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Books I've read and genuinely recommend. They've shaped how I think about leadership, coaching, technology, human systems, building things, and living a thoughtful life.

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• The Overstory Richard Powers Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Above Ground: Poems Clint Smith Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Excellent Advice for Living Kevin Kelly Inner Life & Growth View details →
• How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Clint Smith Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey James Hollis Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Marginality as a Site of Resistance bell hooks Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Courage to Teach Parker J. Palmer Coaching & Conversation View details →
• The Courage to Be Disliked Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga Inner Life & Growth View details →
• The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Michael Lewis Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life Maggie Smith Writing View details →
• Eight Words or Fewer: Distil Your Difference Into the Perfect Micropitch Emma Ketterer and Adam Ketterer Writing View details →
• Everybody Needs an Editor: The Essential Guide to Clear and Effective Writing Melissa Harris and Jenn Bane Writing View details →
• Manage Yourself to Lead Others: Why Great Leadership Begins with Self-Understanding Margaret C. Andrews Leadership & Management View details →
• Story Is a State of Mind: Writing and the Art of Creative Curiosity Sarah Selecky Writing View details →
• The Intentional Organization: A Leadership and Management Guide Sara Hicks and Mathias Meyer Leadership & Management View details →
• Write Through It: An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life Kate McKean Writing View details →
• Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin Leadership & Management View details →
• The Things We Never Say Elizabeth Strout Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Orbital Samantha Harvey Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• The Writing Life Annie Dillard Writing View details →
• The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman Companies & Strategy View details →
• How to Meditate Pema Chödrön Inner Life & Growth View details →
• The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief Francis Weller Inner Life & Growth View details →
• tiny beautiful things Cheryl Strayed Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Correspondent Virginia Evans Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• What to Make of a Life Jim Collins Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Incorruptible Eric Ries Companies & Strategy View details →
• Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Unsayable: A Life in Writing Michael Cunningham Writing View details →
• Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Psychology of Software Teams Cat Hicks Culture & Human Systems View details →
• How to Decide Annie Duke Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Thinking in Bets Annie Duke Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman Coaching & Conversation View details →
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Elizabeth Gilbert Inner Life & Growth View details →
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell Aldous Huxley Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking Samin Nosrat Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim Product & Technology View details →
• Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation Steven Johnson Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability Sidney Dekker Culture & Human Systems View details →
• All About Love: New Visions bell hooks Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Open Heart, Open Mind: Awakening the Power of Essence Love Tsoknyi Rinpoche Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Project Hail Mary Andy Weir Product & Technology View details →
• Crossing the Chasm Geoffrey Moore Companies & Strategy View details →
• Open Andre Agassi Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Several Short Sentences About Writing Verlyn Klinkenborg Writing View details →
• Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets Nassim Nicholas Taleb Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Getting to Yes Roger Fisher, William Ury Coaching & Conversation View details →
• The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu M. Goldratt Companies & Strategy View details →
• The Leader on the Couch: A Clinical Approach to Changing People & Organisations Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries Leadership & Management View details →
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Sogyal Rinpoche Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Right Kind of Wrong Amy Edmondson Leadership & Management View details →
• Nudge Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Intermezzo: A Novel Sally Rooney Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein’s Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time Richard P. Feynman Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Ministry for the Future: A Novel Kim Stanley Robinson Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Psych: The Story of the Human Mind Paul Bloom Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life: How to Thrive at Work by Leaving Your Emotional Baggage Behind Naomi Shragai Coaching & Conversation View details →
• The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Nassim Nicholas Taleb Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde Writing View details →
• Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words Randall Munroe Writing View details →
• Empowered Marty Cagan Product & Technology View details →
• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Pine Barrens John McPhee Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Great Believers: A Novel Rebecca Makkai Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Inspired Marty Cagan Product & Technology View details →
• The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Drive Dan Pink Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business Erin Meyer Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Positioning Al Ries, Jack Trout Companies & Strategy View details →
• Co-Active Coaching: The Proven Framework for Transformative Conversations at Work and in Life Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth Coaching & Conversation View details →
• Influence Robert B. Cialdini Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Working With You is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work Katherine Crowley Coaching & Conversation View details →
• The War of Art Steven Pressfield Inner Life & Growth View details →
• The Human Condition Hannah Arendt Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Are You Listening?: Stories from a Coaching Life Jenny Rogers Coaching & Conversation View details →
• The Design of Everyday Things Donald Norman Product & Technology View details →
• Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away Annie Duke Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Don't Make Me Think Steve Krug Product & Technology View details →
• The Secret History Donna Tartt Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Digital Disruption, Developers, and Overthrowing the Ancient Powerful Order Gene Kim Product & Technology View details →
• The Great Mental Models, Volume 3 Farnam Street Media Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull Companies & Strategy View details →
• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman Inner Life & Growth View details →
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Pema Chödrön Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Charles T. Munger Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos Companies & Strategy View details →
• High Growth Handbook Elad Gil Companies & Strategy View details →
• Creating Great Choices Roger L Martin, Jennifer Riel Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Art of Leadership Michael Lopp Leadership & Management View details →
• Reboot Jerry Colonna Leadership & Management View details →
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things Ben Horowitz Leadership & Management View details →
• On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction William Zinsser Writing View details →
• Dare to Lead Brene Brown Leadership & Management View details →
• Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin Leadership & Management View details →
• Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics) Pema Chödrön Inner Life & Growth View details →
• The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts Susan Cain Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Trevor Noah Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Presence-Based Leadership: Complexity Practices for Clarity, Resilience, and Results That Matter Doug Silsbee Leadership & Management View details →
• High Output Management Andy Grove Leadership & Management View details →
• An Elegant Puzzle Will Larson Product & Technology View details →
• Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism bell hooks Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Making of a Manager Julie Zhuo Leadership & Management View details →
• Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) Nassim Nicholas Taleb Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Manager's Path Camille Fournier Leadership & Management View details →
• The Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work Charles Feltman Coaching & Conversation View details →
• Resilient Management Lara Hogan Leadership & Management View details →
• The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry Sue Annis Hammond Coaching & Conversation View details →
• If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit Brenda Ueland Writing View details →
• This Is Happiness Niall Williams Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Matt Ridley Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Beloved Toni Morrison Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Great Mental Models, Volume 2 Farnam Street Media Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Richard Rumelt Companies & Strategy View details →
• The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Draft No. 4 John McPhee Writing View details →
• Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Roxane Gay Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Lori Gottlieb Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion Pema Chödrön Inner Life & Growth View details →
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King Writing View details →
• The Lessons of History Will Durant and Ariel Durant Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking Barbara Minto Writing View details →
• Nonviolent Communication Marshall B. Rosenberg Coaching & Conversation View details →
• The Cancer Journals Audre Lorde Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Audre Lorde Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Making Work Visible Dominica Degrandis Product & Technology View details →
• Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change William Bridges and Susan Bridges Leadership & Management View details →
• Coaching for Performance: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership John Whitmore Coaching & Conversation View details →
• The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error Sidney Dekker Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Challenger Launch Decision Diane Vaughan Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Mythical Man-Month Frederick Brooks Product & Technology View details →
• Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Mary Oliver Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback Dan Olsen Product & Technology View details →
• Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity Julia Cameron Inner Life & Growth View details →
• The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton Christensen Companies & Strategy View details →
• Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Sprint Jake Knapp Product & Technology View details →
• Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Know My Name: A Memoir Chanel Miller Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Lean Startup Eric Ries Companies & Strategy View details →
• The Mindful Coach: Seven Roles for Facilitating Leader Development Douglas K. Silsbee Coaching & Conversation View details →
• Normal People: A Novel: A Hulu Original Series Sally Rooney Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• The Great Mental Models, Volume 1 Rhiannon Beaubien, Shane Parrish Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Dog Songs: Poems Mary Oliver Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• Remote: Office Not Required Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Black Unicorn Audre Lorde Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Shunryu Suzuki Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Presence-Based Coaching: Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body, and Heart Doug Silsbee Coaching & Conversation View details →
• Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher Richard P. Feynman Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century Lauren Slater Thinking & Decisions View details →
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Anne Lamott Writing View details →
• The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys James Fadiman Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Jim Collins Companies & Strategy View details →
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Audre Lorde Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Principles of Product Development Flow Donald G. Reinertsen Product & Technology View details →
• Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment Robert Wright Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Seven Brief Lessons in Physics Carlo Rovelli Thinking & Decisions View details →
• The Captain Class: A New Theory of Leadership Sam Walker Leadership & Management View details →
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition (J-B Lencioni Series) Patrick Lencioni Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Cal Newport Inner Life & Growth View details →
• How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan Inner Life & Growth View details →
• My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger Marc Levinson Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The End of Average Todd Rose Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Miniature Guide to the Art of Asking Essential Questions Linda Elder, Richard Paul Coaching & Conversation View details →
• Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Friendly Fire: The Accidental Shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq Scott A. Snook Culture & Human Systems View details →
• To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design Henry Petroski Product & Technology View details →
• Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship) Yogananda Paramahansa Inner Life & Growth View details →
• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou Companies & Strategy View details →
• The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner (Vintage International) Joan Didion, Barbara Caruso and Paula Bonet Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World Tracy Kidder Lives & Perspectives View details →
• When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist Paul Kalanithi Lives & Perspectives View details →
• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever Michael Bungay Stanier Coaching & Conversation View details →
• Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice Bill Browder Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth Eric Ries Companies & Strategy View details →
• Between the World and Me (One World Essentials) Ta-Nehisi Coates Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Phil Knight Companies & Strategy View details →
• Snow Crash: A Novel Neal Stephenson Product & Technology View details →
• The Martian Andy Weir Product & Technology View details →
• The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Jonathan Haidt Inner Life & Growth View details →
• The Round House: A Novel Louise Erdrich Literature & the Human Condition View details →
• People of the Deer (Death of a People Book 1) Farley Mowat Lives & Perspectives View details →
• iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith Companies & Strategy View details →
• Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise Ruth Reichl Lives & Perspectives View details →
• Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges C. Otto Scharmer Culture & Human Systems View details →
• The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan Culture & Human Systems View details →
• Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life Tonianne DeMaria Barry and Jim Benson Product & Technology View details →
• Olive Kitteridge: Fiction Elizabeth Strout Literature & the Human Condition View details →

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