Bookshelf

This started off as an Evernote notebook of various reading lists, but after taking inspiration from others, I've decided to publish my bookshelf here.

Categorizing books takes a lot more effort than I initially thought.

Finally, I'll update this page whenever I read something new (or re-read it), so check back every few weeks for updates.

Categories

• Accounting (4)
• Biography (24)
• Business (18)
• Economics & Game Theory (10)
• Epistemology (3)
• Fiction (26)
• Finance & Investing (15)
• Government (5)
• History (10)
• International Affairs (12)
• Islam (2)
• Leadership (12)
• Management & Productivity (10)
• Mathematics (2)
• Philosophy (9)
• Politics (1)
• Programming (2)
• Psychology (43)
• Sales (6)
• Science (7)
• Silicon Valley (6)
• Systems Thinking (9)
• Technology (2)
• Writing (3)

Accounting

• Financial Accounting by Stickney
• How to Read a Financial Report by John Tracy
• How to Use Financial Statements by James Bandler
• Interpretation of Financial Statements by Ben Graham

Biography

• Not Fade Away - A Short Life, Well Lived by Laurence Shames and Peter Barton
• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanthi
• The Power Broker by Robert Caro
• Genius: The Life and Mind of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
• Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson
• Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy by Frank McLynn
• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
• A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash by Sylvia Nasar
• Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
• Buckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life and Work by L Steven Sieden
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
• Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness by Donald Barlett, James Steele
• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
• Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century by Sean Patrick
• Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton
• Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by Bernard Carlson
• Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace, Jim Erickson
• The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro
• Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965: 1,2,3 by William Manchester, Paul Reid
• Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
• Brain On Fire: My Month Of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
• The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen

Business

• David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Ikea Story by Bertil Torekull
• Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Thiel & Masters
• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
• Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
• Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by George Lorimer
• The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason
• The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business by Josh Kaufman
• Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
• Pmarca Archives by Marc Andressen
• The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development: A Cheat Sheet to the Four Steps to the Epiphany by Brant Cooper, Patrick Vlaskovits
• The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Startups That Win by Steven Gary Blank
• Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham
• Inside the Tornado by Geoffrey Moore
• Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres
• The Innovators Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
• What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World by Tina Seelig

Economics & Game Theory

• A Course in Microeconomic Theory by Kreps
• Strategy of Conflict by Schelling
• Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell
• The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will( Eventually) Feel Better by Tyler Cowen
• Thank You For Being Late by Thomas Friedman
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economic Indicators by Mark Rogers
• Bank 3.0 - Why Banking is No Longer Somewhere You Go, But Something You Do by Brett King
• The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
• Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies by Cesar Hidalgo
• The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy by Dani Rodrik

Epistemology

• How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren
• Pebbles of Perception by Laurence Endersen
• The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence by Josh Waitzkin

Fiction

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
• What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agents Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins
• Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
• The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• Cat's Cradle: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
• 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Brave New Workd by Aldous Huxley
• Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
• A Journey in Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert Pirsig
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
• The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

Finance & Investing

• A Random Walk down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
• The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William N. Thorndike
• Financial Instruments: Equities, Debt, Derivatives, and Alternative Investments by David Weiss
• The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment by Guy Spier
• Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
• The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
• When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein
• How I Made $2,000,000 In the Stock Market by Nicholas Darvas
• Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
• Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility" (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders, 2015 by Warren Buffett
• The Intelligent Investor by Ben Graham
• You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits by Joel Greenblatt

Government

• Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan by Richard Neustadt
• Congress: The Electoral Connection by David Mayhew
• Congress and The Bureaucracy by Douglas Arnold
• The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court by Bob Woodward
• Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

History

• SPQR - A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
• Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlanksy
• Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
• The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
• The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph Ellis
• Freaks of Fortune by Jonathan Levy
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
• The Lessons of History by Will Durant & Ariel Durant
• The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow

