Yoni’s Reading List 2022
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” — Stephen King
Wakers by Orson Scott Card
The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature by Robert Greene
How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City by Joan E. DeJean
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1 by N. K. Jemisin
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups by Erika Christakis
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything by Matthew Ball
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber
L’Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home by David Lebovitz
Undermoney: by Jay Newman
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris
Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave by Ryan Holiday
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
Arctic Dreams by Barry H. Lopez
The Nature of Things by Lucretius
The High Republic: Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization by Brian Fagan
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson and Tim Ferriss
Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies by Charles Perrow
Platform by Michel Houellebecq and Frank Wynne
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Tom Clancy Zero Hour by Don Bentley
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch
Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang
Fragments by Heraclitus
The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello by Anthony de Mello
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy
Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living by Bruce Lee
Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley
Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo
Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management by Scott Berkun
The Shaping of Us: How Everyday Spaces Structure Our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being by Lily Bernheimer
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by DeMarco Tom and Lister Tim
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love Marty Cagan
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger by Peter Bevelin
Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain De Botton
Awareness: Conversations with the Masters by Anthony de Mello,
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel by Charles Yu
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Au Contraire: Figuring Out the French by Gilles Asselin and Ruth Mastron
The Augmented Workforce: How the Metaverse Will Impact Every Dollar You Make by Cathy Hackl and John Buzzell
An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson
The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz
It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Michael Abrashoff
Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by David J. Chalmers
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday
The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know by Meg Meeker
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Tom Clancy Red Winter by Marc Cameron
Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine by Robert Coram
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Joseph Grenny and Kerry Patterson
New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World — and How to Make It Work for You by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power by Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad
In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History by Dominic Lieven
My reading list from 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014
