I find myself rereading Antifragile, Black Swan, Lean Startup, and $100M Offers
All of them have significantly shaped my worldview, and I'd love to know HN's favorite nonfiction books
Ask HN: What nonfiction books do you keep rereading?
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#2"White Line Fever"
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#3When I reread these, I always pick up some details that I missed in the earlier reads:
- On the shortness of life - Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Growth - Show your work and Steal like an artist - Domain modeling made functional
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#4My Life, by Isadora Duncan
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#5- Zero to One, Peter Thiel
Always makes me feel that I’m not ambitious enough. And that too many smart people are in the wrong industry (finance).
- The Dip, Seth Godin
Don’t give up. Unless you’re in a cul-de-sac.
- Obviously Awesome, April Dunford
Your competitor is often not who you think it is.
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#6Offhand I can think of a few that I've read at least 2-3 times. And in a couple of cases, maybe as many as 4 or 5 times. There are probably some others that just aren't jumping to mind, but suffice it to say that these are all books I've found very valuable.
The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank
The Discipline of Market Leaders - Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema
Society of Mind - Marvin Minsky
Mastering the Complex Sale - Jeff Thull
How to Measure Anything - Douglas Hubbard
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
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#7The Structure of World History, Karatani
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#8Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It - Chris Voss
Clear actionable direction on how to negotiate.
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#9The Coming of Neo-Feudalism - Joel Kotkin (its a brainful)
Algorithns to live by - Brian Christian
Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel khaneman
The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom - James Burnham
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#10Trade Wars are Class Wars by Klein and Pettis
I was originally pointed to this book as an answer to my persistent question "I love manufacturing, but it seems like the US economy hates manufacturing, why?" and while it did give me a satisfactory grasp of the macroeconomics involved, it also became my reference for a handful of trade policy / macroeconomic points that are, shall we say, less frequently bubbled up by The Submarine (in reference to the Paul Graham essay).