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Other than that I believe Bad Blood by John Carreyrou is possibly the best of 2018 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37976541-bad-blood) - mentioned in the other comment already
* Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215758.Shake_Hands_with_...
Still reading it every few weeks and its hanging over my head to finally finish it. Not something you want to read, but a book like few i have read before.
Favorites that I read in 2018: * Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep ) * Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude ) * Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss (…
Favorites read in 2018: Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg. This book is, so far, the closest I've come to finding a "spiritual successor" to The Soul of a New Machine by Kidder. If you liked The Soul of a New Machine , or if you like watching Halt and Catch Fire, you may well like Dreaming in Code . Inspired by Marty Cagan. Really solid overview of the essentials of product management. The Book of Why: The New Scie…
[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scale-Universal-Organisms-Cities-Co...
- 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy - Hamilton Helmer
- American Wolf - Nate Blakeslee
- Atomic Habits - James Clear
- But What If We're Wrong - Chuck Klosterman
- Conspiracy - Ryan Holiday
- The Courage To Be Disliked - Ichiro Kishimi
- Elements of Fiction: Characters & Viewpoint - Orson Scott Card
- The Elephant In The Brain - Robin Hanson & Kevin Simler
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy - Richard Rumelt
- Gridiron Genius - Michael Lombardi
- The Longevity Diet - Valter Longo
- Open - Andre Agassi
- Warriors & Worriers - Joyce Benenson
- Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker
- World After Capital - Albert Wenger
Favorites that I read in 2018: * Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep ) * Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude ) * Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss (…
If you like “Why We Sleep” I recommend “The Sleep Solution” as a companion. Why We Sleep is heavy on interesting sleep science but light on practical tips for improving sleep (The Sleep Solution is the opposite...)
Favorites read in 2018: Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg. This book is, so far, the closest I've come to finding a "spiritual successor" to The Soul of a New Machine by Kidder. If you liked The Soul of a New Machine , or if you like watching Halt and Catch Fire, you may well like Dreaming in Code . Inspired by Marty Cagan. Really solid overview of the essentials of product management. The Book of Why: The New Scie…
I presume this was heavily downvoted because of the Rand. While I'm not a fan of her either, that's unfair: 1. Dreaming in Code and The Book of Why are excellent (I haven't read the other two), and 2. Rand makes some points that some people need to learn, even if I don't buy her whole worldview.
As I said in my other comment I got in a few good conversations on my commute about it too, it almost felt like a dead time debating society ;)
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Druckers-Lost-Art-Management-Organiza...
* Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker * Masters of Doom, by David Kushner * What Doesn't Kill Us, by Scott Carney * Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou * The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondō * How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, by Scott Adams
No likable "characters" in that one. Fun reading about the era though.