Good reads
After finding myself constantly recommending the same books to friends, family, and colleagues, I finally compiled them all into one place. These are the books that have been most impactful on me, personally and professionally, many of which I revisit often.
| Title | Author | Category | Subcategory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Rules for Life | Jordan Peterson | Life | Self Help |
| The Four Agreements | Don Miguel Ruiz | Life | Self Help |
| Atomic Habits | James Clear | Life | Self Help |
| Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | Life | Self Help |
| The Last Lecture | Randy Pausch | Life | Self Help |
| Man's Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl | Life | Self Help |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen R. Covey | Life | Prioritization |
| Super Thinking | Gabriel Weinberg | Life | Self Help |
| Mindset | Carol Dweck | Life | Learning |
| The Art of Learning | Josh Waitzkin | Life | Learning |
| The Inner Game of Tennis | Timothy Gallwey | Life | Learning |
| The Courage to Be Disliked | Ichiro Kishimi | Life | Communication |
| Radical Candor | Kim Scott | Life | Communication |
| Crucial Conversations | Joseph Greeny | Life | Communication |
| Nonviolent Communication | Marshall B. Rosenberg | Life | Communication |
| Never Split the Difference | Chris Voss | Life | Communication |
| Essentialism | Greg McKeown | Life | Prioritization |
| Eat That Frog! | Brian Tracy | Life | Prioritization |
| Getting Things Done | David Allen | Life | Prioritization |
| On Writing | Stephen King | Life | Writing |
| On Writing Well | William Zinsser | Life | Writing |
| The Elements of Style | William Strunk Jr. | Life | Writing |
| Several Short Sentences About Writing | Verlyn Klinkenborg | Life | Writing |
| Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t | Steven Pressfield | Life | Writing |
| Bird by Bird | Anne Lamott | Life | Writing |
| Think and Grow Rich | Napoleon Hill | Life | Personal Finance |
| I Will Teach You To Be Rich | Ramit Sethi | Life | Personal Finance |
| Unshakeable | Tony Robbins | Life | Personal Finance |
| The War of Art | Steven Pressfield | Business | Creativity |
| Scaling People | Claire Hughes Johnson | Business | Operating |
| The Great CEO Within | Matt Mochary | Business | Operating |
| Traction | Gino Wickman | Business | Operating |
| Measure What Matters | John Doerr | Business | Operating |
| Working Backwards | Colin Bryar | Business | Operating |
| High Growth Handbook | Elad Gil | Business | Operating |
| Thinking in Systems | Donella Meadows | Business | Operating |
| Setting the Table | Danny Meyer | Business | Operating |
| Unreasonable Hospitality | Will Guidara | Business | Operating |
| Zero to One | Peter Thiel | Business | Operating |
| Conscious Business | Fred Kofman | Business | Operating |
| Trillion Dollar Coach | Eric Schmidt, Alan Eagle, Jonathan Rosenberg | Business | Leadership |
| Leadership and Self-Deception | The Arbinger Institute | Business | Leadership |
| The Score Takes Care of Itself | Bill Walsh | Business | Leadership |
| Dare to Lead | Brene Brown | Business | Leadership |
| The Hard Thing About Hard Things | Ben Horowitz | Business | Leadership |
| The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership | John C. Maxwell | Business | Leadership |
| BE 2.0 | Jim Collins | Business | Leadership |
| High Output Management | Andy Grove | Business | Management |
| The Making of a Manager | Julie Zhuo | Business | Management |
| Multipliers | Liz Wiseman | Business | Management |
| It's Your Ship | Michael Abrashoff | Business | Management |
| The Culture Code | Daniel Coyle | Business | Management |
| The First-Time Manager | Jim McCormick | Business | Management |
| Influence | Robert Cialdini | Business | Influence |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | Business | Influence |
| Continuous Discovery Habits | Teresa Torres | Business | Product |
| Outcomes Over Output | Josh Seiden | Business | Product |
| Hacking Growth | Morgan Brown, Sean Ellis | Business | Product |
| Inspired | Marty Cagan | Business | Product |
| Build | Tony Fadell | Business | Product |
| Escaping the Build Trap | Melissa Perri | Business | Product |
| Obviously Awesome | April Dunford | Business | Product |
| Little Bets | Peter Sims | Business | Product |
| The Lean Startup | Eric Ries | Business | Product |
| 7 Powers | Hamilton Helmer | Business | Strategy |
| Competitive Strategy | Michael Porter | Business | Strategy |
| Good to Great | Jim Collins | Business | Strategy |
| Good Strategy Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt | Business | Strategy |
| Purple Cow | Seth Godin | Business | Strategy |
| Blue Ocean Strategy | W. Chan Kim | Business | Strategy |
| Understanding Michael Porter | Joan Magretta | Business | Strategy |
| Creativity, Inc | Ed Catmull | Business | Creativity |
| The Creative Act | Rick Rubin | Business | Creativity |
| Creative Selection | Ken Kocienda | Business | Creativity |
| Creative Confidence | David Kelley, Tom Kelley | Business | Creativity |
| Talent | Daniel Gross, Tyler Cowen | Business | Hiring |
| Who | Geoff Smart, Randy Street | Business | Hiring |
| Universal Principles of Design | William Lidwell | Business | Design |
| The Laws of Simplicity | John Maeda | Business | Design |
| The Design of Everyday Things | Don Norman | Business | Design |
| The Visual Display of Quantitative Information | Edward Tufte | Business | Design |
| Grid Systems in Graphic Design | Josef Müller-Brockmann | Business | Design |
| The Elements of Typographic Style | Robert Bringhurst | Business | Design |
| Thinking With Type | Ellen Lupton | Business | Design |