Some of the books I've read recently
Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.
— Albert Einstein
Apollo
Charles Murray
Incredible, in-depth look at NASA
Steve Jobs in Exile
Geoffrey Cain
NeXT era is bold and insightful
Project Mind Control
John Lisle
Deepdive into CIA blackops
Boom
Byrne Hobart with Tobias Huber
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Unknown
Ancient Mesopotamian epic
The History of Ancient Egypt
Bob Brier
48 lectures on ancient Egypt
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
Dissection of creativity
In the Shadow of the Sword
Tom Holland
History and rise of Islam
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini
The bible for persuasion
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Tom Holland
Deep dive into ancient Persia
High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People
Elad Gil
Handbook for scaling startups
Chaos Monkeys
Antonio García Martínez
Tales of FB and startup life
Proving History
Richard C. Carrier
Bayesian theory of history with researched priors
This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan
Tales of coffee, mushrooms, and more
On the Historicity of Jesus
Richard C. Carrier
Peer-reviewed evidence for mythycism
The Immortality Key
Brian C. Muraresku
Deep-dive into the Eleusinian mysteries
Not The Impossible Faith
Richard C. Carrier
Comparative culture and literature study
The Fabric of Reality
David Deutsch
Science of parallel universes
Drunk
Edward Slingerland
History of alcohol throughout civilization
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
How Innovation Works
Matt Ridley
Innovation analyzed
The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far
Lawrence M. Krauss
Accessible scientific deep(ish) dive
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Philosophy of conflict
The Lessons of History
Will Durant
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
Insights on overcoming creative resistance and building focus.
The 12 Week Year
Brian P. Moran
Framework for setting goals
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
Deep, non-lean insights
Sandworm
Andy Greenberg
Fast-paced Russian espionage
To Sell is Human
Daniel H. Pink
Deep dive into selling
Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph
Jim Collins
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou
Inside Theranos, rise and fall
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
Patty McCord
Shaping work culture
Loonshots
Safi Bahcall
Lessons from true innovation
Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
Tim S. Grover
Lessons from Jordan
Shape Up
Ryan Singer
Non-agile work planning
Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car
Lawrence D. Burns
History of self-driving cars
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink
Science of time
Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Web Application
Jason Fried
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Fried
Workplace counter-culture
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal
Science behind addictive products
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. Drucker
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio
Thinking how to think
The Minto Pyramid Principle
Barbara Minto
How to structure your writing
Momofuku
David Chang
How I learned to make ramen
Remote Places to Stay
Debbie Pappyn
Beautiful travel book
Highway to Hell
Joe Bonomo
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Ben Horowitz
Startup and product management lessons
Remote: Office Not Required
David Heinemeier Hansson
Remote work playbook
Rework
Jason Fried
Getting Real for business
Getting Real
Jason Fried
Zero to One without VC
Defensive Web Design
Jason Fried
Principles for user-friendly web apps
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
Timothy Zahn
Best non-cannon trilogy