Bookshelf

Currently reading:

Your Music and People by Derek Sivers

This is a list of books I've read in the last couple years. For each year, they are roughly ordered by how much I liked them.

I try to read a bit every day but in reality there will be weeks where I don't read at all and then weeks where I knock out several books.

2020

35 books

Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Weiner
We Learn Nothing: Essays by Tim Kreider
Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life by Derek Sivers
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Out Success by Adam Grant
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
(reread) Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn by Richard Hamming
(reread) So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
1984 by George Orwell
(reread) Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
(reread) Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies by Chris Yeh and Reid Hoffman
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
The Challenger Sale by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams by Yevgeniy Brikman
The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss
High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson
Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson
(reread) The Internet of Money Volume One by Andreas Antonopoulos
(reread) The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Beyond Coffee: A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms by James Beshara
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed by Alexis Ohanian
Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse

2019

42 books

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas G. Carr
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
Smart People Should Build Things: How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement, Build a Path for Entrepreneurs, and Create New Jobs in America by Andrew Yang
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works——A True Story by Dan Harriss
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future by Andrew Yang
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World——and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling, Rönnlund, and Ola Rosling
University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute by John B. Boles
How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone by Brian McCullough
The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life by JL Collins
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
A History of Silicon Valley: The Greatest Creation of Wealth in the History of the Planet by Arun Rao and Piero Scaruffi
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
The Internet of Money Volume One by Andreas Antonopoulos
The Internet of Money Volume Two by Andreas Antonopoulos
Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt

I started reading more and intentionally tracking what I read in early 2019.