Favorite Books Of Late
I am not sure why it took me so long to love reading. Here are some links to books I have read ordered by how much I loved that book.
In Progress:
- The Effective Executive - The Definitive Guide to Getting The Right Things Done: Drucker
- Screwtape Letters : CS Lewis
- HBR: On Strategy
Upcoming:
- The Singularity is Near
- Cost of Discipleship: Bonhoeffer
- Brave New World: Huxley
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt: Edmund Morris
- The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business
- A Technique for Producing Ideas
- Go Set a Watchman
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
- Make it Stick, The Science of Successful Learning
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
- Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
- The Sun Also Rises
- Marx’s Communist Manifesto
- Blindness
- Serial Innovators: Firms That Change the World
- Web Read: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Moby Dick: Melville
Wish List:
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
- Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategy
- Churchill: On The Power of Words
- Great People Decisions: Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them
- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful!
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines
- Boom Towns: Restoring the Urban American Dream
- Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
- The Quantum Spy: A Thriller
- Sam Walton: Made In America
- The End of Power : From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be
- Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
- Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
- Out Stealing Horses
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces that Will Shape Our Future
- Ronald Reagan
- The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape Them And They Shape Us: Ray Fisman & Tim Sullivan
- The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks
- Alexander Hamilton by:Ron Chernow
- Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion—Gregory Boyle
- Cathcher in the Rye
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
- Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders
- Confessions of an Advertising Man
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing
- The Wealth of Nations
- The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy
- Ogilvy on Advertising
- Mastery: Robert Greene
- Plato’s Republic
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- 33 Strategies of War
- A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present
- Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- The Tao of Seneca: Practical Letters from a Stoic Master, Volume 1
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Change Management
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Teams
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Collaboration
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Communication
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Running Book Log:
- The Lean Startup: Ries
- 1776: David McCullough
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
- Purple Cow: Seth Godin
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things : Horowitz
- I, Robot : Asimov
- Start With Why: Simon Sinek
- Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness : Metaxas
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups: Peter Thiel
- The Signal And the Noise: Nate Silvers
- Home Game: Michael Lewis
- Unbroken: A World War II Story
- Great Courses: The Art of Negotiating The Best Deal: Prof: Seth Freeman
- Business Strategy: Spender
- Book of Leadership Wisdom
- Power: Why Some People Have It
- The Art of War: Tsu
- Naked Sun: Asimov
- Chase The Lion: Mark Batterson
- East of Eden: Steinbeck
- Thinking Fast and Thiking Slow: Daniel Kahneman
- If You Can Keep It: Metaxas
- Art of Innovation: Tom Kelley
- Ten Faces of Innovation: Tom Kelley
- In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day
- The Undoing Project: Michael Lewis
- Founders Dilemmas: Noam Wasserman
- How to Win Friends & Influence People: Carnegie
- Glory Days: Living Your Promise
- Great Courses: Becoming a Great Essayist
- Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Finance
- The Caves of Steel: Asimov
- The Robots of Dawn: Asimov
- Competitive Forces: Michael E Porter
- Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
- Steve Jobs: Walter Issacson
- The Pursuit of God : A. W. Tozer
- Great Courses: Strategic Thinking Skills
- Great Courses: Influence: Mastering Life’s Most
- Great Courses: Writing Great Fiction
- Great Courses: Effective Communication Skills
- Great Courses: Building Great Sentences
- Great Courses: Art of Storytelling
- The Stars Like Dust: Asimov
- Pitch Anything
- Benjamin Franklin: Walter Issacson
- My Early Life: Winston Churchill
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