Books

Here are some of the books and audiobooks that I consumed throughout the years. I tried to select only the ones that I would (probably) recommend to someone, so there are a couple of books more on my Goodreads account.

If you would like to have an in-depth discussion about any of the books in the list below, feel free to contact me.

2024 Books

A Short Stay in Hell

Steven L. Peck

2011

Death's End

Liu Cixin

2010

The Dark Forest

Liu Cixin

2008

The Three-Body Problem

Liu Cixin

2006

Happy-Go-Lucky

David Sedaris

2022

Educated

Tara Westover

2018

Neverwhere

Neil Gaiman

1996

Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

Marty Cagan

2008

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber

2018

Naked

David Sedaris

1998

Dune

Frank Herbert

1965

The Idiot

Elif Batuman

2017

See 4 more books here.

2023 Books

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel

2014

Build

Tony Fadell

2022

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

2016

Misery

Stephen King

1987

After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

Tripp Mickle

2022

The Stand

Stephen King

1978

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

2004

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

John Vaillant

2010

See 2 more books here.

2022 Books

Swan Song

Robert R. McCammon

1987

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

2011

Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

David Sinclair

2019

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Robert Iger

2019

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman

2021

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

2021

See 4 more books here.

2021 Books

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

David Kushner

2003

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Harris, Sam

Sam Harris

2014

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

Michael Pollan

2018

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

2016

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

1937

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2020 Books

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

2011

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

1959

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

1998

Calypso

David Sedaris

2018

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

1959

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2019 Books

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

Jason Schreier

2017

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

Ken Kocienda

2018

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

2000

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

Brent Schlender

2015

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

2008

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

2000

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry

2017

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger

2012

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

2018

Open

Andre Agassi

2009

See 6 more books here.

2018 Books

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Chris Hadfield

2013

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Chris Voss

2016

Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts—Becoming the Person You Want to Be

Marshall Goldsmith

2015

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

2018

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

2016

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

2000

See 4 more books here.

2017 Books

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande

2009

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

Nick Bilton

2017

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Scott Kelly

2017

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

Kevin D. Mitnick

2011

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

Jeffrey Kluger

2017

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman

Richard Feynman

1985

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance

2015

See 4 more books here.

2016 Books

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull

2014

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Ben Horowitz

2014

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

Ben R. Rich

1994

The Martian

Andy Weir

2011

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

2014

Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

Rob Manning

2014

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

1988

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

2012

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