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The Presidents Washington Ron Chernow Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow John Adams David McCullough Thomas Jefferson Jon Meacham American Lion Jon Meacham Lincoln David Herbert Donald President Lincoln William Lee Miller And There Was Light Jon Meacham Grant Ron Chernow The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Edmund Morris Truman David McCullough JFK Frederik Logevall Dutch Edmund Morris The Hemingses of Monticello Annette Gordon-Reed Leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin Founding Brothers Joseph J. Ellis Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin Churchill Andrew Roberts
The Builders The House of Morgan Ron Chernow The Warburgs Ron Chernow Titan Ron Chernow The First Tycoon T.J. Stiles Fortune's Children Arthur T. Vanderbilt II Andrew Carnegie David Nasaw The Mellons David Koskoff Kissinger Walter Isaacson Einstein Walter Isaacson Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson Benjamin Franklin Walter Isaacson The Innovators Walter Isaacson The Code Breaker Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson Elon Musk Walter Isaacson Elon Musk Ashlee Vance The Space Barons Christian Davenport Empires of Light Jill Jonnes
American Lives Frederick Douglass David W. Blight Wilson A. Scott Berg Poor Richard's Almanack Benjamin Franklin The First American H.W. Brands The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Louis Armstrong Thomas Brothers Van Gogh Steven Naifeh Jackson Pollock Steven Naifeh Buckley Sam Tanenhaus Walt Disney Neal Gabler Mark Twain Ron Chernow Howard Hughes Donald L. Barlett Edison Edmund Morris Henry V Desmond Seward Pappyland Wright Thompson The Rise and Fall of American Growth Robert J. Gordon Hardball Chris Matthews Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu The Last Lion William Manchester
Money & Mind How to Live Sarah Bakewell Stay True Hua Hsu Ask the Dust John Fante Execution Larry Bossidy Hershey Michael D'Antonio Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt The Snowball Alice Schroeder Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements Mary Buffett The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham 1776 David McCullough The Wright Brothers David McCullough Warhol Blake Gopnik The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan The Real Pepsi Challenge Stephanie Capparell Becoming Trader Joe Joe Coulombe Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Jack Weatherford Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne The Tiger John Vaillant Zero to One Peter Thiel Of Boys and Men Richard V. Reeves The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff Barbarian Days William Finnegan Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl
Power & Habits The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene Atomic Habits James Clear The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg The Daily Stoic Ryan Holiday Grit Angela Duckworth Meditations Marcus Aurelius The Obstacle Is the Way Ryan Holiday The Sports Gene David Epstein Range David Epstein The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Working Backwards Colin Bryar The Everything Store Brad Stone Amazon Unbound Brad Stone Emerson Robert D. Richardson The Power Broker Robert A. Caro The Path to Power Robert A. Caro Means of Ascent Robert A. Caro Master of the Senate Robert A. Caro The Passage of Power Robert A. Caro Frank Lowy Jill Margo How to Win Friends & Influence People Dale Carnegie
The Struggle Parting the Waters Taylor Branch Pillar of Fire Taylor Branch At Canaan's Edge Taylor Branch King Jonathan Eig John Lewis David Greenberg The Dead Are Arising Les Payne Malcolm X Manning Marable G-Man Beverly Gage Days of Rage Bryan Burrough The King of Madison Avenue Kenneth Roman Die with Zero Bill Perkins The Box Marc Levinson Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond Collapse Jared Diamond Chokepoints Edward Fishman Apple in China Patrick McGee Enzo Ferrari Luca Dal Monte
Business Classics The Undoing Project Michael Lewis The Big Short Michael Lewis Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill A Beautiful Mind Sylvia Nasar Rin Tin Tin Susan Orlean It's Your Ship D. Michael Abrashoff Eleanor Roosevelt Blanche Wiesen Cook A Bright Shining Lie Neil Sheehan Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller Jr. The Great Influenza John M. Barry David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell Decision Points George W. Bush Skunk Works Ben R. Rich Boyd Robert Coram A Random Walk Down Wall Street Burton G. Malkiel Built from Scratch Bernie Marcus I Love Capitalism! Ken Langone The Spinach King John Seabrook Breaking the Bank Gary Hector Play Nice But Win Michael Dell The Age of Turbulence Alan Greenspan John Bogle on Investing John C. Bogle Barbarians at the Gate Bryan Burrough
