“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.”
-George R.R. Martin
History / Biography
- “The Lessons of History” – by Will and Ariel Durant
- “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels” – by Jon Meacham
- “The American Spirit” and “1776” – by David McCullough
- “The Bill of Obligations” – by Richard Haass
- “A Certain Idea of America” — by Peggy Noonan
“The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” — by Benjamin Franklin - “John Adams”— by David McCullough
- “Leadership: In Turbulent Times” – by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” – by Edmund Morris
- “Truman” — by David McCullough
- “Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.”– by Ron Chernow
- “The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World” – by Niall Ferguson
- “The House of Morgan” — by Ron Chernow
- “1929” — by Andrew Ross Sorkin
- “Elon Musk” and “Steve Jobs” – by Walter Isaacson
- “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”– by Yuval Noah Harari
- “Man’s Search for Meaning” – by Victor Frankel
Science / Mental Training
- “Meditations” – by Marcus Aurelius
- “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” – by Carol Dweck
- “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” – by Angela Duckworth
- “The Almanac of Naval Ravikant” – by Eric Jorgenson
- “The Stoic Virtues Series (Collection)” – by Ryan Holiday
- “The Daily Stoic” — by Ryan Holiday
- “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” – by Greg McKeown
- “Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds”– by David Goggins
- “The Four Agreements” – by Don Miguel Ruiz
- “The Art of War” — by Sun Tzu
- “Awareness” – by Anthony DeMello
- “A Calendar of Wisdom” – by Leo Tolstoy
- “How to Know a Person” – by David Brooks
- “The Happiness Files” — by Arthur Brooks
- “Clear Thinking” – by Shane Parrish
- “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” – by David Epstein
- “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing” – by Daniel Pink
- “Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity” – by Jamie Metzl
- “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams” – by Matthew Walker
- “The Art of Learning” – by Josh Waitzkin
- “Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Acceleration” – by Thomas Friedman
- “Bounce” – by Matthew Syed
- “The Impossible First” – by Colin O’Brady
- “Thinking in Bets” – by Annie Duke
- “The Carpenter” – by Jon Gordon
Leadership / Culture
- “The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups” – by Daniel Coyle
- “Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success” – by Adam Grant
- “The Leader’s Greatest Return” – by John C. Maxwell
- “Wooden on Leadership” – by John Wooden, Steve Jamison
- “The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World’s Greatest Teams” – by Sam Walker
- “Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey” – by John Hennessy
- “It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership” – by Colin Powell
- “Solitude and Leadership” – by William Deresiewicz (lecture delivered at West Point)
- “What You Do is Who You Are”– by Ben Horowitz
- “Principles: Life and Work” – by Ray Dalio
- “Start With Why” and “Leaders Eat Last” – by Simon Sinek
- “Leadership is Language” and “Turn the Ship Around” – by David Marquet
- “Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead and Win” – by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- “Team of Teams” – by General Stanley McCrystal
- “Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell” – by Eric Schmidt, J. Rosenberg, A. Eagle
- “Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility” – by Patty McCord
Business / Entrepreneurship / Investing
- “Poor Charlie’s Almanac” – by Charles T. Munger
- Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Letters — by Warren Buffett
- ”Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” — by: Ed Lefevre
- “Hit Refresh” – by Satya Nadella
- “The Innovators” – by Walter Isaacson
- “Measure What Matters” – by John Doerr
- “The Infinite Game” – by Simon Sinek
- “Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World” – by Adam Grant
- “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” – by Ben Horowitz
- “Zero to One” – by Peter Thiel
- “Play Nice but Win” – by Michael Dell
- “I Love Capitalism” — by Ken Langone
- “The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success” – by William Thorndike
- “High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 people” – by Elad Gil
- “Blitzscaling” – by Reid Hoffman
- “Loonshots” – by Safi Bahcall
- “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces that Will Shape our Future” – by Kevin Kelly
- “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” and “The Ideal Team Player”– by Patrick Lencioni
- “Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike” – by Phil Knight
- “Stubborn Attachments” – by Tyler Cowen
- “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” – by John Carreyrou
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