Books I Love
I always get a comment when someone walks in: “Wow, you have a lot of books!”
Indeed, I have a huge bookcase full of knowledge. Actually, I’ve read most of them.
Knowledge is so cheap today, you just have work for it.
(note: I’m not making money from these links, they are here to help you to find the books I’m talking about)
Business:
Market Wizards – Jack Schwager
Extraordinarily Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds – Charles Mackay
The Black Swan & Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Fooling Some People All of the Time – David Einhorn
Trend Following – Michael Covel
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life – Alice Schroeder
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator – Edwin Lefevre
Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
Rework – Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Crush It – Gary Vaynerchuk
Trading With The Enemy – Nicholas W. Maier
Personal Development:
How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie
The Magic of Thinking Big – David J. Schwartz
What Should I Do With My Life – Po Bronson
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Unlimited Power – Anthony Robbins
The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
Bounce – Matthew Syed
Biographies:
Salesman of the Century – Ron Popeil
Losing My Virginity – Richard Branson
Pour Your Heart into It – Howard Schultz
The Autobiography – Benjamin Franklin
Metal Men (about Marc Rich) – A. Craig Copetas
Classics:
Walden – Henry David Thoreau
Sherlock Holmes – Complete Volumes I & II – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Anything else I should be reading?

Just finished Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde – I remember you didn’t like that one? I really liked it – we should discuss.
Suggestion: Atlas Shrugged
Alan Paton’s Cry, The Beloved Country. It’s between this, Lee’s Mockingbird, and Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle as my favourite book. I also recommend Achebe’s Things Fall Apart– absolutely brilliant!
I agree that Rework is a simple must-read for anyone interested in start-ups, that was the last book I just finished. I would recommend “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” by T. Harv Eker (business) and “The Four Agreements” by don Miguel Ruz (personal development)