David Heinemeier Hansson Recommended Books

"A fantastic book [...] that was great inspiration to me." - DHH (Source)

"An easy way to learn about [Stoicism] and recognize why this resonates." - DHH (Source)

"A great book [...], which is even more specific about nurturing and supporting kids and so forth." - DHH (Source)

"Another great book on philosophy in the current age." - DHH (Source)

"Probably one of the first primers I read on [improving my photography]." - DHH (Source)

"Outlines all the scientific research on why incentive systems don't work." - DHH (Source)

"My key takeaway from [this book] was the concept of lifestyle design." - DHH (Source)

"Don't think I've ever bought a book so quickly after seeing it released!" - DHH (Source)

"A wonderful book about a naval [Admiral] that was running one of the worst performing U.S. nuclear submarines and turned it around to be the best performing U.S. submarine." - DHH (Source)

"A good one." - DHH (Source)

"It’s amazing how much of the abusive ideology revealed in his account of the miners is still present in today’s gig economy." - DHH (Source)

"Takes some of those same ideas about motivations and rewards and extrapolates them in a little bit." - DHH (Source)

"[This book and "Political Order and Political Decay" is] a fantastic two-part book." - DHH (Source)

"Traces back nation states all the way back to 4,000 years B.C. and goes through all the case studies of the rise of China and so forth." - DHH (Source)

"One of my all-time top ten favorite books. Applies well in both business and politics." - DHH (Source)

"Classic Danish play from the 19th century [...] Surprisingly relevant for today." - DHH (Source)

"Telling the story of how TV, newspapers, and now the internet has reverted to the old partisan ways of the original media outlets." - DHH (Source)

"Treating humans as ends in themselves, not means to an end is perhaps the defining characteristic of humanism." - DHH (Source)

"[The author]'s funny, he's straight forward (even when sarcastic), he's INTERESTING." - DHH (Source)

"You're not here for a complete story, a narrative, but to bathe yourself in [the author]'s mind." - DHH (Source)

"Perhaps my favorite novel of all time." - DHH (Source)

"I almost gave up on the book immediately, but then I'd find a sentence that perked my interest, then read a little more." - DHH (Source)

"A funny mix of stories, but it's worth the trip for the historical account of scientific management alone." - DHH (Source)

"Essentially a victory lap of the original essay and the response it provoked." - DHH (Source)

"[The author] has touched on the idea that certain types of mental illness can be looked at in part as the sane reaction to an insane world." - DHH (Source)

"Main complaint seems to be 'this is a layman's description of not-new ideas'. I'm just fine with that." - DHH (Source)

"Much celebrated." - DHH (Source)