Books
Books that have helped me open my eyes to the world, see new perspectives, shift mental models, and generally grow. I update this list regularly, so be sure to check back for new book recommendations, quotes, journal prompts, and more.
There is only 1 fiction book I’m recommending at this time: Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir, which will be released as a film in 2026 starring Ryan Gosling.
Personal Growth and Development:
Awaken Your Genius, Ozan Varol
Spontaneous Evolution, Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D. & Steve Bhaerman
The Impossible First, Colin O’Brady
The Origins of You, Vienna Pharaon
The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin
Anatomy of a Breakthrough, Adam Alter
Think Again, Adam Grant
Mental Immunity, Andy Norman
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, Mark Manson
The Power of Moments, Chip & Dan Heath
Upstream, Dan Heath
Decisive, Chip & Dan Heath
David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt
Sex, Drugs, Einstein and Elves, Scott Pickover
Systems Thinking, Complexity & Chaos:
Thinking in Systems, Donella H Meadows
Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
Chaos, James Gleick
The Social Life of Information, John Seely Brown
Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws, Manfred R. Schroeder
How to Create a Mind, Ray Kurzweil
Physics & Cosmology:
A Universe from Nothing, Lawrence Krauss
The Fabric of Reality, David Deutsch
The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch
The 4% Universe, Richard Panek
Wrinkles in Time, George Smoot
What the Bleep Do We Know? William Arntz
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Death by Black Hole, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene
I Am A Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter
Business, Entrepreneurship & AI
The Innovators, Walter Isaacson
The Age of AI, Eric Schmidt & Henry Kissinger
The Universe in a Box, Andrew Pontzen
The 2am Principle, Jon Levy
The Practice, Seth Godin
Morality & Consciousness:
The Moral Landscape, Sam Harris
Making Sense, Sam Harris
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
Waking Up, Sam Harris
Living in Flow, Sky Nelson-Isaacs
Leap to Wholeness, Sky Nelson-Isaacs
Psychology:
Rationality, Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker
How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker
Elastic, Leonard Mlodinow
Emotional, Leonard Mlodinow
Your Brain on Art, Susan Magsamen
Spirituality:
The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle
The Untethered Soul, Alan Singer