Browsing bookshelves is a favorite hobby. This is intended to be a digital version of my own for reference and sharing. It is an incomplete catalog of the books I recommend, although it's hard to recommend a book in the abstract (without knowing the person). If you know something that I should read, please share. This list is in no particular order.

Books

• Team of Rivals: Biographical account of Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet
• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Memoir of physicist Richard Feynman. Part science, part crazy adventures of a curious guy
• Confessions of an Advertising Man: Timeless business lessons from David Ogilvy, the "father of advertising"
• Dune: The Sci-Fi classic
• Persepolis: Graphic novel coming-of-age story of a young woman in Tehran
• Maus: The story of a father's experience of the holocaust. A chilling reminder of my own family's history
• The Fountainhead: Whatever you think of Objectivism, this is a phenomenal book on creativity and striking out on one's own
• The Fixer: Part politics, part startups, Bradley Tusk's account of fighting the establishment
• Skunk Works: Inside the most successful and secretive aerospace operation ever. A very cool story
• The Martian: Space and accurate science and a great story
• A Gentleman in Moscow: Novel set in the Grand Metropol Hotel in 1920s Moscow
• The Ride of a Lifetime: Bob Iger's entertaining rise from ABC to the CEO of Disney
• The Perfect Storm: Sebastian Junger is one of my favorite non-fiction writers. This story of Gloucester fisherman gambling with their lives is a good one
• Kitchen Confidential: Anthony Bourdain's claim to fame. An accurate account of the restaurant industry's underbelly
• The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: The ultimate empire
• The Green Mile: One of my favorite Stephen King
• Zero to One: Peter Thiel's opus and essential reading for any aspiring entrepreneur
• Sapiens: Accessible history of humankind
• Blood Meridian: One of the more difficult books I've read‍
• The Road
• Let My People Go Surfing: Founder of Patagonia's unique approach to life and leadership
• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and how he built New York
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• What is the What: The tale of seven year old escaping Sudan
• Monk of Mokha: A young man returns to wartorn Yemen to discover and export the world's rarest coffee