Someone asked me to make my book recommendations public, so here they are. As with everything, the books I find timeless and valuable is shaped by my personal experience – therefore making this mostly a recommended reading list by my current self to the former one. Check it out and make up your own mind.
Books that get better on every re-read:
- The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson
- It doesn’t have to be crazy at work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- The score takes care of itself by Bill Walsh
Books that stopped me to think and reflect:
- Reasons to stay alive by Matt Haig
- Being mortal by Atul Gawande
- Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday
Books that help understand the world around (or inside) us:
- Scale by Geoffrey West
- Behave by Robert Sapolsky
- Why nations fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Useful books for trying to build good services/products:
- Competing against luck by Clayton Christensen
- The design of everyday things by Don Norman
- The messy middle by Scott Belsky
A comforting read for those with more breadth than depth:
- Range by David Epstein