Books

I’m always looking for new books that’ll change my perspective, so if you have any recommendations, let me know.

Favorites

These books have had a significant impact on the way I think about the world.

• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
• The Charisma Myth by Olivia Cabane
• Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
• Black Like Me by John Griffin
• Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
• Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals by Tyler Cowen
• Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot
• Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To by David Sinclair
• How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

Latest reads

• How to Build a Car by Adrian Newey (86)
• The Genius of Israel by Dan Senor and Saul Singer (77)
• The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg (84)
• Unit X by Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchoff (81)
• Skunk Works by Ben R Rich (91)
• Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (94)
• Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen (89)
• The Marshall Plan by Benn Steil (78)
• One Giant Leap by Charles Fishman (75)
• Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? By Julie Smith (82)
• Open by Andre Agassi (88)
• Eighteen Days in October (81)
• Eve by Cat Bohannon (77)
• Do Hard Things by Steve Magness (80)
• Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer (90)
• Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall (90)
• Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (86)
• Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson (83)
• Setting the Table by Danny Meyer (91)
• Command and Control by Eric Schlosser (95)
• The Korean War by Bruce Cumings (80)
• Destined for War by Graham Allison (89)
• American Prometheus by Kai Bird (91)
• Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (80)
• Pro Cycling on $10 a Day by Phil Gaimon (88)
• Eat and Run by Scott Jurek (72)
• Draft Animals by Phil Gaimon (88)
• When the Heavens Went on Sale by Ashlee Vance (82)
• Tremendous by Joey “Coco” Diaz (89)
• Outlive by Peter Attia (77)
• Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell (82)
• American Sniper by Chris Kyle (83)
• Americana by Bhu Srinivasan (89)
• The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources by Javier Blas (85)
• The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose (84)
• Bibi: My Story by Benjamin Netanyahu (85)
• Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu Srinivasan (80)
• Spare by Price Harry (73)
• Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
• Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie (81)
• Chip War by Chris Miller (87)
• The Wires of War by Jacob Helberg (82)
• Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio (74)
• Endure by Cameron Hanes (75)
• Einstein by Walter Isaacson (91)
• What we Owe the Future by William MacAskill (89)
• The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan (83)
• Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris (81)
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (93)
• The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson (75)
• Build by Tony Fadell (71)
• Flying Blind by Peter Robison (61)
• “Surerly You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!” by Richard P. Feynman (84)
• Breathe: A life in Flow by Rickson Gracie (83)
• The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby
• Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card (75)
• Xenocide by Orson Scott Card (85)
• Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (93)
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (94)
• Will by Will Smith (61)
• How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley (91)
• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (84)
• Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (84)
• Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster (80)
• The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power by Jacob Helberg (85)
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (83)
• Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor (77)
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (94)
• The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell (74)
• Creative Selection: Insides Apple’s Design Process by Ken Kocienda (81)
• Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr (92)
• The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger (90)
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz (87)
• Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell by Eric Schmidt (90)
• Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman (85)
• No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer (91)
• Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson (84)
• Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos (91)
• One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger by Matthew Yglesias (83)
• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance (91)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (78)
• A Promised Land by Barack Obama – (89)
• Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To by David Sinclair – (94)
• The Space Barons by Christian Davenport – (90)  
• Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey – (91)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry – (90)
• High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil – (86)
• Universal Principles of Design by Jill Butler (85)
• The World: A Brief Introduction by Richard Haass – (83)
• Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids by Bryan Caplan – (83)
• Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond – (81)
• Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal – (79)
• Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel (80)
• 24 Hours in Ancient Rome by Philip Matyszak – (73)