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- Alibaba - The house that Jack Ma built by Duncan Clark https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25817524-alibaba
- Shoe Dog - A memoir by the creator of NIKE by Phil Knight https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27220736-shoe-dog
- Originals - How non-conformists move the world by Adam Grant https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25614523-originals
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs [0]
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1]
[0] - https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Moon-Harsh-Mistress-Robert-Heinlein-e...
* Tuf Voyaging by George RR Martin. I thought this was a stupid premise (guy travels the universe in a huge ship with cat companions?) but a friend strongly recommended it and I found it stupidly readable and very entertaining.
* Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh. Deeply interesting and humane book about the work of an eminent brain surgeon.
* The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes by Steven Pinker. Strong persuasive central thesis even if though I didn't agree with all his arguments. Very wide-ranging book with many ideas from philosophy and history.
* Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. Informative and scary book about zoonotic diseases. Like a non-fiction cross between the detective, horror and sci-fi genres.
* The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. Read this because I felt I should rather than out of pure interest, but it was a good decision: fascinating biography and startling how intelligent and occasionally ruthless Mandela was.
- The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
- The 48 Laws Of Power
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
- Crossing the Chasm
- The Richest Man in Babylon
- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
- Europe: A History
- The Penguin History of Europe
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Every of the books was awesome. The only thing is that I haven't finished Europe: A History from Norman and read The Penguin History of Europe instead because the Norman book was just too long for me. But It has way more details.
I switch between business-related books and non-business related (it can be everything from philosophy to language history to hardcore science) but I don't read fiction (The Richest Man in Babylon is fictional, but still the focus is on self-development).
Hope you could see some titles that might interest you.
Freakonomics, is a good one about economy from a new angle of view
Deep work by Cal Newport, great book on how to develop intense focus to be creative/get more done. Highly recommended. Race Against The Machine - a concise and informative discussion of the impact of technology on employment, income distribution and macro economics. Highly recommended as well.
Deep Work sure is a great book, but I would recommend people with interest in the material just to go directly to Flow by Mihály Csikszentmihalyi. Read them one after the other, first Deep Work and then Flow. IF you are going to read both then I would recommend that order. Reading Flow first, then Deep Work doesn't have much to offer. Those books actually re-fueled my love of programming.
Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life
Which one are you recommending?
- "Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
- "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
These are beautifully written books-- true art. I read intellectually stimulating, non-fiction material every moment of my life. Fiction counterbalances that frenzied information consumption.
I also read 2/3 of SevenEves by Neal Stephenson. Although the first 2/3 were good, I can't recommend the book due to the last 1/3. Those who read the book will know what I'm talking about.