A collection of books I’ve read the past years, with some memorable quotes I like to revisit. With each book giving me ideas to more books, I try to reduce the to-read list by filtering a minimum score of 4.1 on Goodreads.com.
2024
- Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (currently reading)
- The Network State: How To Start a New Country
- This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perloth
2023
- The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall
- The Threat Intelligence Handbook by Levi Gundert (Currently Reading)
- Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World by Graham Allison
- Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss
- Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology
- Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins
- Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play: Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship by Mahan Khalsa & Randy Illig
2022
- The Qualified Sales Leader: Proven Lessons from a Five Time CRO by John McMahon and Dev Ittycheria
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Addams
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins
- Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times by Dusan Djukich
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Simple Path to Wealth by J.L. Collins
- Fanatical Prospecting by Jeb Blount
- Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
2021
- Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
- Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
- People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge Your Business, Brand, and Teams by Jono Bacon
2020
- Winning by Jack Welch
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg Mckeown
- Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez
- Digital Minimalism by Cal Newpot
- An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
- The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
- Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich by Robert Kiyosaki
2019
- The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by Scott Peck
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S Clason
- The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
- Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Millionaire Next Door by Ph.D. Thomas J. Stanley; Ph.D. William D. Danko
- Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
2018
- Titan, The Life of John D Rockefeller by Ron Chernow
- The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by G. Kim, K Behr & G Spafford
- The Open Organization by Jim Whitehurst
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- New Rules for the New Economy by Kevin Kelly
- The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
2017
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu Goldratt
- Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity: by Hugh MacLeod
- The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
- Cybersecurity and Cyberwar by Allan Friedman & Peter Singer
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
- The Way of the Fight by Georges St. Pierre
2016
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
- The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H Pink
- Bold by Peter Diamandis
- Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
- Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success by Shane Snow
2015
- The Innovator’s Dilemma, When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail By Clayton Christensen
- How to Win Friend and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
- Perfect Selling by Linda Richardson
- No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline by Brian Tracy
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck