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Books that have shaped my thinking. Organized by when I read them.

2025

9
Iron Gold cover

Iron Gold

Pierce Brown

Reading
Golden Son cover

Golden Son

Pierce Brown

Reading
Red Rising cover

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

The Art of Spending Money cover

The Art of Spending Money

Morgan Housel

Stealing Fire cover

Stealing Fire

Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal

A Man for All Markets cover

A Man for All Markets

Edward O. Thorp

The Courage to be Disliked cover

The Courage to be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

Exhalation cover

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

If You Would Have Told Me cover

If You Would Have Told Me

John Stamos

2024

9
Titan cover

Titan

Ron Chernow

Born Standing Up cover

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

Crying in H Mart cover

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

Same as Ever cover

Same as Ever

Morgan Housel

The Inner Game of Tennis cover

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

Outlive cover

Outlive

Peter Attia

Trillion Dollar Coach cover

Trillion Dollar Coach

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle

The Psychology of Money cover

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

The Chaos Agent cover

The Chaos Agent

Mark Greaney

2023

24
Going Infinite cover

Going Infinite

Michael Lewis

Bad Blood cover

Bad Blood

John Carreyrou

Steve Jobs cover

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

The Tipping Point cover

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

Shoe Dog cover

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

Think Again cover

Think Again

Adam Grant

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire cover

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire

Luke Burgis

The Bond King cover

The Bond King

Mary Childs

Eleven Rings cover

Eleven Rings

Phil Jackson

Just Keep Buying cover

Just Keep Buying

Nick Maggiulli

Will cover

Will

Will Smith with Mark Manson

MBS: The Rise to Power cover

MBS: The Rise to Power

Ben Hubbard

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making cover

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Tony Fadell

Tremendous cover

Tremendous

Joey Diaz

Onassis cover

Onassis

Frank Brady

Act Like You Got Some Sense cover

Act Like You Got Some Sense

Jamie Foxx

Greenlights cover

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

Endure cover

Endure

Cameron Hanes

Empire of Pain cover

Empire of Pain

Patrick Radden Keefe

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living cover

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Dale Carnegie

Never Split the Difference cover

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

Sell the Way You Buy cover

Sell the Way You Buy

David Priemer

Secrets of Sandhill Road cover

Secrets of Sandhill Road

Scott Kupor

Kitchen Confidential cover

Kitchen Confidential

Anthony Bourdain

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