All-time favorite books

Books recommended by me.

Updated: 25-Oct-2021

Recommendation directly from my Kindle.

Book NameAuthor
1Steve JobsWalter Isaacson
2Skin in the GameNassim Nicholas Taleb
3Hard Drive – Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft EmpireWallace, Erickson
4Bend the Curve – Accelerating Your Startup’s SuccessAndrew Razeghi
5Steal Like an ArtistAustin Kleon
6Zero to One – Notes on Start-Ups, or How to Build the FuturePeter Thiel
74-Hour WorkweekTimothy Ferriss
8The Everything Store – Jeff Bezos and the Age of AmazonBrad Stone
9Inspiring ThoughtsSwami Vivekanand
10The Power of Your Subconscious MindJoseph Murphy
11How Google WorksEric Schmidt
12University of Berkshire Hathaway – 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie MungerCorey Wrenn and Daniel Pecaut
13I Hope I Screw This Up – How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the WorldKyle Cease
14Getting to YesROGER, FISHER
15Elon Musk; Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic FutureAshlee Vance
16ReWork – Change the Way You Work ForeverDavid Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
17Rich Dad Poor DadRobert Kiyosaki
18Diamond AgeStephenson Neal
19Creativity, IncAmy Wallace and Edwin Catmull
20The Industries of the FutureAlec Ross
21Monetizing InnovationMadhavan Ramanujam, Georg Tacke
22Radical Markets – Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just SocietyEric Posner, E. Weyl
23SiddharthaHermann Hesse
24Originals – How Non-Conformists Move the WorldGrant, Adam
25Good To GreatJim Collins
26The UpanishadsSri M
27Enchanted ObjectsDavid Rose
28Utopia for Realists – How We Can Build the Ideal WorldRutger Bregman
29Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
30The Pragmatic ProgrammerDavid Thomas, Andrew Hunt
31Swim with the sharks without being eaten aliveHarvey Mackay
32Tipping PointMalcolm Gladwell
33Built to LastJim Collins
34The Lessons of HistoryWill Durant, Ariel Durant
35The Heart of the Buddha’s TeachingThich Nhat Hanh
36Bold – How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the WorldPeter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
37Advantage – Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In BusinessPatrick M. Lencioni
38Running LeanAsh Maurya
3948 Laws of PowerRobert Greene
40Radical Candor – Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your HumanityKim Scott
41SuperforecastingPhilip E. Tetlock
42The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene
43Founders at Work – Stories of Startups’ Early DaysJessica Livingston
44The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb
45The Leadership Genius of Julius CaesarPhillip Barlag
46As a Man ThinkethJames Allen
47Big Bang Disruption – Strategy in the Age of Devastating InnovationLarry Downes, Paul Nunes
48Meaningful – The Story of Ideas That FlyBernadette Jiwa
49The InevitableKevin Kelly
50Sprint – How To Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five DaysJake Knapp
51Don’t Price the Product, Product the PriceMadhavan Ramanujam
52Leadership Genius of Julius CaesarPhillip Barlag
53OutliersMalcolm Gladwell
54The Business Idea Factory – A World-Class System for Creating Successful Business IdeasAndrii Sedniev
55The Art of WarSun Tzu
56Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You ThinkPeter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
57Forge your FutureA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
58Disrupted – My Misadventure in the Start-Up BubbleDan Lyons
59Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture CapitalistBrad Feld and Jason A. Mendelson
60Thrive – The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier LifeArianna Huffington
61Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb
62Power – Why Some People Have It—and Others Don’tJeffrey Pfeffer
63Contagious – Why Things Catch OnJonah Berger
64Grit – The Power of Passion and PerseveranceAngela Duckworth
65Playing to Win – How Strategy Really WorksLafley, A.G. & Martin, Roger L
66The Lean StartupEric Ries
67Anything You WantDerek Sivers
68Hatching Twitter – A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and BetrayalNick Bilton
69The Way of the Superior ManDavid Deida
70FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
71Crossing the ChasmGeoffrey Moore
72Poor Charlie’s AlmanackCharles T. Munger
73In The PlexSteve Levy
74How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
75HookedNir Eyal
76Chanakya NeetiChanakya
77Smartcuts – How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate SuccessShane Snow
78The Company – A Short History of a Revolutionary IdeaJohn Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
79Only the Paranoid SurviveAndrew S. Grove
80The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams
81How to Get People to Do StuffSusan Weinschenk
82Insanely Simple – The Obsession That Drives Apple’s SuccessKen Segall
83The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
84Traction – How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer GrowthGabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
85PlatformMichael S. Hyatt
86Become What You AreAlan Watts
87Influence – The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini
88The Innovator’s DilemmaClayton M. Christensen
89The Subtle art of not Giving a F*ckMark Manson
90The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)Seth Godin
91Almanack of Naval RavikantEric Jorgenson
92The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel
93The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday
94What Money Can’t BuyMichael Sandel