Books Read
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2021
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind by Jonah Berger
The Resisters by Gish Jen
The Next American City: The Big Promise of Our Midsize Metros by Mick Cornett
Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World, and How We Can Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
2020
Non-Fiction
The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott H. Young
Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman
Meltdown: What Plane Crashes, Oil Spills, and Dumb Business Decisions Can Teach Us About How to Succeed at Work and at Home by András Tilcsik and Chris Clearfield
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier
Brain Rules by John Medina
Why Are We Yelling: The Art of Productive Disagreement by Buster Benson
Fiction
The End of October by Lawrence Wright
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Last Flight by Julie Clark
2019
Non-Fiction
The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph
The TB12 Method by Tom Brady
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Fiction
Daemon: Daemon Series, Book 1 by Daniel Suarez
Change Agent by Daniel Suarez
The Three-Body Problem: Remembrance of Earth's Past Series, Book 1 by Cixin Liu
The Banker's Wife by Cristina Alger
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
Recursion by Blake Crouch
2018
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
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