Reading List
Books I've read or listened to, sorted by completion.Updated 08 Feb 2023
Reading
- The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Philosophy
Finished
Human
- The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come from, and What Makes Us Happy - William von Hippel
Favs
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain
Favs
- Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person's Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian - Strategies, Tools, and Models - Bruce E. Levine
Favs
- Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions - Dan Ariely
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - Yuval Noah Harari
- The Checklist Manifesto - Atul Gawande
Favs
- Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean - Josh Bernoff
- The Daily Laws - Robert Greene
Favs
- Mastery - Robert Greene
Favs
3x
- The Laws of Human Nature - Robert Greene
Favs
2x
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
- The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
2x
- Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging - Sebastian Junger
- The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast! - Josh Kaufman
- Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions - Johann Hari
- Fingerprints of the Gods - Graham Hancock
- Bullshit Jobs - David Graeber
- The 50th Law - 50 Cent , Robert Greene
- The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism - Olivia Fox Cabane
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - James Clear
- The Way of Men - Jack Donovan
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win - Jocko Willink , Leif Babin
Philosophy
- Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny - Robin Sharma
- How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Favs
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - Mark Manson
Favs
2x
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - William B. Irvine
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph - Ryan Holiday
- Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living - Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman
- Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
- Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Business
- Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant - W. Chan Kim, Renne Mauborgne
- Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup - Rob Walling
Favs
2x
- Company of One Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business - Paul Jarvis
2x
- Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape: From Wage-Slavery to Wealth: How to Start a Purpose-Driven Business and Win Financial Freedom for a Lifetime - MJ Demarco
Favs
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It - Michael E. Gerber
Favs
- Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship - MJ DeMarco
Favs
2x
- The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the code to wealth and live rich for a lifetime - MJ DeMarco
- Built to Sell - John Warrillow
Favs
- The Personal MBA - Josh Kaufman
2x
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products - Nir Eyal
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - Peter Thiel
- The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup - Noam Wasserman
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers - Ben Horowitz
- Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth - Ash Maurya
- Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers - Geoffrey A. Moore
Favs
- Wealth Exposed This Short Argument I Overheard Made Me a Fortune...Can It Do the Same for You? - MJ DeMarco
- The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You - Rob Fitzpatrick
- The Practice: Shipping Creative Work - Seth Godin
- This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See - Seth Godin
Psychology
- Man’s Search for Himself - Rollo May
Fiction
- Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
- The Martian - Andy Weir
- The Last Bling King - Mike Hockney
Favs
- The Egg - Andy Weir
Favs
6x
- The Alchemist - Pablo Coelho
Favs