Books

We are simultaneously gods and worms. - Abraham Maslow

A curated collection of books that have shaped my thinking, categorized by theme. Book covers provided courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library.

⭐ Favorite Books

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel (August 9, 2025)

Richer, Wiser, Happier by William Green (August 30, 2025)

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson (August 30, 2025)

10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan (May 16, 2025)

Outlive by Peter Attia (August 14, 2025)

The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns by Mohnish Pabrai (August 21, 2025)

Rule Breaker Investing by David Gardner (October 26, 2025)

The Metaphysical World Of Isaac Newton By John Chambers (August 04, 2025)

📚 Biography & History

AI-Superpowers (Published: September 9, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
The Journey Of Maps And Images On The Silk Road (Published: September 9, 2025)
The Phantom Atlas (Published: September 9, 2025)
Around The World In 80 Ways (Published: September 9, 2025)
Chip War (Published: September 8, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Brilliant Maps For Curious Minds 100 New Ways To See the World (Published: September 9, 2025)
Advice For A Young Investigator (Published: September 8, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Asimov’s Guide To The Bible By Isaac Asimov (Published: August 31, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Kierkegaard and Socrates: A Study in Philosophy and Faith (Published: August 31, 2025)
21st Century Capitalism By Robert L Heilbroner (Published: August 30, 2025 · Updated: November 6, 2025)
The China Study (Published: August 30, 2025)
A Gift To My Children By Jim Rogers (Published: August 21, 2025 · Updated: November 6, 2025)
How The World Really Works By Vaclav Smil (Published: August 21, 2025)
John Dee and the Empire of Angels (Published: August 21, 2025)
In Order To Live By Yeonmi Park (Published: August 14, 2025)
The Lacanian Teacher (Published: August 14, 2025)
Machiavelli’s Gaze by Sandro Landi (Published: August 14, 2025)
Muhammad Ali By Thomas Hauser (Published: August 14, 2025)
Roger Bacon: The First Scientist by Brian Clegg (Published: August 10, 2025)
James Watt: Making the World Anew By Ben Russell (Published: August 10, 2025)
Capitalism And Freedom By Milton Friedman (Published: August 10, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
A Few Hares To Chase By Alan Bollard (Published: August 10, 2025 · Updated: November 6, 2025)
Forgotten Peoples Of The Ancient World By Philip Matyszak (Published: August 4, 2025)
Benjamin Franklin By Walter Isaacson (Published: August 4, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Leonardo Da Vinci By Walter Isaacson (Published: August 4, 2025)
Violence And The Sacred By René Girard (Published: August 4, 2025)
The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century (Published: August 4, 2025)
Dominion By Tom Holland (Published: August 4, 2025)
Lifted A Cultural History Of The Elevator (Published: August 4, 2025)
The Essential Mozi by Chris Fraser (Published: August 4, 2025)
The Logical Basis Of Metaphysics (Published: August 4, 2025)
The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations by Jacob Soll (Published: August 3, 2025)
Steve Jobs By Walter Isaacson (Published: August 2, 2025)
The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant (Published: August 2, 2025)
My Life And Work By Henry Ford (Published: May 16, 2025)
The Fish That Ate The Whale (Published: September 8, 2025)
House Of Huawei (Published: September 8, 2025)
The Lessons of History (Published: October 27, 2025)
Skunk works by Ben Rich (Published: December 29, 2025)

💼 Business & Entrepreneurship

Tools of Titans: The Tactics Routines and Habits of Billionaires Icons and World-Class Performers (Published: October 8, 2025)
The Moment Of Clarity (Published: September 9, 2025)
Business Analytics (Published: September 9, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
The Personal Mba (Published: September 9, 2025)
The Abc’s Of Property Management (Published: September 9, 2025)
Loopholes Of Real Estate (September 09, 2025)
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (Published: September 9, 2025)
2k To 10k (Published: September 9, 2025 · Updated: November 6, 2025)
Who Not How (Published: September 9, 2025)
Crucial Conversations (Published: September 8, 2025)
Exactly What To Say By Phil M Jones (Published: August 30, 2025)
In The Company Of Giants (Published: August 30, 2025)
Selling Europe to the World: The Rise of the Luxury Fashion Industry (Published: August 21, 2025)
Influence By Robert Cialdini (Published: August 16, 2025)
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (Published: August 15, 2025)
Zero to One by Peter Thiel (Published: August 15, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and The Laws of Physics (Published: August 14, 2025)
Competing Against Luck By Clayton Christensen (Published: August 11, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingia (Published: August 10, 2025)
The Art of SEO by Eric Enge (Published: August 10, 2025)
Shape Up by Ryan Singer (Published: August 4, 2025)
Monetizing Innovation (Published: August 3, 2025)
Business Model Generation By Alexander Osterwald (Published: August 3, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Contagious Why Things Catch On By Jonah Berger (Published: August 3, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Scaling Innovation (Published: August 3, 2025)
Good to Great (Published: August 2, 2025)
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (Published: August 2, 2025)
Rework: Change the Way You Work Forever (Published: July 8, 2025)
Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in His Own Words (Published: December 29, 2025)
The-Anthology-of-Balaji-by-Eric-Jorgenson (Published: February 6, 2026)

