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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.

2025

  • 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

Other favorites

  • Shoe DogPhil Knight
  • The days are long but the decades are shortSam Altman
  • The only thing that mattersMarc Andreessen
  • Do Things that Don't ScalePaul Graham
  • This is WaterDavid Foster Wallace
© 2025 Alex Becker