Crypto / Economics / Finance
The End of Alchemy: a deep dive on banking
Adaptive Markets: a supplement to the rational markets hypothesis
The Intelligent Investor: must read if getting into the market
Denationalization of Money: seminal doctrine on Austrian Economics
The Ascent of Money: a financial history of the world
Economics in One Lesson: one of the best pound for pound resources on economics
Money: a biography of money
How Global Currencies Work: self explanatory title
Radical Markets: a non-socialist alternative to capitalism
Mastering the Market Cycle: how to study the market
Big Business: a case for capitalism
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: required reading
How Finance Works: an intuitive guide for operational finance
Doughnut Economics: a fresh take on economics for the current state of the world
Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters: a collection of insights from a legend
The History of Money: self explanatory
Naked Money: a stripped down story of money past, present, and future
Naked Economics: practical economics
Naked Statistics: practical statistics
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: probability in financial markets
Capital in the 21st Century: some debateable takeaways but the source material is good
The Man Who Solved The Market: the rise of the “quant”
End the Fed: Libertarian economics
The Clash of Civilizations: a proposal for new world order
Social Science
Team of Rivals: how Lincoln leveraged relationships
Mind of Napoleon: an anthology of Napoleon’s insights and reflections
The Sovereign Individual: prescient predictions on the future of humanity
Alexander of Macedon: Alexander the Great
Hannibal: one of the greatest warriors
The Ghosts of Cannae: More on Hannibal
Titan: the story of the rise of the mogul, Rockefeller
The Fifth Risk: horrifying look at the Trump transition plan, or lack-thereof
Meditations: stoicism from the master stoic
Who Is Michael Ovitz: a great memoir of one of the great builders
Principles: some good lenses to view the variables of life
Finite and Infinite Games: finding the win wins in the games of life
The Black Swan: expect the unexpected
Skin in the Game: how we over/under index irrationally
Factfulness: the truth about the development of the world
Working: pseudo memoir on writing and research from Robert Caro
The Revolution: Libertarian politics
Why Success Always Starts with Failure: how to ride the wave
The Model Thinker: using data to make decisions
Thinking in Systems: applying frameworks to make decisions
Thinking Fast and Slow: how we think
The Coddling of the American Mind: how society fostering fragility
Savage Inequalities: The systemic oppression of the US school system
Twitter and Teargas: how platforms like Twitter can fuel radicals
Boomerang: a compelling, almost satirical account of the ’08 financial collapse
Moneyball: sports, data, and the rise of an underdog
The Undoing Project: psychology of behaviour, underpinned by a story of friendship
The Laws of Human Nature: know thyself, and know others
Power of Habit: psychology of learned behaviours
Smarter Faster Better: psychology of performance
The Big Nine: The future of AI
Shoe Dog: the story of Nike
Option B: a human approach to working through human variables
Start With Why: emotion drives action
Thinking in Bets: decision making is the most important, learned skill
Think Like a Freak: mind bender
Billion Dollar Whale: insane story of greed and manipulation for wealth
The Tipping Point: how movements start
David and Goliath: the underdog isn’t always as it seems
Outliers: how people get ahead
The Power of Moments: how to leverage timing and delivery
The Art of War: military strategy with some application to daily life
Conspiracy: The wild story of the Gawker takedown
Startups
Insanely Simple: lessons from the innovators of all innovators
Invisible Engines: how software platforms drive innovation
PMarca Archive: an anthology of blog posts Marc Andreessen
Loonshots: how big innovations happen
Venture Deals: what you need to know about fundraising from VCs
Secrets of Sandhill Road: motivations of VCs and how to get capital
Mastering the VC Game: practical strategies to engage VCs
Matchmakers: how multi-sided platforms are driving innovation
Modern Monopolies: how platforms are transforming business
Creativity Inc.: the story of Pixar and the culture that drove their success
Trillion Dollar Coach: lessons from the great Bill Campbell
Storytelling with Data: how to leverage data in communication
Creative Selection: the story of the iPhone
Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: how to build a business in the age of network effects
The Fixer: part memoir, part playbook, all actionable
High Growth Handbook: real accounts from real people making real impact
Whats The Future And Why It’s Up To Us: a look at where we’re headed
Bad Blood: mind bending manipulation and sociopathic tendencies
How the Internet Happened: the story of innovation post www.
Hard Thing About Hard Things: sober view of start-ups
The Messy Middle: actionable lessons for the non-sexy times in scaling
The Lean Startup: foundational principles for scaling
Elon Musk: a man with un-worldly ambitions and the energy to match
Zero to One: reach escape velocity
7 Powers: seven tools for operational leverage in business
Blitzscaling: grow fast
Snow Crash: eerily accurate predictions of the dystopian world we’re forming
Positioning: psychology of competition
Hatching Twitter: Twitter origin stories
Crossing the Chasm: strategy for go-to-market
How to Speak Tech: brief overview of important tech foundations
The McKinsey Way: applicable principles for all professional experiences
Understanding Michael Porter: a great strategic mind
Originals: people who changed the game and changed, themselves
The Everything Store: the quest for world domination, starting with books
Powerful: re-thinking company culture from first principles
The Four: sobering view on the monopolization in the digital age
Measure What Matters: handbook for organizational execution
22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: handbook for anything go-to-market
The Outsiders: the stories of eight great CEOs
Extreme Teams: how great companies organize
Radical Focus: more thoughts on organizational execution
The Checklist Manifesto: lists are important
Guerilla Marketing: high impact marketing strategy
Personal Growth
Bird by Bird: on living and writing well
On Writing Well: required reading on writing
The Rise of Superman: mind bending examples of people in flow state
Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
Nobody Want to Read Your Shit: how to write compelling prose
The War on Art: a guide to breaking the resistance of creative work
Do the Work: a follow on to War of Art
Turning Pro: a follow on to the two above (taking it to the next level)
Range: a case for generalization
The Art of Memoir: a memoir on writing a memoir
Reboot: some good words on leadership and personal growth
How to Live: a memoir of Montaigne
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: balanced living through Biblical context
Mastery: lessons from the best
Deep Work: how to optimize for high output
The Upside of Stress: how to harness stress for good
12 Rules for Life: a good forcing function of introspection
How to Deliver a Great TED Talk: important lessons for all communication
Nonviolent Communication: how to be more thoughtful in approach
Fierce Conversations: how to have impactful conversations with others, and ourselves
How to Win Friends and Influence People: applicable maxims for everyone
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: prescient advice for life
The Effective Executive: how to be effective
Managing Oneself: rules to live by
Extreme Ownership: lessons from guys who have done it
Grit: how to get ahead by sheer willpower
Linchpin: how to make yourself critical to success
Tools of Titans: lessons from people who have done it
Tribe of Mentors: more lessons from people who have done it
4-Hour Work Week: Some practical habits of efficiency
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