Bookshelf
Books and essays that have made me think. I'm a serial book starter (I'm working on it), so this list only includes cover-to-cover reads.
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2026
- Something to Do with Paying AttentionDavid Foster Wallace
- Seeing Like a StateJames C. Scott
- The Ride of a LifetimeRobert Iger
- The Rise of Theodore RooseveltEdmund Morris
- White NoiseDon DeLillo
- Hard LandingThomas Petzinger Jr.
- The GoalEliyahu M. Goldratt
2025
- Skunk WorksBen Rich
- The Mutant ProjectEben Kirksey
- Blood MeridianCormac McCarthy
- On the EdgeNate Silver
- When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi
2024
- The RoadCormac McCarthy
- The AlchemistPaulo Coelho
- No Rules RulesReed Hastings, Erin Meyer
- Black EdgeSheelah Kolhatkar
- What it TakesStephen Schwarzman
- Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke
- The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
- Amp It UpFrank Slootman
- The Score Takes Care of ItselfBill Walsh
- Into Thin AirJon Krakauer
- Based on a True StoryNorm Macdonald
- Elon MuskWalter Isaacson
- Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
- Can't Hurt MeDavid Goggins
- Dark MatterBlake Crouch
- The Three-Body ProblemCixin Liu
- Liar's PokerMichael Lewis
- Secrets of Sand Hill RoadScott Kupor
- Steve JobsWalter Isaacson