Niklas reviews

Niklas reviews

Niklas reads books and reviews them here.

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'

The tale of a wearing-no-clothes self-appointed emperor and his 44-billion-dollar toy.

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