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A Bookworm's Reading List


“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss


Business Philosophy

  • A Business and its Beliefs - Thomas J. Watson Jr.
  • Anything You Want - Derek Sivers
  • The Thank You Economy - Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Crush It - Gary Vaynerchuk
  • The Design of Business - Roger Martin
  • In the Plex - Steven Levy

Leadership

  • On Becoming a Leader - Warren Bennis
  • Good Leaders Ask Great Questions - John Maxwell
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
  • The Game - Neil Strauss
  • The Leadership Challenge - James Kouzes & Barry Posner

User Experience

  • The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
  • Nudge - Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein
  • The Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman
  • Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug
  • Letting Go of the Words - Janice Redish
  • About Face - Cooper, Reimann, Cronin & Noessel
  • Lean UX - Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden

Business Development

  • The Lean Startup - Eric Ries
  • Lean Branding - Laura Busche
  • The Hockey Stick Principles - Bobby Martin
  • Zero ot One - Peter Thiel
  • The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor
  • The Innocator’s Dilemma - Clayton Christensen
  • The Founder’s Dilemma - Noam Wasserman
  • Business Model Generation - Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

Sales & Marketing

  • The Challenger Sale - Matthew Dixon & Brent Adamson
  • The Little Red Book of Selling - Jeffery Gitomer
  • Crossing the Chasm - Geoffrey Moore

Self Growth

  • Conquest of Mind - Eknath Easwaran
  • The Complete Life’s Little Instruction Book - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
  • As a Man Thinks - Thomas J. Watson Sr.
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson
  • Rewire - Richard O’Connor, PhD
  • The Now Habit - Neil Fiore, PhD
  • The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg

Hofstadter Inspirations

  • Godel, Escher, Bach - Douglas Hofstadter
  • Hierarchy Theory - Howard Pattee
  • The Golang Assembler - Rob Pike (GopherCon 2016)
  • Goa.design - open source project

I will be adding more entries as I find more great sources. Are there any you think should be added? Let me know in the comments.