Books

Here are some of the books and audiobooks that I consumed throughout the years. I tried to select only the ones that I would (probably) recommend to someone, so there are a couple of books more on my Goodreads account.

If you would like to have an in-depth discussion about any of the books in the list below, feel free to contact me.

2024 Books

Dune

Frank Herbert

1965

The Idiot

Elif Batuman

2017

2023 Books

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel

2014

Build

Tony Fadell

2022

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

2016

Misery

Stephen King

1987

After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

Tripp Mickle

2022

The Stand

Stephen King

1978

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

2004

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

John Vaillant

2010

See 2 more books here.

2022 Books

Swan Song

Robert R. McCammon

1987

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

2011

Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

David Sinclair

2019

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Robert Iger

2019

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman

2021

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

2021

See 4 more books here.

2021 Books

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

David Kushner

2003

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Harris, Sam

Sam Harris

2014

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

Michael Pollan

2018

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

2016

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

1937

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2020 Books

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

2011

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

1959

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

1998

Calypso

David Sedaris

2018

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

1959

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2019 Books

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

Jason Schreier

2017

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

Ken Kocienda

2018

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

2000

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

Brent Schlender

2015

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

2008

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

2000

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry

2017

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger

2012

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

2018

Open

Andre Agassi

2009

See 6 more books here.

2018 Books

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Chris Hadfield

2013

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Chris Voss

2016

Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts—Becoming the Person You Want to Be

Marshall Goldsmith

2015

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

2018

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

2016

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

2000

See 4 more books here.

2017 Books

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande

2009

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

Nick Bilton

2017

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Scott Kelly

2017

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

Kevin D. Mitnick

2011

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

Jeffrey Kluger

2017

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman

Richard Feynman

1985

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance

2015

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2016 Books

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull

2014

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Ben Horowitz

2014

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

Ben R. Rich

1994

The Martian

Andy Weir

2011

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

2014

Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

Rob Manning

2014

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

1988

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

2012

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