| Book |
Author |
Date Read
|
Individual
Rating
|
Global
Rating
|
Books to Base Your Life On
|
| Leadership and Self Deception |
Arbinger Institute |
Feb 2016 |
10 |
9 |
| Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware |
Andy Hunt |
2010 |
10 |
10 |
| Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics |
Richard Thaler |
May 2016 |
10 |
8 |
| Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High |
Patterson, Grenny, etc |
2012 |
9 |
9 |
| Thinking Fast and Slow |
Daniel Kahneman |
Aug 2016 |
9 |
8 |
| Anatomy of Peace |
Arbinger Institute |
Aug 2016 |
9 |
9 |
| Man’s Search for Meaning |
Viktor E. Frankl |
Feb 2018 |
9 |
8 |
| Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow |
Yuval Noah Harari |
Dec 2017 |
9 |
8 |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People |
Stephen R. Covey |
Nov 2015 |
8 |
9 |
| Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion |
Sam Harris |
Jul 2017 |
8 |
7 |
| I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t) |
Berne Brown |
Jan 2019 |
8 |
8 |
| Smarter Faster Better |
Charles Duhigg |
May 2016 |
8 |
8 |
| Free Will |
Sam Harris |
Oct 2016 |
8 |
7 |
| Stumbling on Happiness |
Daniel Gilbert |
Jul 2016 |
8 |
7 |
| Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise |
Anders Ericsson & Pool |
Feb 2017 |
8 |
7 |
| Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
Jul 2018 |
8 |
7 |
| The Art of Learning |
Josh Waitzkin |
Aug 2016 |
8 |
7 |
| Start With Why |
Simon Sinek |
Feb 2017 |
7 |
8 |
| Find Your Why |
David Mead |
Oct 2017 |
8 |
7 |
| The Spirit of Kaizen |
Robert Maurer |
May 2017 |
7 |
8 |
| The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck |
Mark Manson |
Jan 2018 |
8 |
7 |
| The Obstacle is the Way |
Ryan Holiday |
Jan 2017 |
7 |
7 |
| The Moral Landscape |
Sam Harris |
Jun 2016 |
7 |
7 |
| Lying |
Sam Harris |
Jun 2016 |
7 |
8 |
| How to Win Friends & Influence People |
Dale Carnegie |
Nov 2015 |
7 |
7 |
| The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World |
Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu |
Mar 2019 |
7 |
7 |
| The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up |
Marie Kondo |
Jul 2018 |
7 |
7 |
| The Coaching Habit |
Michael Stanier |
Aug 2017 |
7 |
7 |
| How to Talk to Anyone |
Leil Lowndess |
Sep 2016 |
7 |
7 |
| Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions |
Dan Ariely |
May 2016 |
7 |
7 |
| Mindset |
Carol Dweck |
Jan 2017 |
6 |
7 |
| The 4-Hour Workweek |
Timothy Ferriss |
May 2016 |
6 |
6 |
| Art of Living |
Epictetus (Sharon Lebell) |
Nov 2017 |
6 |
5 |
| Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions |
Brian Christian |
May 2017 |
6 |
5 |
| Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance |
Angela Duckworth |
Nov 2017 |
5 |
7 |
| Skin in the Game |
Nassim Taleb |
Nov 2018 |
5 |
6 |
| Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness |
Richard Thaler |
Apr 2016 |
5 |
6 |
| The Outward Mindset |
The Arbinger Institute |
Sep 2016 |
5 |
5 |
| Ego is the Enemy |
Ryan Holiday |
Aug 2017 |
4 |
6 |
| The 5 Second Rule |
Mel Robbins |
Nov 2018 |
5 |
5 |
| You Are a Badass |
Jen Sincero |
May 2016 |
4 |
5 |
| Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges |
Amy Cuddy |
Apr 2016 |
4 |
5 |
| Edgy Conversations |
Dan Waldschmidt |
Mar 2017 |
4 |
4 |
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Software Gardening Books
|
| Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware |
Andy Hunt |
2010 |
10 |
10 |
| Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices |
Robert C. Martin |
2011 |
10 |
9 |
| Badass: Making Users Awesome |
Kathy Sierra |
Dec 2017 |
10 |
9 |
| Lean Startup |
Eric Ries |
Nov 2015 |
10 |
8 |
| Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship |
Robert C. Martin |
Jan 2010 |
9 |
9 |
| The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers |
