Yoni’s Reading List 2017
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” –Dr. Seuss
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do by Chris Guillebeau
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Alexander Freed
The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J Schwartz
Path of Destruction: Star Wars Legends by Drew Karpyshyn
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Rule of Two: Star Wars Legends by Drew Karpyshyn
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferriss
The House Of Medici: Its Rise and Fall by Christopher Hibbert
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture by Marvin Harris
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
In Arabian Nights by Tahir Shah
Kingdom of Shadows: A Novel by Alan Furst
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
Dynasty of Evil: Star Wars Legends by Drew Karpyshyn
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Seven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want by Nicholas Epley
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by Robert D. Kaplan
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed by Alexis Ohanian
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean by John Julius Norwich
Your Move: The Underdog’s Guide to Building Your Business by Ramit Sethi
Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance by Christopher McDougall
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney
Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Dragon Teeth: A Novel by Michael Crichton
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
Tom Clancy Point of Contact by Mike Maden
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted Work by Cal Newport
The Stranger by Albert Camus
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Spy: A Novel by Paulo Coelho
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death by Albert Camus
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin
The Fall by Albert Camus
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
Walking by Henry David Thoreau
100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Surviving in the Wild and Being Prepared for Any Disaster by Clint Emerson
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days by Chris Guillebeau
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Dark Zone by Jeff Rovin and George Galdorisi
Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution by Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson
Tom Clancy’s Power and Empire by Marc Cameron
Empire’s End: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King
After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley by Rob Reid
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (Star Wars) by Christie Golden
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
American War by Omar El Akkad
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan
Catalyst (Star Wars) by James Luceno
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman
Front-End Developer Handbook 2017 by Cody Lindley
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Garcia Martinez, Antonio
The Stand by Stephen King
Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games by Walt Williams
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
The Peripheral by William Gibson
Reveille for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005 by Thomas E. Ricks
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done by David Allen
The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Todays Top Comedy Writers by Mike Sacks
Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities Paperback by Kevin Kelly
Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance by Kelly Starrett and Glen Cordoza
The Mountain Shadow by Gregory David Roberts
The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad by Larry Gonick
All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt by John Taliaferro
