Books
Below is a list of books and papers we found to be thought provoking.
12 Rules for Life Jordan Peterson
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Kai-Fu Lee
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow
Am I Being Too Subtle Sam Zell
Andrew Carnegie Joseph Frazier Wall
The Art of Thinking Clearly Rolf Dubelli
Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield Gayle Lemmon
Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific Robert Kaplan
Atomic Habits James Clear
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson
Beyond Entrepreneurship Jim Collins and Bill Lazier
Big Data Viktor Mayer-Schonberger
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis
A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right Atul Gawande
Chip War Chris Miller
Churchill Paul Johnson
Crime and Punishment Fydor Dostoyevsky
Deep Survival Laurence Gonzales
Destined for War Graham Allison
The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns Mohnish Pabrai
The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment Guy Spier
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done Peter Drucker
Emotions Revealed Paul Ekman
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power Niall Ferguson
Every War Must End Fred Charles Ikle
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone
The Evolution of Cooperation Robert Axelrod
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand
The Fourth Turning William Strauss and Neil Howe
Freedom at Midnight Larry Collins
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story Lee Kuan Yew
George F. Keenan: An American Life John Lewis Gaddis
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge David McCullough
What You Do Is Who You Are Ben Horowitz
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Michael Korda
The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari
How to Invest David Rubenstein
How the World Really Works Vaclav Smil
Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know that Brilliant Machines Never Will Geoff Colvin
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Robert Cialdini
In Love and War Admiral James Stockdale
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing Benjamin Graham
Into Thin Air Jon Karkauer
Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Lessons of History Will & Ariel Durant
Life Keith Richards
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 Marcus Lattrell
Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way Richard Branson
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market Edward O. Thorp
Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor Seth Klarman
Meditations Marcus Aurelius
Memoirs David Rockefeller
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor Howard Marks
A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway
Mushashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era Eiji Yoshikawa
A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat Zell Miller
The Obstacle is the Way Ryan Holiday
On China Henry Kissenger
On The Road Jack Kerouac
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Only the Paranoid Survive Andy Grove
Outsiders: 8 Unconventional CEO’s and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success William Thorndike Jr.
Personal History Katherine Graham
Personal Transformation: An Executive’s Story of Struggle and Spiritual Awakening Kiril Sokoloff
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Peter D. Kaufman
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power Daniel Yergin
The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley
The Road to Character David Brooks
The SAIC Solution Dr. J Robert Beyster
Sam Walton: Made in America John Huey & Sam Walton
The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks Joshua Cooper Ramo
Shantaram Gregory David Roberts
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Ray Kurweil
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Alice Schroeder
South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage Ernest Shackleton
Start with Why Simon Sinek
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
Tap Dancing to Work Carol Loomis
The Strong Shall Live Louis L’Amour
Switch Dan Heath, Chip Heath
Teams of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World General Stanley McChrystal
The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings Peggy Noonan
There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon Jack Kent
The Trouble With Prosperity: A Contrarian’s Tale of Moon, Bust, and Speculation James Grant
The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds Michael Lewis
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand
Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment David Swenson
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
Washington: A Life Ron Chernow
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management Roger Lowenstein
WHO Geoff Smart
The Wild Wheel Garet Garett
Wireless Wars Jonathan Pelson
Wooden on Leadership John Wooden and Steve Jameson