Lives & Leadership Scalia Bruce Allen Murphy No Ordinary Time Doris Kearns Goodwin The Chief David Nasaw Personal History Katharine Graham Hard Landing Thomas Petzinger Jr. The Whole Story John Mackey Conscious Capitalism John Mackey Lindbergh A. Scott Berg Clementine Sonia Purnell American Sphinx Joseph J. Ellis Born to Be Wired John Malone Call Me Ted Ted Turner Madam Secretary Madeleine Albright How to Make the Best Coffee at Home James Hoffmann The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer The Man Who Owns the News Michael Wolff Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt The Forever Dog Rodney Habib Abundance Ezra Klein Breakneck Dan Wang The Price of Time Edward Chancellor
Performance & Health Moral Ambition Rutger Bregman Too Big to Fail Andrew Ross Sorkin 1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin Michael Jordan Roland Lazenby Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman Wooden on Leadership John Wooden The Ride of a Lifetime Robert Iger Shoe Dog Phil Knight Ali Jonathan Eig Runnin' Down a Dream Bill Gurley What Made Maddy Run Kate Fagan Open Andre Agassi The Perfect Mile Neal Bascomb The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel Same as Ever Morgan Housel The Art of Spending Money Morgan Housel Courage Is Calling Ryan Holiday Discipline Is Destiny Ryan Holiday Right Thing, Right Now Ryan Holiday Wisdom Takes Work Ryan Holiday The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Real Food for Fertility Lily Nichols Real Food for Pregnancy Lily Nichols Metabolical Robert H. Lustig
From digital reading Books I read digitally (no physical copy on these shelves), with my highlights. Tap any spine to browse them. Spine size matches page count; the amber number is the highlight count.
242 Deep Work Cal Newport 231 Don't Be Evil Rana Foroohar 219 Why We Sleep Matthew Walker 205 Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders, 2016 Warren Buffett 203 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey 202 Influence, New and Expanded Robert B. Cialdini 183 Burn Herman Pontzer 182 Poor Charlie’s Almanack Charles T. Munger, Peter D. Kaufman, John Collison, and Warren Buffett 182 Door to Door Edward Humes 175 Lifespan David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante 165 Nudge Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein 163 A Man for All Markets Edward O. Thorp 159 How to Raise the Perfect Dog Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier 155 The Longevity Diet Valter Longo 145 Them Ben Sasse 143 How Will You Measure Your Life? Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon 142 Loonshots Safi Bahcall 139 The Man Who Solved the Market Gregory Zuckerman 137 Kochland Christopher Leonard 130 From Strength to Strength Arthur C. Brooks 129 Outlive Peter Attia MD 129 The Education of a Value Investor Guy Spier 126 When McKinsey Comes to Town Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe 120 The Investor's Manifesto William J. Bernstein and Jonathan Clements 119 Call Sign Chaos Jim Mattis, Bing West 118 Digital Minimalism Cal Newport 112 Think Again Adam Grant 108 Friend of a Friend . . . David Burkus 108 The Lessons of History Will Durant and Ariel Durant 102 The Outsiders William N. Thorndike 102 Getting Things Done David Allen 101 How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Bill Gates 100 An American Sickness Elisabeth Rosenthal 100 Originals Adam Grant 97 Invested Danielle Town, Phil Town 95 Sex Talks Vanessa Marin 95 A Promised Land Barack Obama 94 Alchemy Rory Sutherland 87 Grocery Michael Ruhlman 86 The Sun Does Shine Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin 85 Breath James Nestor 81 Eat a Peach David Chang and Gabe Ulla 79 The Premonition Michael Lewis 78 A World Without Email Cal Newport 78 When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi 72 The Color of Law Richard Rothstein 71 How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan 71 Antifragile Nassim Nicholas Taleb 71 Bird by Bird Anne Lamott 70 The Smartest Guys in the Room Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind 68 Just Keep Buying Nick Maggiulli 66 Working Robert