Reading List

You should recommend good books to your friends (and strangers), so they can benefit as you have. These are the ones I find myself recommending over and over, updated about once a quarter and grouped loosely by relevant categories. If you're looking for more inspiration, Five Books is excellent (but getting a recommendation from a friend is better).

(Last updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago)

The Crazy Time We Live In

• Accidental Superpower - Put's America's success into perspective and makes some interesting predictions about the future.
• Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman - Required reading for modern living. While published in 1985, Postman elegantly describes what was and continues to be the issue of our modern times. History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.
• The Fourth Turning Is Here by Neil Howe - An update to the original from 1997. You don't need to read the 1997 book if you read this one - it covers the original content pretty well.
• On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt - this is more of an essay that will take you ~30 minutes to read, and it couldn’t be more relevant.

Personal Development

• Crucial Conversations - Some basics communication skills.
• The Daily Laws by Robert Greene - An unconventional, inspiring daily ritual and excellent on-ramp to a prolific author.
• Finding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - On happiness, and the making of a good life.
• How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell - A quintessential read for modern life.
• Start With Why by Simon Sinek - Answers the question: why are some people and organizations more successful than others.
• Subtract by Leidy Klotz - Because less is hard, and less is more.

Relationships

• Attached - Required reading for anyone in a relationship, discussing attachment theory for adults. You'll be creeped out by how accurate this is.
• Eight Dates by John Gottman - A fantastic guide through some foundational, controvertial topics with your partner.
• Why Won't You Apologize by Harriet Lerner - How to give a good apology.

Business

• E-Myth - It's required reading for any entrepreneur, has some foundational knowledge about common mistakes small companies make, and how to avoid them.
• Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury - Negotiation strategy where everyone wins that works for pretty much everything.

Health

• Treat Your Own Back by Robin McKenzie - If you've ever had lower back pain, this is a very quick, transformative read that can (probably) alleviate the pain without the need for medication.

Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. - Harry Truman