Book Reading List


I love to learn and consuming books is the most reliable way to consume knowledge that was accumulated over years in just hours. Please recommend additional books for me to read!

These books are organized in the reverse order in which I first read them. I’ve bolded the titles of some of the most impactful books I’ve read.


Make Your Bed

by William H. McRaven
Read 06/2024

Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

by Steve Magness
Read 06/2024

What I Know For Sure
by Oprah Winfrey
Read 06/2024

Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life
by John McCain and Mark Salter
Read 06/2024

The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way
by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia
Read 06/2024

Upstream: How to Solve Problems Before They Happen
by Dan Heath
Read 05/2024

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
by Adam Grant
Ready 05/2024

Jack: Straight From the Gut
by Jack Welch
Read 05/2024

Kochland
by Christopher Leonard
Read 05/2024

Moonwalking with Einstein
by Joshua Foer
Read 05/2024

Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day
by Cary Cherniss and Daniel Goleman
Read 05/2024

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Read 05/2024

Moonshot: Inside Pfizer’s Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible
by Albert Bourla
Read 05/2024

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
by Oliver Burkeman
Read 05/2024

Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
by Bo Seo
Read 05/2024

How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
by John Cassidy
Read 05/2024

Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less
by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz
Read 04/2024

Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
by Greg McKeown
Read 04/2024

Delivering Happiness
by Tony Hsieh
Read 04/2024

Know-how: The 8 Skills that Separate People who Perform from Those who Don’t
by Ram Charan
Read 04/2024

The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
by Steven Kotler
Read 04/2024

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
by Daniel Levitin
Read 04/2024

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
by Al Ries and Jack Trout
Read 03/2024

Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist
by Lisa Congdon
Read 03/2024

Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes
by Kinney Zalesne and Mark Penn
Read 03/2024

The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life
by David Robson
Read 03/2024

Arguing With Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
by Paul Krugman
Read 03/2024

The Real-Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career
by Jack Welch and Suzy Welch
Read 03/2024

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
by Tim Ferriss
Read 03/2024

Focus: The Future of Your Company Depends on It
by Al Ries
Read 03/2024

A Field Guide to Lies
by Daniel Levitin
Read 03/2024

A Field Guide to Lies
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Read 03/2024

Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in LIfe
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Read 03/2024

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
by Susan Cain
Read 03/2024

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
by Michael Alan Singer
Read 03/2024

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
by Cait Flanders
Read 02/2024

Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most
by Cassie Holmes
Read 02/2024

Happiness
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Read 02/2024

The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters
by Eric J. Johnson
Read 02/2024

Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
by Charles Duhigg
Read 02/2024

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
by Tara Brach
Read 02/2024

Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play: Transforming the buyer/seller relationship
by Randy Illig and Mahan Khalsa
Read 01/2024

Driven to Distraction
by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
Read 01/2024

Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes, and Maybe YOU
by Douglas Brackmann and Randy Kelley
Read 01/2024

StrengthsFinder 2.0
by Tom Rath
Read 01/2024

The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment
by Mark Reiter and Marshall Goldsmith
Read 01/2024

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
by Arianna Huffington
Read 08/2023

The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
by Dale Carnegie
Read 08/2023

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
by Adam Grant
Read 06/2023

Decisive
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Read 05/2023

Everything is Figureoutable
by Marie Forleo
Read 04/2023

Tribes
by Seth Godin
Read 04/2023

Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World
by Marie C. Wilson
Read 03/2023

Investing with Exchange-Traded Funds Made Easy
by Marvin Appel
Read 02/2023

The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth
by Eric Ries
Read 02/2023

Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change
by Beth Comstock and Tahl Raz
Read 01/2023

The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need
by Andrew Tobias
Read 01/2023

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
by Steven Kotler
Read 12/2022

Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
by G. Richard Shell
Read 11/2022

Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service
by Theodore B. Kinni
Read 11/2022

Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success
by David B. Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz
Read 10/2022

Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
by Claude Steele
Read 10/2022

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
by Richard Thaler
Read 09/2022

Great By Choice
by James C. Collins
Read 08/2022

How Full is Your Bucket?
by Tom Rath and Don Clifton
Read 08/2022

Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Read 07/2022

Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming
by Ellen Lupton
Read 06/2022

Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
by Jeanne G. Harris and Thomas H. Davenport
Read 06/2022

So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
by Cal Newport
Read 06/2022

The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
by Steve Case
Read 06/2022

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t
by James C. Collins
Read 05/2022

Mindset
by Carol Dweck
Read 04/2022

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
by Mark Manson
Read 04/2022

The Seeds of Innovation
by Elaine Dundon
Read 03/2022

Blue Ocean Strategy
by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim
Read 03/2022

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
by Lawrence Bossidy and Ram Charan
Read 03/2022

How to Make it Big as a Consultant
by William A Cohen
Read 02/2022

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth
Read 02/2022

Moments of Truth
by Jan Carlzon
Read 01/2022

The Innovation Code: The Creative Power of Constructive Conflict
by Jeff DeGraff and Staney DeGraff
Read 01/2022

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by Daniel H. Pink
Read 11/2021

The Discipline of Market Leaders
by Fred Wiersema and Michael Treacy
Read 11/2021

