Bookshelf

Books I’ve enjoyed and found interesting and/or valuable, and recommend.

Perspectives on Management, Leadership and Motivation

First, Break All The Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently Hardcover by Jim Harter
The Way of the Shepherd: 7 Ancient Secrets to Managing Productive People by Kevin Leman and William Pentak
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Emotional Intelligence for Leadership by Daniel Brain
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Ask A Manager by Alison Green
Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management by Peter F. Drucker

The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan
Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
The Brand Gap: How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design by Marty Neumeier
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
Social Media: How to Engage, Share, and Connect by Regina Luttrell
Going Viral by Jeff Hemsley and Karine Nahon
Clout: The Art and Science of Influential Web Content by Colleen Jones
Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal by Eric Dezenhall
Loveworks: How The World's Top Marketers Make Emotional Connections to Win in the Marketplace by Brian Sheehan
Social Media and Public Relations by Deirdre K. Breakenridge
Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
The Social Media Management Handbook: Everything You Need To Know To Get Social Media Working In Your Business by Robert Wollan, Nick Smith and Catherine Zhou
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

All’s Well by Mona Awad (fiction)
Becoming: Michelle Obama
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Bewilderment: A Novel by Richard Powers (fiction)
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
Eat the Document by Dana Spiotta (fiction)
Educated by Tara Westover
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (fiction)
In the Shadow of Statues by Mitch Landrieu
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (fiction)
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Make Trouble by Cecile Richards
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Liars’ Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (fiction)
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Thier Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (fiction)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (fiction)
Wayward by Dana Spiotta (fiction)
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
Wild by Cheryl Strayed