The fastest, cheapest, (but not easiest) ways to uplevel and stay relevant don't come with a syllabus. So we've self-taught ourselves primarily with the help of books. To mark the 100th edition of our smartletter, here are hundred books that have influenced the way we work and live.
Thinking and Decision-Making
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Amazon link)
Decisive (Amazon link)
The Checklist Manifesto (Amazon link)
The Black Swan (Amazon link)
Fooled by Randomness (Amazon link)
Antifragile (Amazon link)
Nudge (Amazon link)
Brain Rules (Amazon link)
Adapt (Amazon link)
Inside the Nudge Unit (Amazon link)
LOSERTHINK (Amazon link)
The Great Mental Models (Amazon link)
Innovation
The Innovator's DNA (Amazon link)
The Innovator's Dilemma (Amazon link)
Crossing the Chasm (Amazon link)
The Art of Innovation (Amazon link)
For The Win (Amazon link)
Reinventing Organisations (Amazon link)
The Innovator’s Method Amazon link
Thinkertoys (Amazon link)
The Evolution of Everything (Amazon link)
Innovating Women (Amazon link)
Creativity (Amazon link)
The Design of Everyday Things (Amazon link)
Persuasion and Communication
Made to Stick (Amazon link)
Contagious (Amazon link)
Start with Why (Amazon link)
Influence (Amazon link)
The Purple Cow (Amazon link)
Alchemy (Amazon link)
The Power of Moments (Amazon link)
Impossible to Ignore (Amazon link)
Pre-Suasion (Amazon link)
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look On My Face? (Amazon link)
On Writing (Amazon link)
Habits and Behaviour
Switch (Amazon link)
The Power of Habit (Amazon link)
Atomic Habits (Amazon link)
The One Thing (Amazon link)
Tools of Titans (Amazon link)
Deep Work (Amazon link)
Tiny Habits (Amazon link)
Business, Culture, and Society
Competing against Luck (Amazon link)
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (Amazon link)
The Talent Code (Amazon link)
The Inner Game of Tennis (Amazon link)
Sapiens (Amazon link)
Moonwalking with Einstein (Amazon link)
Measure What Matters (Amazon link)
Factfulness (Amazon link)
Man's Search for Meaning (Amazon link)
Good to Great (Amazon link)
How Language Works (Amazon link)
The Elephant in the Brain (Amazon link)
The Messy Middle (Amazon link)
‘twas The Nightshift Before Christmas (Amazon link)
Subscribed (Amazon link)
The Way We Live and Work
Flourish (Amazon link)
Drive (Amazon link)
Strengths Finder (Amazon link)
Flow (Amazon link)
Peak (Amazon link)
Grit (Amazon link)
Mindset (Amazon link)
Wait (Amazon link)
How Will You Measure Your Life? (Amazon link)
Triggers (Amazon link)
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor (Amazon link)
Status Anxiety (Amazon link)
The Peter Principle (Amazon link)
Thin Slices of Anxiety (Amazon link)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Amazon link)
The Architecture of Happiness (Amazon link)
Homo Deus (Amazon link)
The Little Book of Hygge (Amazon link)
Range (Amazon link)
Science & Economics
Descartes' Error (Amazon link)
Adventures in Human Being (Amazon link)
Good Economics for Hard Times (Amazon link)
The Soul of an Octopus (Amazon link)
The Radium Girls (Amazon link)
The Third Chimpanzee (Amazon link)
The Wealth of Nations (Amazon link)
Messy (Amazon link)
Discover your Inner Economist (Amazon link)
Drunk Tank Pink (Amazon link)
Prisoners of Geography (Amazon link)
Biographies & History
Accidental Presidents (Amazon link)
The Anarchy (Amazon link)
Salt (Amazon link)
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Amazon link)
The Ride of a Lifetime (Amazon link)
The Man Who Solved the Market (Amazon link)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Amazon link)
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Amazon link)
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (Amazon link)
Steve Jobs (Amazon link)
Hidden Figures (Amazon link)
Invisible Women (Amazon link)
Leonardo Da Vinci (Amazon link)