Reading list
Books.
The books that shaped how I think. One wall, no shelves, in no particular order beyond the alphabet.
Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths
Computer science as life advice. Optimal stopping, explore/exploit, caching: it all applies.
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
The best-selling mystery ever written. Ten strangers, one island, no one left.
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson
Printer, scientist, diplomat, wit. The original American polymath.
Brunelleschi's Dome
Ross King
How one man built the impossible dome in Florence. Genius plus sheer stubbornness.
Building a StoryBrand 2.0
Donald Miller
The customer is the hero, you're the guide. The framework behind this very site.
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
The 1893 Chicago World's Fair and a serial killer. History that reads like a thriller.
Hondo
Louis L'Amour
A loner, a code, and the desert. L'Amour at his best.
The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
The value-investing bible. Margin of safety is a life philosophy, not just an investing rule.
The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller works out of a Lincoln. Legal thrillers don't get sharper.
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
John C. Bogle
The case for the index fund. Costs compound against you; keep them near zero.
Made to Stick
Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Why some ideas survive and others die. Simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional, stories.
The McKinsey Way
Ethan Rasiel
MECE, hypothesis-driven, fact-packed. The consulting toolkit for structured problem-solving.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The emperor's private journal. Stoicism from the source.
The Pyramid Principle
Barbara Minto
Conclusion first, then the logic that earns it. The operating system of McKinsey-grade thinking.
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Assets versus liabilities, burned into your brain. The mindset book that starts the journey.
The Richest Man in Babylon
George S. Clason
Pay yourself first, told as parables. Simple because the truth is simple.
Smart Brevity
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz
Say it in fewer words. Respect the reader's time and they'll actually read it.
Storytelling with Data
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Data doesn't speak for itself. This is how you make a chart make its point.
Super Thinking
Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann
A field manual of mental models. The companion to Munger's latticework.
Thinking in Systems
Donella Meadows
Everything is a system with feedback loops. Once you see them, you can't unsee them.
Trillion Dollar Coach
Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle
Bill Campbell's playbook. Coaching is the highest-leverage thing a leader does.