Reading List

It only goes on the list if I have read it and found it interesting. The list is in no particular order and includes a suggested topic/category. Many of these apply to multiple topics. List with Book Title and Author.

**Updated 1/23/25**

• AUTOBIOGRAPHY

  • Greenlights Matthew McConaughey

  • The Ride of a Lifetime Robert Iger

• BIOGRAPHY

  • Elon Musk Walter Isaacson

  • Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson

• BUSINESS STRATEGY

  • Great by Choice Jim Collins

  • Good to Great Jim Collins

  • How the Mighty Fall Jim Collins

  • Built to Last Jim Collins

  • Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 Jim Collins and Bill Lazier

  • The Infinite Game Simon Sinek

  • Better, Simpler Strategy Felix Oberholzer-Gee

  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things Ben Horowitz

  • Impact Players Liz Wiseman

  • The Customer Funded Business John Mullins

  • The Innovation Stack Jim McKelvey

  • Mastering the Rockefeller Habits Verne Harnish

  • Scaling Up Verne Harnish

  • The Goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

  • The Innovators Dilemma Clayton Christensen

  • The Innovators Solution Clayton Christensen

  • Confessions of a Pricing Man Hermann Simon

  • The Great Game of Business Jack Stack

  • Power to the Middle Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, Emily Field

  • Only the Paranoid Survive Andrew Grove

  • Zero to One Peter Thiel

  • How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg

• COMMUNICATION

  • Never Split the Difference Chris Voss

  • Radical Candor Kim Scott

  • Think Faster, Talk Smarter Matt Abrahams

  • Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazzi

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey

  • Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg

• ECONOMICS

  • Beating Inflation Hermann Simon and Adam Echter

  • The Changing World Order Ray Dalio

• LEADERSHIP

  • Deliberate Calm Jacqueline Brassey, Aaron De Smet, and Michiel Kruyt

  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni

  • CEO Excellence Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra

  • The Heart of Business Hubert Joly

  • The Effective Executive Peter Drucker

  • Elevate Your Team Robert Glazer

  • Start with Why Simon Sinek

  • Multipliers Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown

  • Measure What Matters John Doerr

  • The Vision-Driven Leader Michael Hyatt

  • The Second in Command Cameron Herold

  • Monday Morning Leadership David Cottrell

  • The Motive Patrick Lencioni

  • Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders L. David Marquet

  • Leaders Eat Last Simon Sinek

  • The Coaching Habit Michael Bingay Stanier

  • How Leaders Learn David Novak

  • 12 Habits of Valuable Employees Verne Harnish

  • High Output Management Andrew Grove

  • The Journey of Leadership Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink, Ramesh Srinivasan (McKinsey)

• MARKETING

  • Influence is Your Superpower Zoe Chance

• SALES

  • The Sales Acceleration Formula Mark Roberge

• PERSONAL GROWTH

  • Discipline is Destiny Ryan Holiday

  • The Obstacle is the Way Ryan Holiday

  • Meditations Marcus Aurelius

  • Effortless Greg McKeown

  • The Travelers Gift Andy Andrews

  • Make Your Bed Admiral William H. McRaven

  • Grit Angela Duckworth

  • The 5am Club Robin Sharma

  • The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg

  • Essentialism Greg McKeown

  • The Art of War Sun Tzu

  • Smarter, Faster, Better Charles Duhigg

  • Daring Greatly Brene Brown

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey

  • Deep Work Cal Newport

  • Leading with Emotional Courage Peter Bregman

  • How to Think Bigger Martin Meadows

  • Atomic Habits James Clear

  • Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

  • Make Today Count John C. Maxwell

  • What Got You Here Won't Get You There Marshall Goldsmith

  • The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: John C. Maxwell

  • How to Win Friends & Influence People Dale Carnegie

  • 12 Habits of Valuable Employees Verne Harnish

  • Unlocked George Mumford

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