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Here is a list of books I’ve read, fetched from my Goodreads profile.

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Chip Heath

★ 4 Jan 2026
A Twist in the Tale

A Twist in the Tale

Jeffrey Archer

★ 4 Jan 2026
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

Emily Oster

Jan 2026
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)

Martha Wells

Jan 2026
The Shining (The Shining, #1)

The Shining (The Shining, #1)

Stephen King

Jan 2026
Before the Play: Prequel to The Shining

Before the Play: Prequel to The Shining

Stephen King

Jan 2026
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells

★ 3 Dec 2025
The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World's Greatest Salesman

The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World's Greatest Salesman

Carmine Gallo

★ 5 Oct 2025
Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

Frank Slootman

★ 5 Sep 2025
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein

★ 5 Jun 2025
Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

★ 4 Jun 2025
Open

Open

Andre Agassi

★ 3 May 2025
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Charles T. Munger

★ 5 May 2025
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Bethany McLean

★ 4 Dec 2024
The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback

The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback

Dan Olsen

★ 4 Dec 2024
This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See

This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See

Seth Godin

★ 4 Oct 2024
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

★ 5 Jul 2024
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini

★ 4 Jun 2024
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk

Al Ries

★ 5 May 2024
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan

★ 5 May 2024
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

★ 5 Apr 2024
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain

★ 3 Jan 2024
The 12 Week Year

The 12 Week Year

Brian P. Moran

Jan 2024
The Business of Belonging: How to Build Communities That Grow the Bottom Line

The Business of Belonging: How to Build Communities That Grow the Bottom Line

David Spinks

★ 5 Dec 2023
Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship

Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship

Stan Tatkin

Dec 2023
Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

★ 3 Dec 2022
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)

Hank Green

★ 3 Dec 2022
Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

★ 5 Nov 2022
In an Instant

In an Instant

Suzanne Redfearn

★ 4 Oct 2022
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

Eric Jorgenson

★ 5 Oct 2022
Gaban

Gaban

Munshi Premchand

★ 4 Aug 2022
Thinking In Systems: A Primer

Thinking In Systems: A Primer

Donella H. Meadows

★ 4 Jul 2022
Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

David A. Sinclair

★ 4 Jun 2022
The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

★ 4 May 2022
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

★ 4 Apr 2022
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

Mitch Albom

★ 4 Apr 2022
How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love

How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love

Logan Ury

★ 4 Mar 2022
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

Rob Fitzpatrick

★ 4 Mar 2022
A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

★ 5 Feb 2022
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

Morgan Housel

★ 5 Feb 2022
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)

Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)

James S.A. Corey

★ 4 Feb 2022
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

Vaclav Smil

★ 5 Oct 2021
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Robert Iger

★ 5 Sep 2021
Let's Build a Company: A Start-up Story Minus the Bullshit

Let's Build a Company: A Start-up Story Minus the Bullshit

Harpreet S Grover

★ 5 Feb 2021
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)

The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

★ 4 Oct 2020
The Illicit Happiness of Other People

The Illicit Happiness of Other People

Manu Joseph

★ 5 Jul 2020
War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

★ 5 Jul 2020
Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki

★ 3 Jun 2020
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey

★ 4 Jun 2020
The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)

The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)

Lyssa Kay Adams

★ 3 Jun 2020
Normal People

Normal People

Sally Rooney

★ 4 Jun 2020
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

★ 4 May 2020
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

Cal Newport

★ 4 May 2020
The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

★ 5 Apr 2020
Educated

Educated

Tara Westover

★ 5 Feb 2020
Misery

Misery

Stephen King

★ 4 Feb 2020
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

Saul D. Alinsky

★ 4 Feb 2020
The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

★ 3 Jan 2020
The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Timothy Ferriss

★ 3 Jan 2020
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

★ 5 Dec 2019
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)

Douglas Adams

★ 3 Dec 2019
And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

★ 4 Nov 2019
City of Thieves

City of Thieves

David Benioff

★ 4 Nov 2019
Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

★ 3 Nov 2019
Selling The Wheel: Choosing The Best Way To Sell For You Your Company Your Customers

Selling The Wheel: Choosing The Best Way To Sell For You Your Company Your Customers

Jeff Cox

★ 5 Oct 2019
Strangers No More: New Narratives From India’s Northeast

Strangers No More: New Narratives From India’s Northeast

Sanjoy Hazarika

★ 5 Oct 2019
Daytripper

Daytripper

Fábio Moon

★ 5 Oct 2019
Amar Bari Tomar Bari Naxalbari

Amar Bari Tomar Bari Naxalbari

Sumit Kumar

★ 3 Sep 2019
Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education: Reggio Emilia Approach - Advanced Reflections

Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education: Reggio Emilia Approach - Advanced Reflections

C. Edwards

Sep 2019
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

Margaret Atwood

★ 4 Sep 2019
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard P. Feynman

★ 4 Aug 2019
The Overcoat

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

★ 5 Jul 2019
A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

★ 5 Jul 2019
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

Seth Godin

★ 4 Jun 2019
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

George Horace Lorimer

★ 5 Jun 2019
Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

★ 3 Jun 2019
A World-Class Education

A World-Class Education

Vivien Stewart

★ 4 Jun 2019
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)

Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)

James S.A. Corey

★ 4 Apr 2019
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Jordan B. Peterson

