Books
Currently Reading
Two things to know about my reading habits: I’m a scatter brain and I read almost exclusively non-fiction. As a result, I usually have a handful of books going at once and it takes me a very long time to read a single one of them. Usually it’s a pattern of “I’m excited about this topic”, read the first half, “I’m pretty sure I get the picture”, take a break, “I could use a refresher”, finish book.
- The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous
- Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
Finished Reading
These are all books I’ve read cover to cover in (roughly) reverse chronological order. Anything pre-2015 has been ommitted.
2020
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
2019
- Inventing Bitcoin: The Technology Behind the First Truly Scarce and Decentralized Money Explained by Yan Pritzker
- The Quiet American by Graham Greene
2018
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
- American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton
2017
- Perfect Strangers by Roseann Sdoia
- Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
- How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
2016
- Freakonomics by Stephen Dubner & Steven Levitt
- How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis
- Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuck
- The Revenant by Michael Punke
2015
- Moneyball by Michael Lewis
- The Creator’s Code by Amy Wilkinson
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Levels of the Game by John McPhee
- The Everything Store by Brad Stone
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
- Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill
Coffee Table Books
These books are not intended to be read cover-to-cover. Instead, leave them on your coffee table, on top of your toilet, on your nightstand, etc. As long as they’re visible you’re more prone to pick it up and take a random peak which is precisely the idea.
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday
- The Four Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Tim Ferriss
- Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss
- Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions by Gayle Laakmann McDowell