International Affairs

• From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman
• The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
• The Logic of War and Peace by Edward Luttwack
• Man, the State, and War by Kenneth Waltz
• Theory of International Politics by Kenneth Waltz
• History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
• The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Myers
• Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor, Saul Singer
• The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by Steven Pressfield
• Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and its impact on the Middle East by Nicholas Blanford
• The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement by Christopher Simon Sykes
• The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein

Islam

• Being Muslim: A Practical Guide by Asad Tarsin
• Quran: English Translation. Clear, Pure, Easy to Read, in Modern English. by Talal Itani

Leadership

• The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh and Steve Jamison
• Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• Excellent Sheep - The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz
• Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink
• The Finishing School by Dick Couch
• Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United by Ferguson & Moritz
• Warfighting by US Marine Corps
• Teaching Common Sense: The Grand Strategy Program at Yale University by Linda Kulman
• The Prince by Machiavelli
• Legacy by James Kerr
• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

Management & Productivity

• Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp
• High Output Management by Andy Grove
• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
• Principles by Ray Dalio
• The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
• How to be a High School Superstar by Cal Newport
• Hiring for Attitude: A Revolutionary Approach to Recruiting and Selecting People with Both Tremendous Skills and Superb Attitude by Mark Murphy
• The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
• The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact by Edmond Lau

Mathematics

• Real and Functional Analysis by Serge Lang
• A First Course in Probability by Sheldon Ross

Philosophy

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
• The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
• The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Epictetus and Sharon Lebell
• The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
• On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
• The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
• Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
• Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now by Gordon Livingston

Politics

• The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Alastair Smith

Programming

• Introduction to Tornado: Modern Web Applications with Python by Michael Dory
• Pro Python (Expert's Voice in Open Source) by Marty Alchin

Psychology

• Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed CatmullandAmy Wallace
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
• The Gardner and the Carpenter by Allison Gotnick
• The Scientist in the Crib by Allison Gotnick
• The Way of Men by Jack Donovan
• Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way To Influence And Persuade by Robert Cialdini
• Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
• Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Aversive Interpersonal Behavior by Robin M. Kowalski
• Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin
• How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweick
• Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher
• The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Riso
• The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
• The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel
• A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi
• The Secret Power of Middle Children by Catherine Salmon & Katrin Schumann
• Chase, Chance, and Creativity by James Austin
• Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
• Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
• How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone
• Making A Splash: A Growth Mindset Children's Book by Carol E Reiley
• Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• The Trauma of Everyday Life by Mark Epstein
• Our Inner Conflicts by Karen Horney
• Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization by Karen Horney
• Talking to Humans by Gilf Constable
• The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
• The Charisma Myth by Olivia Cabane
• Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours by Shirzad Chamine
• The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by Timothy Gallwey, Zach Kleinman
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
• Motivation and Personality by Maslow
• Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss
• Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

Sales

• Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar
• Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by Jeffrey Gitomer
• The Boron Letters by Gary Halbert
• Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into A Sales Machine With The $100 Million Best Practices Of Salesforce.com by Ross & Tyler
• To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel Pink
• The New Strategic Selling by Robert B. Miller and Stephen E. Heiman

Science

• Paradox - Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics by Jim Al-Khalili
• Time Travel: A History by James Gleick
• Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
• The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming
• If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? by Stephen Webb
• How to Create a Mind by Ray Kurzweil
• The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick

Silicon Valley

• The Dream Machine by Mitchell Waldrop
• Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston
• Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez
• The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis
• Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore
• How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business by Dave Hitz, Pat Walsh

Systems Thinking

• Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos by Roger Lewin
• A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes by Peter Bevelin
• Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos by Steven H. Strogatz
• How to Not Be Wrong - The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Eldberg
• How To Do Systems Analysis by John Gibson, William Scherer, William Gibson
• Systems Thinking for Business: Capitalize on Structures Hidden in Plain Sight by Rich Jolly
• Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows
• Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail by John Gail
• Superforecasting: The Art And Science Of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

Technology

• The Age of Intelligent Machines by Ray Kurzweil
• Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant by Chan Kim

Writing

• Writing That Works, 3e: How to Communicate Effectively in Business by Kenneth Roman and Joel Raphaelson
• Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
• The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman