I love sharing book recommendations with people. Every book I read comes through a friend, a tweet or a book list. I plan to build my own list here and maybe someone will find something they enjoy.
Every book below has taught me something that I use often. I don’t read a lot of fiction and I won’t add many to this list.
The list is in no particular order.
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
- Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean by Kim Scott
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by Jon Carreyrou
- High Output Management by Andrew S Grove
- Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
- Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action by Simon Sinek
- Brave New World: Inside Pochettino’s Spurs by Guillem Balague
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
- How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World’s Most Dynamic Region by Joe Studwell
- The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D Watkins
- The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Sprint: How To Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp
- Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future by Ashlee Vance
- Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson
- The Martian by Andy Weir
📚 What have I missed? Let me know: @iamtomcarter