Favorites on the shelf, everything else below. I've re-read many of them. The year means "last read".
2026
MasteryRobert Greene
Letters to a Young PoetRainer Maria Rilke
The AlchemistPaulo Coelho
The Lessons of HistoryWill & Ariel Durant
The War of ArtSteven Pressfield
Hell Yeah or NoDerek Sivers
Anything You WantDerek Sivers
The Pathless PathPaul Millerd
BuildTony Fadell
Made to StickChip Heath
AlchemyRory Sutherland
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius & Gregory Hays
On the Shortness of LifeSeneca
The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday
The Almanack of Naval RavikantEric Jorgenson
The Daily StoicRyan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
2025
WinningTim S Grover
Feel-Good ProductivityAli Abdaal
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at WorkDavid Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried
ReWorkDavid Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried
The Scaling EraDwarkesh Patel
Keep GoingAustin Kleon
Steal Like an ArtistAustin Kleon
Show Your Work!Austin Kleon
The Dream MachineM. Mitchell Waldrop
Eleven RingsPhil Jackson
Make Something WonderfulSteve Jobs
Creativity, Inc.Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace
Excellent Advice for LivingKevin Kelly
Zero to OnePeter Thiel
GreenlightsMatthew McConaughey
The Great Mental Models: Systems and MathematicsShane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien & Rosie Leizrowice
The Minimalist EntrepreneurSahil Lavingia
The 5 Types of WealthSahil Bloom
The Great Mental Models: General Thinking ConceptsShane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien
OutlivePeter Attia & Bill Gifford
Clear ThinkingShane Parrish
RelentlessTim S Grover
The Creative ActRick Rubin
The Courage to Be HappyIchiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
The Courage to Be DislikedIchiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
The Great Mental Models: Economics and ArtShane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien
The Great Mental Models: Physics, Chemistry, and BiologyShane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien
Earlier
Steve JobsWalter Isaacson
Elon MuskWalter Isaacson
SapiensYuval Noah Harari
Never EnoughAndrew Wilkinson
Never FinishedDavid Goggins
Can't Hurt MeDavid Goggins
12 Rules for LifeJordan B. Peterson
After SteveTripp Mickle
An Elegant PuzzleWill Larson
Atomic HabitsJames Clear
Creative SelectionKen Kocienda
Elon MuskAshlee Vance
Founders at WorkJessica Livingston
High Growth HandbookElad Gil
How to Turn Down a Billion DollarsBilly Gallagher
Jony IveLeander Kahney
PrinciplesRay Dalio
Radical CandorKim Scott
RangeDavid Epstein
So Good They Can't Ignore YouCal Newport
TalentTyler Cowen
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen R. Covey
The FlinchJulien Smith
The FoundersJimmy Soni
The Great CEO WithinMatt Mochary
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
The Pmarca Blog ArchivesMarc Andreessen
Working in PublicNadia Eghbal