Reading
What I'm Reading
The following books have impacted me greatly, and are classic gems I've read multiple times. Highly recommended!
1984, by George Orwell
Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight
Mastery, by Robert Greene
Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
Hackers & Painters, by Paul Graham
Miles: The Autobiography, by Miles Davis
The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality, by Scott Belsky
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Separately, I'm keeping a list of things I'm reading here, in reverse chronological order:
May 2019 - November 2020
Issey Miyake, by Kazuko Koike
Charles James: The Couture Secrets of Shape, by Valerie Steele
Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion, by Alan Flusser
Malik Sidibé: Mali Twist, by André Magnin
Zakir Hussain Maquette: A Photo Essay by Dayanita Singh, Shanay Jhaveri
James Turrell: A Retrospective, by Michael Govan
Polaroid: The Magic Material, by Florian Kaps
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, by Claire Wilcox
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, by Mike Isaac
April 2019
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, by Michael Pollan
March 2019
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal., by Evan Ratliff
February 2019
Overview: A New Perspective of Earth, by Benjamin Grant
January 2019
Mao: The Unknown Story, by Jung Chang
December 2018
An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake, by Srinivas Rao
The Unofficial Guide to Buying a Home, by Alan Perlis
November 2018
The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
October 2018
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou
September 2018
The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies, by Ben Fritz
August 2018
Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC, by Reed Tucker
July 2018
A Little History of Religion, by Richard Holloway
January 2018
Journey to Ixtlan, by Carlos Castaneda
July 2017
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, Steven Pressfield
June 2017
Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight
Never Too Late to Startup, by Rob Kornblum
May 2017
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, by Cal Newport
April 2017
Dragon Teeth, by Michael Crichton
February 2017
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, by Reza Azlan
December 2016
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown
November 2016
The Creativity Challenge: Design, Experiment, Test, Innovate, Build, Create, Inspire, and Unleash Your Genius, by Tanner Christensen
October 2016
The Laws of Simplicity, by John Maeda
September 2016
The Best Interface is No Interface, by Golden Krishna
Instant: The Story of Polaroid, by Christopher Bonanos
August 2016
How to Talk to Anyone, by Leil Lowndes
June 2016
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
May 2016
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery, by Henry Marsh
March 2016
February 2016
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy, by Thomas J. Stanley
January 2016
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull
Neuromancer, by William Gibson
December 2015
The Martian, by Andy Weir
The House Plant Expert, by D.G. Hessayon
November 2015
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance, by Josh Waitzkin
October 2015
August 2015
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, by Nir Eyal
July 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance
June 2015
Botany for Gardeners, by Brian Capon
May 2015
Hatching Twitter, by Nick Bilton
Becoming Steve Jobs, by Brent Schlender
April 2015
The Circle, by Dave Eggers
January 2015
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success, by Shane Snow
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, R. Buckminster Fuller
December 2014
The Facebook Effect, by David Kirkpatrick
November 2014
The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz
October 2014
Zero to One, by Peter Thiel
September 2014
The Charisma Myth, by Olivia Fox Cabane
August 2014
Console Wars, by Blake J. Harris