📖 Classics & Literature

Neuromancer (Published: October 9, 2025)
A Scanner Darkly (Published: September 9, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World (Published: August 30, 2025)
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland By Lewis Carrol (Published: August 28, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe (Published: August 27, 2025)
The Pilgrim’s Progress By John Bunyan (Published: August 27, 2025)
Fables By Aesop (translated By V S Vernon Jones) (Published: August 27, 2025)
Gulliver’s Travels By Jonathan Swift (Published: August 27, 2025)
Heart Of Darkness By Joseph Conrad (Published: August 27, 2025)
The Poetics Of Space By Gaston Bachelard (Published: August 4, 2025)
In Praise Of Shadows By Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (Published: July 8, 2025)
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (Published: November 20, 2025)

💰 Economics & Finance

Poor Economics (Published: August 10, 2025)
The Road To Serfdom By Friedrich A Von Hayek (Published: August 10, 2025)

🏥 Health & Wellness

Fast Food Genocide By Dr Joel Fuhrman (Published: October 9, 2025)
Dr Berg’s Healthy Substitute Pleasure Foods (Published: September 8, 2025)
On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep (Published: September 8, 2025)
Dr Berg’s New Body Type Guide (Published: September 8, 2025)
What Happened To You (Published: September 8, 2025)
Fat, Stressed, And Sick (Published: September 8, 2025)
The Gift Of Therapy By Irvin D Yalom (Published: August 30, 2025)
Emotional Judo By Tim Higgs (Published: August 30, 2025)
Super Agers by Eric Topol (Published: August 10, 2025)
Patient Heal Thyself By Jordan S Rubin (Published: August 10, 2025)
Body By Breath Jill Miller (Published: August 7, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most (Published: November 18, 2025)

📈 Investing

Poor Charlie’s Almanack (Published: October 8, 2025)
Psychology of Human Misjudgment (Published: October 8, 2025)
The Coffee House Investor’s Ground Rules (Published: September 9, 2025)
Profit by Investing in Real Estate Tax Liens (Published: September 9, 2025)
The Investor’s Manifesto (Published: September 9, 2025)
Rich Dad Education On Tax Secrets (Published: September 9, 2025)
The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down (September 09, 2025)
Rich Dad Poor Dad By Robert T Kiyosaki (Published: September 9, 2025)
Tax Free Wealth (Published: September 9, 2025)
The Book On Rental Property Investing (Published: September 9, 2025)
Stock Market Cash Flow (Published: September 9, 2025)
Just Keep Buying (Published: September 9, 2025)
Increase Your Financial IQ (Published: September 3, 2025)
Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life (Published: September 2, 2025)
Die With Zero (Published: September 1, 2025)
The Warren Buffett Way (Published: August 30, 2025)
Investing The Last Liberal Art (Published: August 30, 2025)
Seeking Wisdom From Darwin To Munger (Published: August 30, 2025)
Market Wizards By Jack Schwager (Published: August 30, 2025)
The Dhandho Investor by Mohnish Pabrai (August 21, 2025)
What I Learned About Investing from Darwin (Published: August 21, 2025)
The 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing (Published: August 14, 2025)
Get Rich Carefully By Jim Cramer (Published: August 14, 2025)
Mastering The Market Cycle By Howard Marks (Published: August 10, 2025)
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Published: August 10, 2025)
Purpose & Profit By Dan Koe (Published: August 10, 2025)
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (Published: August 10, 2025 · Updated: November 6, 2025)
The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks (Published: August 10, 2025)
The Millionaire Mind (Published: August 9, 2025)
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eckerman (Published: August 9, 2025)
I Will Teach You To Be Rich By Ramit Sethi (Published: August 8, 2025)
The Millionaire Next Door (Published: August 8, 2025)
The Great Mental Models Vol. 1: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish (Published: August 3, 2025)
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham (Published: August 2, 2025)
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Published: August 2, 2025)
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (Published: August 2, 2025)
The Four Pillars of Investing (August 02, 2025)
Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals by Tom Corley (Published: May 16, 2025)
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Published: November 5, 2025 · Updated: November 6, 2025)