Robert C. Martin |
2011 |
9 |
9 |
| Pair Programming Illuminated |
Williams, Kessler |
2011 |
9 |
9 |
| Phoenix Project |
Gene Kim |
Nov 2016 |
9 |
7 |
| DevOps Handbook |
Gene Kim, Jez Humble +2 |
May 2018 |
7 |
9 |
| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
Robert M. Pirsig |
May 2016 |
9 |
6 |
| Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
Jul 2018 |
8 |
7 |
| Don’t Make Me Think |
Steve Krug |
2014 |
8 |
7 |
| The Spirit of Kaizen |
Bob Maurer |
May 2017 |
7 |
8 |
| Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes |
David Straker |
2010 |
7 |
7 |
| Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software |
Gamma, Helm +2 |
2009 |
7 |
7 |
| Design Systems |
Alla Kholmatova |
Mar 2018 |
7 |
7 |
| Working Effectively with Legacy Code |
Michael Feathers |
2010 |
7 |
7 |
| Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code |
Fowler, Beck, etc. |
2010 |
7 |
7 |
| Scrum Twice the Work in Half the Time |
Jeff Sutherland |
Aug 2016 |
7 |
7 |
| Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum |
Mike Cohn |
2012 |
7 |
7 |
| Agile Project Management with Scrum |
Ken Schwaber |
2012 |
7 |
6 |
| Design of Everyday Things |
Donald Norman |
Dec 2017 |
6 |
7 |
| Agile Estimating and Planning |
Mike Cohn |
2012 |
6 |
6 |
| The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering |
Frederick Brooks Jr |
2008 |
6 |
6 |
| Change by Design |
Tim Brown |
Jun 2017 |
4 |
4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Culture + Business
|
| Creativity Inc |
Edwin Catmull, Wallace |
Jul 2016 |
10 |
9 |
| Turn the Ship Around! |
L. David Marquet |
Dec 2015 |
10 |
9 |
| Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity |
Kim Scott |
Aug 2017 |
9 |
8 |
| The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur |
Mike Michalowicz |
Mar 2017 |
9 |
7 |
| The End of Average |
Todd Rose |
Mar 2017 |
8 |
8 |
| Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us |
Daniel H. Pink |
Dec 2015 |
7 |
7 |
| Work Rules |
Laszlo Block |
Jun 2016 |
7 |
7 |
| Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard |
Dan & Chip Heath |
Feb 2016 |
7 |
7 |
| The Coaching Habit |
Michael Stanier |
Aug 2017 |
7 |
7 |
| Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling |
Jordan Belfort |
Nov 2018 |
7 |
6 |
| Taking People With You |
David Novak |
Dec 2015 |
5 |
5 |
| Pitch Anything |
Oren Klaff |
May 2016 |
5 |
4 |
| Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us |
Seth Godin |
Jan 2016 |
4 |
5 |
| |
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|
For Fun Non-Fiction
|
| Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind |
Yuval Noah Harari |
Sep 2017 |
8 |
8 |
| Suggestible You |
Erik Vance |
Dec 2016 |
7 |
7 |
| 21 Lessons for the 21st Century |
Yuval Noah Harari |
Oct 2018 |
7 |
7 |
| What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves |
Benjamin Bergen |
Oct 2018 |
8 |
6 |
| The Game of Basketball |
Kevin Sivils |
Jun 2018 |
7 |
7 |
| What to Talk About |
Chris Colin,‎ etc |
2010 |
6 |
6 |
| Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future |
Ashlee Vance |
Sep 2017 |
6 |
6 |
| If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young |
Kurt Vonnegut |
Oct 2017 |
4 |
4 |
For Fun Fiction
|
| Daemon |
Daniel Suarez |
Nov 2017 |
10 |
10 |
| Freedom (TM) |
Daniel Suarez |
Dec 2017 |
10 |
10 |
| Ready Player One |
Ernest Cline |
Dec 2017 |
9 |
9 |
| Change Agent |
Daniel Suarez |
2020 |
9 |
8 |
| Mistborn (1-6) |
Brandon Sanderson |
2020-2021 |
8 |
8 |
| Artemis Fowl (1-5) |
Eoin Colfer |
Jan-Jul 2018 |
8 |
8 |
| His Dark Materials (1-3) |
Philip Pullman |
Jul-Aug 2019 |
8 |
8 |
| Harry Potter (1-7) |
J. K. Rowling |
Jan-Jul 2019 |
8 |
8 |
| Kill Decision |
Daniel Suarez |
2020 |
8 |
8 |
| Ready Player Two |
Ernest Cline |
WIP |
|
|
| Snow Crash |
Neal Stephenson |
Jan 2018 |
7 |
7 |
