Bookshelf
After studying English at University and being "forced" to read I fell out of love with reading. However, the influence of my good friend Abi reignited my passion for reading and broadened my tastes. Below is a list of books I've read over the last few years as well as books sitting on my shelf ready to be picked up next. If you're ever looking for a good book I highly recommend checking out goodbooks (h/t Jordan Huges)
Currently reading
Up next
The hero with a thousand faces
Loonshots: How to nurture crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries
Read in 2022
Four thousand weeks: Time management for mortals
The fish that ate the whale: The life and times of America's banana king
Thinking in bets: Making smarter decisions when you don't have all the facts
Read in 2021
Read in 2020
The lean product management playbook: how to innovate with minimum viable products and rapid customer feedback
Shoe dog: A memoir by the creator of nike
Breath: The new science of a lost art
Can't hurt me: Master your mind and defy the odds
American prometheus: The triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Deep work: Rules for focused success in a distracted world
Atomic habits: An easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones
The power broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Empire of the summer moon: Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most power Indian tribe in American history
Superforecasting: The art and science of prediction
Lifespan: Why we age and why we don't have to
The man who solved the market: How Jim Simons launched the quant revolution
Managing humans: Biting and humorous tales of a software engineering manager
Read in 2019
What we talk about when we talk about love
Zero to one: Notes on start ups, or how to build the future
Home deus: A brief history of tomorrow
Little black stretchy pants: The unauthorised story of lululemon
We learn nothing: Essays
Where good ideas come from: The seven patterns of innovation
The score takes care of itself: My philosophy on leadership
The sports gene: Talent, practice and the truth about success
Range: Why generalists triumph in a specialised world
Stillness is the key: An ancient strategy for modern life
Man's search for meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the holocaust
Talking to strangers: What we should know about the people we don't know
The black swan: The impact of the highly improbable
Not fade away: A short life well lived
Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness
The most important thing illuminated: Uncommon sense for the thoughtful investor
Read in 2018
Win bigly: Persuasion in a world where facts don't matter
The art of learning: An inner journey to optimal performance
Fooled by randomness: The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets
Fooling some of the people all of the time: A long short story
Miscellaneous books from uni/high school
And the hippos were boiled in their tanks
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: A savage journey to the heart of the American dream