🔢 Mathematics

Elementary Mathematics (Published: September 9, 2025)

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parenting & Family

Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability (Published: September 8, 2025)
Positive Discipline The First Three Years (Published: September 8, 2025)
The Happiest Baby On The Block (Published: September 8, 2025)
What To Expect When You’re Expecting (Published: September 8, 2025)
Bringing Up Bébé (Published: September 8, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Raise A Genius! By László Polgár (August 31, 2025)
The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (Published: August 31, 2025)
Good Inside: A Practical Guide (Published: August 19, 2025)
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read By Philippa Perry (Published: August 14, 2025)
Born For Love By Bruce D Perry And Maia Szalavit (Published: August 10, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)

🧠 Psychology & Personal Development

Stolen Focus (Published: September 9, 2025)
Fluent In Three Months (Published: September 9, 2025)
How To Take Smart Notes (Published: September 9, 2025)
Learning How To Learn (Published: September 9, 2025)
Man’s Search For Meaning (Published: August 30, 2025)
The Courage To Be Happy By Ichiro Kishimi (Published: August 30, 2025)
The Courage to Be Disliked By Ichiro Kishimi (Published: August 30, 2025)
Build The Life You Want By Arthur C Brooks (Published: August 30, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned (Published: August 30, 2025)
What Intelligence Tests Miss (Published: August 30, 2025)
How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren (Published: August 30, 2025)
How To Win Friends And Influence People By Dale Carnegie (Published: August 15, 2025)
Emotional Intelligence By Daniel Goleman (Published: August 14, 2025)
Building A Second Brain By Tiago Forte (Published: August 10, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker (Published: August 8, 2025)
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss (Published: August 4, 2025)
Just Fucking Ship By Amy Hoy (Published: August 4, 2025)
Thinking, Fast And Slow By Daniel Kahneman (Published: August 2, 2025)
Atomic Habits By James Clear (Published: August 2, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Better Than Before By Gretchen Rubin (Published: August 2, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey (Published: August 2, 2025)
How To Live On 24 Hours A Day by Arnold Bennett (Published: July 8, 2025)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Published: November 5, 2025)
Million Dollar Habits: Proven Power Practices to Double and Triple Your Income (Published: November 5, 2025)

🔬 Science & Technology

Fundamentals Of Data Engineering By Joe Reis and Matt Housley (Published: October 9, 2025)
Statistical Rethinking (Published: September 9, 2025)
Growth From Microorganisms To Megacities (Published: September 9, 2025)
The Future Is Faster Than You Think (Published: September 9, 2025)
The Coming Wave (Published: September 9, 2025)
Garden Cities Of Tomorrow (Published: September 9, 2025)
Create An Oasis With Greywater (Published: September 9, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Reentry by Eric Berger (Published: August 14, 2025)
Shorting the Grid by Meredith Angwin (Published: August 21, 2025)
Building And Maintaining A Data Warehouse (Published: August 15, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Building The Data Warehouse By Bill Inmon (Published: August 15, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Unstoppable Growth by Ben Botes (Published: August 14, 2025)
The Order Of Time by Carlo Rovelli (Published: August 14, 2025)
The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Dr. Fei-Fei Li (Published: August 13, 2025)
Sapiens A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (Published: August 3, 2025)
Guns, Germs, And Steel by Jared Diamond (Published: August 3, 2025)
Thinking In Systems A Primer By Donella H Meadow (Published: August 2, 2025)

🎭 Other

Excellent Sheep (Published: September 9, 2025)
Means Of Control By Byron Tau (Published: August 30, 2025)
Built To Innovate By Ben Bebsaou (Published: August 30, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
The Logical Thinking Process (Published: August 21, 2025)
Extreme Privacy By Michael Bazzell (Published: August 21, 2025)
Alone Together By Sherry Turkle (Published: August 10, 2025 · Updated: November 18, 2025)
Paths: Why is life filled with so many detours? (Published: August 10, 2025)
Workman Unashamed: The Testimony of a Christian Freemason (Published: August 10, 2025)
User Stories Applied (Published: August 4, 2025)
The Workshop Survival Guide (Published: August 4, 2025)
Write Useful Books by Rob Fitzpatrick (Published: August 4, 2025)