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A Year of Books: 2016
January 01, 2016 - December 31, 2016
This is my ongoing reading list for 2016. The goal is to read on average 3 books per month. For each book, I'll write my biggest learning and my favorite quote. Themes include biotech, business, philosophy, science, and other weird stuff.
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January
"Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande
"Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories" by Dr. Seuss
"The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination" by Jacob Bronowski
"Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Carol Dweck
February
"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand
"Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science" by Sissela Bok
March
"Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World" by Peter Diamandis
"The Art of Living Consciously" by Nathaniel Branden
April
"Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future" by Ashlee Vance
May
"Unleash Your Inner Company: Use Passion and Perseverance to Build Your Ideal Business" by John Chisholm
"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Harari
Others
"Exponential Organizations: Why New Organizations are Ten Times Better, Faster, and Cheaper than Yours" by Salim Ismail
"How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed" by Ray Kurzweil
"Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies" by Nick Bostrom
"Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?" by Nancy Stepan
"Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words" by Randall Munroe
"Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It" by Marc Goodman
Other Resources
YC 2015 Reading List