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Nonfiction
- Hell Yeah Or No
- Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived
- The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
- Making It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
- The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success
- Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
- More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources-and What Happens Next
- Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
- Stillness Is the Key
- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
- Basic Economics
- The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
- When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
- Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
- Free Will
- Man’s Search for Meaning
- Meditations
- 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
- Modern Romance
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
- Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
- Principles: Life and Work
- The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
- The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
- Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
- Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
- The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact
- The Go Programming Language
- iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
- The C Programming Language
- The Rust Programming Language
- Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
- The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition
- Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor High Performance Programming (reference)
- Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
- Linux Kernel Development (reference)
- Operating Systems: Principles and Practice
- Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (reference)
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications (reference)
- Educated: A Memoir
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
- Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
- The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
- Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World’s Most Beloved Neighbor
- Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator’s Handbook
- Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
- Cosmos
- How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
- Rationality: From AI to Zombies
- The Way of Zen
- The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language
- The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
- The Art of Disappearing: Buddha’s Path to Lasting Joy
- The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
- Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
- Ego Is the Enemy
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- The Motivation Hacker
- Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
- How to Become a Straight-A Student
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
- Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
- Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
- Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
- Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
- Welcome to Management: How to Grow From Top Performer to Excellent Leader
Fiction
- Philip K. Dick
- Liu Cixin
- Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation
- Cloud Atlas
- Neal Stephenson
- Cryptonomicon
- Anathem
- Snow Crash
- Seveneves
- The Diamond Age
- Crazy Rich Asians
- George Orwell
- Brave New World
- Ready Player One
- Ishmael
- The Martian
- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
- The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
- Stories of Your Life and Others
- Frank Herbert
- Dune
- Dune Messiah