Every year I read a lot of interesting books to expand my understanding of the world. Here are the books I read in 2019 with links to Amazon. The ones in bold are particularly interesting and thought-provoking.
- Who is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz
- Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
- Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr
- Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People by Joe Navarro , Toni Sciarra Poynter
- Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
- Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony De Mello
- Magnetic Marketing: How to Attract a Flood of New Customers That Pay, Stay, and Refer by Dan S. Kennedy
- Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein (Link to Free Version)
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
- Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl
- Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
- The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business by Patrick M. Lencioni
- Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide by Brandon Webb, John David Mann
- The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results, and Defining the Future by J. J. Sutherland
- Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level by Mark Divine
- Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Zen in the Art of Archery Kindle Edition by Eugen Herrigel
- Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the by John Perkins
- Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body’s Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free by Joel Fuhrman
As a note, I’ve skipped five books that I decided were not appropriate to share. Those are reserved for my closest friends.
Alex Karasyov 