Highlights from
my bookshelf.
Books I love
Books have shaped a lot of who I am. My approach to life, to work, to coaching, to parenting and others are in many ways strongly influenced by thoughtful ideas I learned through books. Since I find my self discussing these with others quite frequently, I decided to share books which have affected me for others to discover. Ones which changed me in substantial ways are marked with a ★.
If you'd like to discuss any of these or have recommendations based on what you see, drop me a line.
- Philosophy
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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy William B. Irvine -
Meditations Marcus Aurelius -
On the Shortness of Life Seneca -
The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically Peter Singer -
Free Will Sam Harris -
Lying Sam Harris -
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman -
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Why Honor Matters Tamler Sommers -
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande -
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity Ryan Holiday -
Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connections with Ourselves, Each Other, and the Planet Deborah Eden Tull -
Hell Yeah or No: What's Worth Doing Derek Sivers -
The Tao Is Silent Raymond M. Smullyan - Psychology
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman -
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Jonathan Haidt -
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt -
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Sebastian Junger -
War Sebastian Junger -
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Oliver Sacks -
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language Steven Pinker - Business
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Richard P. Rumelt -
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love Marty Cagan -
High Output Management Andrew S. Grove -
Remote: Office Not Required David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried -
Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It April Dunford -
Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters Ryan Singer -
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Tony Fadell -
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business Erin Meyer - Economics and Politics
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Matt Ridley -
The Economics of Inequality Thomas Piketty -
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein -
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Stewart Brand -
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Hans Rosling -
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Rutger Bregman -
Permanent Record Edward Snowden -
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America Matt Taibbi - Faith (lack thereof)
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Moses and Monotheism Sigmund Freud -
The God Delusion Richard Dawkins -
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Sam Harris -
Letter to a Christian Nation Sam Harris -
Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion Dale McGowan - History
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The Lessons of History Will and Ariel Durant -
A People's History of American Empire Howard Zinn -
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond -
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari -
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything David Christian -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas S. Kuhn -
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen -
A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution Jeremy D. Popkin - Culture
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman -
The Disappearance of Childhood Neil Postman -
The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School Neil Postman -
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Neil Postman -
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains Nicholas Carr -
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator Ryan Holiday -
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements Eric Hoffer -
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning Meghan O'Gieblyn - Parenting
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The Happy Sleeper: The Science-Backed Guide to Helping Your Baby Get a Good Night's Sleep-Newborn to School Age Heather Turgeon -
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting Pamela Druckerman -
Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children Sara Zaske -
What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life Lise Eliot -
How to Tell Stories to Children: And Everyone Else Too Joseph Sarosy and Silke Rose West -
The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being Simone Davies -
Pára de Chatear a Tua Irmã e Deixa o Teu Irmão em Paz! Magda Gomes Dias -
The Emotional Life of the Toddler Alicia F. Lieberman - Design
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Understanding Comics Scott McCloud -
The Art of Looking Sideways Alan Fletcher -
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Edward R. Tufte -
The Elements of Typographic Style Robert Bringhurst - Other
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Matthew Walker -
The Body: A Guide for Occupants Bill Bryson -
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life Ed Yong -
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World David Epstein -
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation Michael Pollan -
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns John C. Bogle -
Educated Tara Westover -
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character" Richard P. Feynman -
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine Lindsey Fitzharris -
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong -
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Austin Kleon