š My Bookshelf
Iāve read a few of these, skimmed some, and bookmarked many for the months ahead.
This is less a list of ābooks Iāve finishedā and more of a thinking stack I want to build across product, tech, leadership, science, and decision-making.
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." - Probably Twain
š§ Thinking & Mental Models
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Poor Charlieās Almanack by Charlie Munger
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Great Mental Models Vol. 1 by Shane Parrish
Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
š± Product, UX & Tech
Inspired by Marty Cagan (started)
Empowered by Marty Cagan
Hooked by Nir Eyal
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Sprint by Jake Knapp
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Lean UX by Jeff Gothelf
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
š§ Startups, Execution & Growth
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
High Output Management by Andy Grove
Build by Tony Fadell
The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson (finished)
Play Bigger by Ramadan, Lochhead et al.
Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz
š Biographies & History
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (read years ago and shaped how I think about product)
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
The Everything Store by Brad Stone
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Onward by Howard Schultz
Barbarians at the Gate by Burrough & Helyar
Titan by Ron Chernow
š¬ Science, Curiosity & Philosophy
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman (reading now and absolutely wild)
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
If youāve read something here or think Iām missing something I must read, DM me.
Always open to a nerdy book exchange.