★ 4 Apr 2019
21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

★ 5 Mar 2019
Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

★ 5 Jan 2019
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)

J.K. Rowling

★ 5 Jan 2019
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)

J.K. Rowling

★ 5 Jan 2019
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

J.K. Rowling

★ 4 Jan 2019
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)

J.K. Rowling

★ 4 Jan 2019
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)

J.K. Rowling

★ 4 Jan 2019
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)

J.K. Rowling

★ 4 Jan 2019
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)

The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)

Bryce Courtenay

★ 4 Dec 2018
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship

Ben Horowitz

★ 4 Sep 2018
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)

Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)

James S.A. Corey

★ 4 Sep 2018
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)

Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)

James S.A. Corey

★ 5 Sep 2018
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)

Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)

James S.A. Corey

★ 5 Sep 2018
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)

Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)

James S.A. Corey

★ 4 Aug 2018
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Oct 2017
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

Ernest Hemingway

Aug 2017
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

★ 5 Aug 2017
Catch-22

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

May 2017
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

★ 4 Apr 2017
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)

Art Spiegelman

★ 4 Sep 2015
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)

Art Spiegelman

★ 4 Sep 2015
The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns

The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns

Mohnish Pabrai

Sep 2015
Yuganta: The End of an Epoch

Yuganta: The End of an Epoch

Irawati Karve

★ 5 Feb 2015
Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska

John Green

★ 4 Jan 2015
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

★ 5 Sep 2014
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

★ 4 Sep 2014
Foundation (Foundation, #1)

Foundation (Foundation, #1)

Isaac Asimov

★ 5 Aug 2013
Sophie’s World

Sophie’s World

Jostein Gaarder

★ 3 Aug 2013
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt

★ 3 Mar 2013
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

★ 5 Mar 2013
MAKE: Bootstrapper's Handbook

MAKE: Bootstrapper's Handbook

Pieter Levels

Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell

Eric Schmidt

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom

Love Story (Love Story, #1)

Love Story (Love Story, #1)

Erich Segal

★ 3
One Piece, Volume 6: The Oath

One Piece, Volume 6: The Oath

Eiichiro Oda

One Piece, Volume 7: The Crap-Geezer

One Piece, Volume 7: The Crap-Geezer

Eiichiro Oda

One Piece, Volume 5: For Whom the Bell Tolls

One Piece, Volume 5: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Eiichiro Oda

One Piece, Volume 4: The Black Cat Pirates

One Piece, Volume 4: The Black Cat Pirates

Eiichiro Oda

One Piece, Volume 3: Don't Get Fooled Again

One Piece, Volume 3: Don't Get Fooled Again

Eiichiro Oda

One Piece, Volume 2: Buggy the Clown

One Piece, Volume 2: Buggy the Clown

Eiichiro Oda

One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn

One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn

Eiichiro Oda

1984

1984

George Orwell

★ 4
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

★ 4
Gods of Risk (The Expanse, #2.5)

Gods of Risk (The Expanse, #2.5)

James S.A. Corey

★ 3
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

James S.A. Corey

The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #1.5)

The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #1.5)

James S.A. Corey

★ 3
The Churn (The Expanse, #3.5)

The Churn (The Expanse, #3.5)

James S.A. Corey

★ 3
Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

James S.A. Corey

★ 3
The Complete Maus

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

★ 5
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

James S.A. Corey

★ 5
The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

★ 5
Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT

Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT

Chetan Bhagat

★ 3
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

★ 2
What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

Michael J. Sandel

★ 4
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

★ 5
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

Chinua Achebe

★ 4
Jaya: 9

Jaya: 9

Devdutt Pattanaik

★ 4
Everybody Loves a Good Drought

Everybody Loves a Good Drought

Palagummi Sainath

★ 5
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline

★ 5
Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

★ 5
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)

Dan Brown

★ 5
A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

★ 5
The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

★ 4
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

Mario Puzo

Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam

Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam

Asra Q. Nomani

★ 3
Galileo

Galileo

Bertolt Brecht

★ 4
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

Sophocles

★ 4
Macbeth

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

★ 4
Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

★ 4
Tughlaq: A Play in Thirteen Scenes

Tughlaq: A Play in Thirteen Scenes

Girish Karnad

★ 3
Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)

Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)

Sophocles

★ 4
All My Sons

All My Sons

Arthur Miller

★ 3
The Museum of Innocence

The Museum of Innocence

Orhan Pamuk

★ 5
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel

★ 5
The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

Adam Braun

★ 5
The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves

The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves

James Tooley

★ 1
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson

★ 4
A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen W. Hawking

★ 3
Outliers: The Story of Success

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

★ 5
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

J.K. Rowling

★ 5
The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus

★ 5
Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons For The Young Professional

Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons For The Young Professional

Subroto Bagchi

★ 3
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)

Stephenie Meyer

★ 1
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)

New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)

Stephenie Meyer

★ 2
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)

Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)

Stephenie Meyer

★ 2
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

Stephenie Meyer

★ 3
The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

★ 4
Eleven Minutes

Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho

★ 3
The Bancroft Strategy

The Bancroft Strategy

Robert Ludlum

★ 5
Congo

Congo

Michael Crichton

★ 5
The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)

The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)

Robert Ludlum

★ 5
The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)

The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)

Robert Ludlum

★ 5
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

Isaac Asimov

★ 5
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