Books I keep coming back to.
57 books on the shelf, and 13 of them I’d give five stars. Tap a spine to pull it out.
On my desk
Two books open right now.
The shelf
The Power Broker
Robert Caro
Not rated
Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!
Richard Feynman
Favourite, 5/5
The Making of Prince of Persia
Jordan Mechner
Not rated
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
Not rated
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Favourite, 5/5
Just finished rereading
The Dark Forest
Liu Cixin
Not rated
Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu
Not rated
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
Favourite, 5/5
Why The West Rules for Now
Ian Morris
Not rated
Range
David Epstein
Not rated
American Kingpin
Nick Bilton
Favourite, 5/5
The Ascent of Money
Niall Ferguson
Not rated
Elephant in the Brain
Robin Hanson
Not rated
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Favourite, 5/5
Master of the Senate
Robert Caro
Not rated
7 Powers
Hamilton Helmer
Not rated
How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens
Favourite, 5/5
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Not rated
The Fish That Ate the Whale
Rich Cohen
Not rated
Skin in The Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Favourite, 5/5
Accidental Genius
Mark Levy
Not rated
The Courage to be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi
Favourite, 5/5
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman
Not rated
Unshakable
Tony Robbins
3/5
A Guide to the Good Life
William Irvine
Not rated
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
3/5
The Path to Power
Robert Caro
Not rated
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
Favourite, 5/5
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Not rated
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Favourite, 5/5
Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely
Not rated
Deep Work
Cal Newport
Favourite, 5/5
Hooked
Nir Eyal
Not rated
This is Marketing
Seth Godin
3/5
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Not rated
Factfulness
Hans Rosling
4/5
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Not rated
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
4/5
Mistborn Series
Brandon Sanderson
Not rated
The School of Greatness
Lewis Howes
3/5
The Stormlight Archives
Brandon Sanderson
Not rated
Creative Confidence
Tom Kelley
4/5
Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss
Not rated
Sprint
Jake Knapp
4/5
How to Read a Book
Mortimer Adler
Not rated
The $100 Startup
Chris Guillebeau
3/5
Narconomics
Tom Wainwright
Not rated
Smarter Faster Better
Charles Duhigg
2/5
Bad Blood
John Carreyrou
Not rated
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
4/5
The Bed of Procrustes
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Not rated
Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
3/5
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Not rated
Contagious
Jonah Berger
4/5
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Not rated
Rework
Jason Fried
Favourite, 5/5
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Favourite, 5/5
- Room for a few more.