My 2025 Reading List

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (reread for the 3rd time)

The Algebra of Wealth by Scott Galloway

The Dip by Seth Godin

Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell

Genesis by Henry Kissinger, Craig Mundie, & Eric Schmidt

The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman

How to Write Non-Fiction by Joanna Penn

Blight by Emily Monosson

The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

The Stand by Stephen King

Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Range by David Epstein

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Papyrus by Irene Vallejo

The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish

Republic by Plato

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Poor Charlie’s Almanack by Peter Kaufman

The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, & Biology by Shane Parrish

The Great Mental Models Volume 3: Systems & Mathematics by Shane Parrish

The Great Mental Models Volume 4: Economics & Art by Shane Parrish

11/22/63 by Steven King

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

Writing to Learn by William Zinsser

ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound

Engineering in Plain Sight by Grady Hillhouse

How Bad Do You Want It? by Matt Fitzgerald

The Decision Book by Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschappler

The Pursuit of Happiness by Jeffrey Rosen

The Systems Thinker by Albert Rutherford

Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish

Burn Math Class by Jason Wilkes

Dune by Frank Herbert

On the Edge by Nate Silver

The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

How to Not Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

Systems Thinking Made Simple by Derek Cabrera

Think Again by Adam Grant

America’s Critical Thinking Crisis by Steven Pearlman

The Long Walk by Stephen King

Seek by Denis Johnson

Deep Work by Cal Newport (reread for the 2nd time)

The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

The Long and the Short of It by Les Binet

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Brass Check by Upton Sinclair

Super Mentors by Eric Koester

The End of Detroit by Micheline Maynard

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens (reread for the 2nd time)

American Icon by Bryce Hoffman

Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef (reread for the 2nd time)

How Brands Grow by Byron Sharp

Under the Dome by Stephen King

The Socratic Method by Ward Farnsworth

Your First 1000 Copies by Tim Grahl

Ask Powerful Questions by Will Wise

Rome’s Last Citizen by Rob Goodman

The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth

Pox Romana by Colin Elliott

Better Brand Health by Jenni Romaniuk

The Life of Chuck by Stephen King

Everyday Life in Ancient Rome by Lionel Casson

Life, The Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams

You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier

Pompeii by Mary Beard

Connect the Dots by Derek & Laura Cabrera

It by Stephen King

The Tiger by John Vaillant

Good Inside by Becky Kennedy

The Shining by Stephen King

How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs by Adrienne Mayor

Wisdom Takes Work by Ryan Holiday

The Running Man by Steven King

The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth

Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

You are Not Smart by David McRaney

The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren

And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer

How to be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han

The Daily Stoic Journal by Ryan Holiday (daily book read throughout the year)