by @GreaterthanFiction
• Taste of Freedom by
  @GreaterthanFiction
• Of Sovereign Men by
  @TheFictionFactory
• Golden Silence by
  @TheFictionFactory
• The Great Delete by
  @TheFictionFactory
• Bob's Brunch With BitcoinBuddha by @siggy47
• Short story | The motel by
  @carlosfandango
• The poet and the reader || shortstory by @02879c7d869
• 'little fictions' presents: Cowboys Don'tBelong by @plebpoet
• Short Story: "Quarter" by EduardoProspero by @eduardopro
• Neo's Adventure In The Digital Realm: Discovering The Treasure OfBitcoin by @VEINTIUNO

Comics

• Apriori Flower 01:16 - Are We Better? - Dhamma Comic by @Nuttall