Books Recommended by Ev Williams
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
Source: "[The author's] message was that there is a bigger world out there, and that I didn’t need to conform to those around me." - Ev Williams
The Martian
A Novel
Andy Weir
Source: "What’s great about this adventure—which I find rare in pop culture—is the celebration of the mind, invention, and science." - Ev Williams
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Source: "I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams
Dune (6 books)
Frank Herbert
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The Effective Executive
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. Drucker
Source: "[The author] writes about first principles and makes things seem obvious—once he explains them in his straightforward way." - Ev Williams
Reinventing Fire
Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
Amory Lovins
Source: "Offers a thoroughly researched set of options for engineering our way out of the [climate change] crisis." - Ev Williams
2 recommenders
Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
Source: "Still the best advice on getting your life in order and freeing up your brain to be creative." - Ev Williams
Ender Saga (19 books)
Orson Scott Card
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Making of a Manager
What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
Julie Zhuo
Source: "Its practical wisdom is immediately useful for the newly minted manager—and us old ones." - Ev Williams
Antifragile
Incerto, Book 3
Nassim Taleb
Source: "Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade." - Ev Williams
Mindfulness for Beginners
Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Source: "Mindfulness meditation is the most important habit I’ve taken up in my adult life." - Ev Williams
1 recommender
In Search of Excellence
Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
Tom Peters
Source: "Didn’t solve the problems of my tiny web development shop." - Ev Williams
1 recommender
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
Source: "One of the few novels I’ve ever read twice." - Ev Williams
Mindset
The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
Source: "One of those ideas that is obvious only once you know it." - Ev Williams
1 recommender
1 recommender
Mastery
The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
George Leonard
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
Paul Ormerod
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Hackers & Painters
Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Paul Graham
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The Cluetrain Manifesto
Rick Levine
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Snow Crash
A Novel
Neal Stephenson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Slack
Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Tom DeMarco
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Smart and Gets Things Done
Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent
Avram Joel Spolsky
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Fuzzy Thinking
The New Science of Fuzzy Logic
Bart Kosko
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Everything Bad is Good for You
Steven Johnson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Gates
How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America
Stephen Manes
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
4 recommenders
Revolutionary Wealth
Alvin Toffler
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
Kary Mullis
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
1 recommender
Microserfs
A Novel
Douglas Coupland
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
1 recommender- 1 recommender
The Power Of One
The Power of One, Book 1
Bryce Courtenay
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Small Pieces Loosely Joined
A Unified Theory Of The Web
David Weinberger
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Out Of Control
The New Biology Of Machines, Social Systems, And The Economic World
Kevin Kelly
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
36 recommendersAniela GregorekBryan JohnsonChelsea HandlerChip ConleyDaniel PinkDave ElitchDavid BlaineDustin MoskovitzEmma WatsonEsther PerelEv WilliamsFedor HolzJim KwikJimmy FallonJocko WillinkJordan PetersonLex FridmanMaria PopovaMichael GervaisNaval RavikantRyan HolidaySam AltmanSimon SinekTerry CrewsTony RobbinsTuria PittPewDiePieShane ParrishMark MansonPhil JacksonTom BilyeuMichael HyattAlastair HumphreysSteve KerrRobin BlackPatrick Bet-David
Focus
The Future of Your Company Depends on It
Al Ries
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Positioning
The Battle for Your Mind
Al Ries
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Steven Levy
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Don't Make Me Think
A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Steve Krug
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
5 recommenders
What Should I Do with My Life?
The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
Po Bronson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The Social Life of Information
John Seely Brown
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Pragmatic Programmer
From Journeyman to Master
Andrew Hunt
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The Long Tail
Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
Chris Anderson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Built to Last
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
You Shall Know Our Velocity!
Dave Eggers
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Understanding Comics
The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
1 recommender
The Way of Life, According to Laotzu
Witter Bynner
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Tesla
Man Out of Time
Margaret Cheney
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Losing My Virginity
How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Richard Branson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
Bit Literacy
Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload
Mark Hurst
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
1 recommender
Absurdistan
A Novel
Gary Shteyngart
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Daniel Pink
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
User Interface Design for Programmers
Joel Spolsky
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Perfect Store
Inside eBay
Adam Cohen
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Monk and the Riddle
The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
Randy Komisar
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The China Study
The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health
T. Colin Campbell
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Stumbling on Happiness
Daniel Todd Gilbert
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Joel on Software
And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity
Joel Spolsky
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Get Back in the Box
How Being Great at What You Do Is Great for Business
Douglas Rushkoff
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
Cat's Cradle
A Novel
Kurt Vonnegut
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A Novel
Milan Kundera
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The Starfish and the Spider
The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Ori Brafman
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The First American
The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
H. W. Brands
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Bonfire of the Vanities
A Novel
Tom Wolfe
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
The Art of the Start
The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Guy Kawasaki
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
1 recommender
Ready for Anything
52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
David Allen
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
On Intelligence
How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
Jeff Hawkins
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
Robert Wright
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
Neal Stephenson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
Jim Collins
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Taleb
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
Robert L. Glass
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Geoffrey A. Moore
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
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The Dip
A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Seth Godin
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
4 recommenders
Winning
The Ultimate Business How-To Book
Jack Welch
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
The World Without Us
Alan Weisman
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The Victorian Internet
The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers
Tom Standage
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Halo Effect
... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers
Phil Rosenzweig
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The Diamond Age
Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Neal Stephenson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
4 recommenders
The Corrections
A Novel
Jonathan Franzen
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The Blind Side
Evolution of a Game
Michael Lewis
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
The Black Swan
Incerto, Book 2
Nassim Taleb
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
2 recommenders
The 4-Hour Workweek
Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tim Ferriss
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
26 recommendersA.J. JacobsBlake MycoskieCaterina FakeCharles PoliquinDaniel PinkDavid Heinemeier HanssonDerek SiversEric WeinsteinEv WilliamsGary KellerJason SilvaLaura R WalkerMarc AndreessenMarc GoodmanMark BellMaurice AshleyMike Maples, Jr.Mike ShinodaRolf PottsTim DraperTristan HarrisWalter IsaacsonLewis HowesJodie CookBrian DeanMichael Hyatt
Shopgirl
A Novella
Steve Martin
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Seeing What's Next
Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
Clayton M. Christensen
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Ogilvy on Advertising
David Ogilvy
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Moneyball
The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
4 recommenders
Jitterbug Perfume
A Novel
Tom Robbins
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Jimmy Corrigan
The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
It's Not About the Bike
My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Interface Culture
How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create & Communicate
Steven A. Johnson
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
3 recommenders
Founders at Work
Stories of Startups' Early Days
Jessica Livingston
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
A Novel
Tom Robbins
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender
1 recommender
2 recommenders
4 recommenders
Bill & Dave
How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
Michael S. Malone
Source: On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
1 recommender- 1 recommender
1 recommender
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