This is a list of top books that I continue to maintain. I’ll try and maintain an overall must-read top 10, then other via categories that are interesting.
Must Read Books (~10)
These are life-changing books. Books that will expand your horizon, create new ways of looking at the world, and add to your self-understanding.
- Facing the Intelligence Explosion
- Think and Grow Rich
- Create the future you want
- The Fountainhead
- self-reliance, importance of focusing
- The Selfish Gene – Richard Dawkins
- The Moral Animal – Daniel Dennet
- The Score takes Care of Itself – Steve Walsh
- Insanely Simple – Ken Segal
- best Steve Jobs book, practical lessons, fun real stories, real insight to how Apple works
- Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman
- Canonical book on UI / UX, makes you appreciate lots
- The Power of Full Engagement
- Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
- Accelerando –
Honorable Mentions
Business
- Positioning – Al Ries
- Ultimate Sales Machine
Society / Culture
- Dana Sobel books
- The Europeans – Luigi Barzini
- Culture Code