Stumbling on Happiness
by Daniel Gilbert
Read 10/2021

Brain Rules
by John Medina
Read 09/2021

The Four Agreements
by Don Miguel Ruiz
Read 09/2021

Raving Fans
by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
Read 09/2021

Become a Recognized Authority in Your Field
by Robert W. Bly
Read 09/2021

Cognitive Surplus
by Clay Shirky
Read 09/2021

The School of Greatness
by Lewis Howes
Read 08/2021

Buy It, Rent It, and Profit
by Bryan M. Chavis
Read 08/2021

Getting Things Done
by David Allen
Read 08/2021

The One Minute Manager
by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
Read 07/2021

Radical Candor
by Kim Scott
Read 07/2021

Tools and Weapons
by Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne
Read 07/2021

Lincoln’s Melancholy
by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Read 07/2021

A Field Guide to Lies
by Daniel Levitin
Read 06/2021, 03/2024

Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On
by Mark A. Reinecke
Read 06/2021

Traction
by Gino Wickman
Read 06/2021

Deep Work
by Cal Newport
Read 06/2021

The 80/20 Principle
by Richard Koch
Read 05/2021

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
by Richard Carlson
Read 05/2021

Positive Addiction
by William Glasser
Read 05/2021

Notes to Myself
by Hugh Prather
Read 04/2021

The Power of Habit
by Charles Duhigg
Read 04/2021

The Life-Changing Magin of Tidying Up
by Marie Kondo
Read 04/2021

The Culture Code
by Clotaire Rapaille
Read 04/2021

Blink
by Malcom Gladwell
Read 04/2021

The Number
by Lee Eisenberg
Read 04/2021

Make Your Own Luck
by Howard H. Stevenson and Eileen Shapiro
Read 03/2021

The No Asshole Rule
by Robert I. Sutton
Read 03/2021

My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired
by Benjamin Spall and Michael Xander
Read 02/2021

Don’t Give Up Don’t Give In
by Louis Zamperini and David Rensin
Read 02/2021

Made to Stick
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Read 02/2021

The Birth Order Book
by Kevin Leman
Read 01/2021

The 5 Second Rule
by Mel Robbins
Read 12/2020

Elastic Habits
by Stephen Guise
Read 12/2020

Living the 7 Habits
by Stephen Covey
Read 11/2020

Finding Your Why
by Simon Sinek
Read 11/2020

How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge
by Clay Scroggins
Read 10/2020

Dollars and Sense
by Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler
Read 10/2020

Small Giants
by Bo Burlingham
Read 09/2020

The Law School Decision Game
by Ann Levine
Read 08/2020

Limitless
by Jim Kwik
Read 08/2020

This Is Marketing
by Seth Godin
Read 07/2020

Give and Take
by Adam Grant
Read 06/2020

Change By Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
by Tim Brown
Read 05/2020

The Toyota Way
by Jeffrey Liker
Read 05/2020

Vagabonding
by Rolf Potts
Read 05/2020

Start With Why
by Simon Sinek
Read 04/2020

The Courage to Write
by Ralph Keyes
Read 04/2020

The Time Chunking Method
by Damon Zahariades
Read 04/2020

To-Do List Formula
by Damon Zahariades
Read 04/2020

Managing Transition: Making the Most of Change
by William Bridges and Susan Bridges
Read 03/2020

Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results
by James Clear
Read 03/2020

The Power of Ethical Management
by Kenneth Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale
Read 03/2020

Outstanding! 47 Ways to Make Your Organization Exceptional
by John G. Miller
Read 03/2020

Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
Read 02/2020

Freeing the Corporate Mind
by Art Cornwell
Read 02/2020

The Five Temptations of a CEO
by Patrick Lencioni
Read 01/2020

A Whack on the Side of the Head
by Roger von Oech
Read 01/2020

Steal the Show
by Michael Port
Read 01/2020

New Sales. Simplified
by Mike Weinberg
Read 01/2020

Predictably Irrational
by Dan Ariely
Read 01/2020

Flipping the Switch
by John G. Miller
Read 12/2019

The Question Behind the Question
by John G. Miller
Read 12/2019

The Purpose Path
by Nicholas Pearce
Read 12/2019

The Trusted Advisor
by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford
Read 10/2019

The Lean Startup
by Eric Ries
Read 09/2019

How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
Read 09/2019

The Millionaire Next Door
by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
Read 07/2019

The Nordstrom Way
by Robert Spector and Patrick D. McCarthy
Read 07/2019

Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcom Gladwell
Read 06/2019

Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping
by Paco Underhill
Read 06/2019

The Tipping Point: How Little tings Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcom Gladwell
Read 06/2019

SPIN Selling: Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-Payoff
by Neil Rackham
Read 05/2019

Attitude Is Everything
by Keith Harrel
Read 10/2018

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl
Read 09/2018

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
by Roger Fisher and William Ury
Read 08/2018

Editing Digital Video: Complete Creative and Technical Guide
by Robert M. Goodman and Patrick McGrath
Read 08/2018

How to Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck
by Steve Stockman
Read 07/2018

Winning Decisions: Getting It Right The First Time
by J. Edward Russo and Paul J.H. Schoemaker
Read 03/2018

Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein and Reid Hastie
Read 02/2018