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Everything I've highlighted, annotated, and returned to — strategy, history, stoicism, and the occasional thriller.
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The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
Tamim Ansary
147 highlightsLiterature & History
The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
Neil Howe
127 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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No Bullsh*t Strategy: A Founder’s Guide to Gaining Competitive Advantage with a Strategy That Actually Works
Alex M H Smith
★ Recommended
No Bullsh*t Strategy: A Founder’s Guide to Gaining Competitive Advantage with a Strategy That Actually Works
Alex M H Smith
123 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
★ Recommended
Hannibal and Me: What History's Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success and Failu re
Andreas Kluth
106 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
★ Recommended
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
93 highlightsLiterature & History
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Tiago Forte
89 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
Massimo Pigliucci
86 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
★ Recommended
Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
Morgan Housel
86 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (Incerto)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
76 highlightsLiterature & History
Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. (The Stoic Virtues Series)
Ryan Holiday
61 highlightsLiterature & History
On Grand Strategy
John Lewis Gaddis
57 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat. (The Stoic Virtues Series)
Ryan Holiday
Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat. (The Stoic Virtues Series)
Ryan Holiday
55 highlightsLiterature & History
City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas
Roger Crowley
55 highlightsLiterature & History
Reading now
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
Roger Crowley
52 highlightsLiterature & History
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The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
Hal Brands, John Bew, Lawrence Freedman, Walter Russell Mead, Toshi Yoshihara, Matthew Kroenig, Hew Strachan, Antulio Echevarria, John H. Maurer, Michael Cotey Morgan, James Lacey, Eric Helleiner, Jonathan Kirshner, Iskander Rehman, Matt J. Schumann, Michael V. Leggiere, Charles Edel, Kori Schake, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Sarah C. M. Paine, Priya Satia, Margaret MacMillan, Williamson Murray, