| Poor Charlie's Almanac -- can't beat Charlie Munger when it comes to explaining how the world works. Fooled by Randomness, Black Swan, Antifragile -- Nassim Taleb reviles lots of new ways to think, first in finance, then everything in later books. The Origin of Wealth -- Similar to Antifragile with a lot of mental models packed in on many different subjects: economics, business, biology, ... The Design of Everyday Things -- the bible of design. Read it to know why everyday frustrations with tech are probably not your fault. His book Emotional Design is a good compliment. The Essential Drucker -- "essential" reading for anyone in management or scaling a startup. History, and why the world is the way it is today: Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond The Birth of Plenty, William Bernstein They Made America, Harold Evans -- fantastic history book with each chapter telling the detailed story of a businessperson or inventor in U.S. history |
I would also add:
- Influence: the Psychology of persuasion
- Selfish Gene
- Emotional Design
- Antifragile
- How To Fail At Everything And Still Win Big