A. Caro 64 What's Our Problem? Tim Urban 61 The Quest of the Simple Life William J. Dawson 60 Genome Matt Ridley 58 Empire of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 55 Let My People Go Surfing Yvon Chouinard and Naomi Klein 55 Animal Spirits George A. Akerlof, Robert J. J. Shiller 55 The Third Door Alex Banayan 53 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 50 Numbers Don't Lie Vaclav Smil 50 Can't Hurt Me David Goggins 50 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 48 The Sugar Fix Richard Johnson, Tim Gower 48 The Internet of Money Andreas M. Antonopoulos 48 Alibaba Duncan Clark 46 The Inevitable Kevin Kelly 44 The Complacent Class Tyler Cowen 44 Liftoff Eric Berger 42 Cable Cowboy Mark Robichaux 42 Deane Beman Golf's Driving Force Adam Schupak 42 Where Is My Flying Car? J. Storrs Hall 41 Why We Get Sick Benjamin Bikman 41 Tools of Titans Timothy Ferriss 41 Everything You Need to Know About Saving for Retirement Ben Carlson 40 Suicide of the West Jonah Goldberg 40 Social Chemistry Marissa King 39 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk MD 38 Surprise, Kill, Vanish Annie Jacobsen 37 The All-or-Nothing Marriage Eli J. Finkel 35 30 Lessons for Living Karl Pillemer Ph.D. 35 The Gatekeepers Chris Whipple 32 Managing Up Melody Wilding 31 Making the Masters David Barrett 31 The Money Tree Chris Guillebeau 28 Scalia Speaks Antonin Scalia, Christopher J. Scalia (Editor), Edward Whelan (Editor), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Forewor... 27 Dream Golf Stephen Goodwin 25 Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium Martin Gurri 24 Project Hail Mary Andy Weir 22 Bad Therapy Abigail Shrier 21 Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? Alyssa Mastromonaco 20 Phil Alan Shipnuck 19 Mastering the Market Cycle Howard Marks 18 Remote Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson 17 The River of Doubt Candice Millard 17 Sam Walton Sam Walton and John Huey 17 Boom Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber 17 Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman 17 Everything in Its Place Dan Charnas 17 The Plan of Chicago Carl Smith 17 Skin in the Game Nassim Nicholas Taleb 16 A Splendid Exchange William J. Bernstein 15 Finite and Infinite Games James Carse 13 New Jewish Wedding, Revised Anita Diamant 12 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig 12 The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley 11 Excellent Advice for Living Kevin Kelly 11 American Prometheus Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin 11 The Big Change Frederick Lewis Allen 11 I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi 11 Principles Ray Dalio 11 It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson 10 Taste Stanley Tucci 10 Quiet Susan Cain 10 Young Forever Mark Hyman M.D. 10 Destiny and Power Jon Meacham 10 Siddhartha Hermann Hesse 10 Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell 10 Never Split the Difference Chris Voss and Tahl Raz 10 Educated Tara Westover 10 Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom 10 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 10 A Higher Loyalty James Comey 10 Winter Is Coming Garry Kasparov 10 The World as It Is Ben Rhodes 10 Less Andrew Sean Greer 10 The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell 10 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell 10 Tribes Seth Godin 10 The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig 10 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling 10 Fooled by Randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb 9 The Black Count Tom Reiss 8 Understanding Media Marshall McLuhan 6 Every Living Thing Jason Roberts 6 The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb 6 Travels With Charley in Search of America John Steinbeck 5 A Brief History of Intelligence Max Bennett 5 The Inner Game of Tennis W. Timothy Gallwey 5 The Metaverse Matthew Ball 4 Driven to Distraction at Work Ned Hallowell 4 Training the Best Dog Ever Larry Kay, Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz 4 The People's Republic of Walmart Leigh Phillips, Michal Rozworski 4 The Elements of Style William Strunk 4 Escape From Freedom Erich Fromm 3 The Heart Is the Bottleneck Tiago Forte 2 Ice Age John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin 2 Missionaries Phil Klay 2 Surrender Bono 1 1873 Liaquat Ahamed 1 Ego Is the Enemy Ryan Holiday 1 Quick Passages Unknown
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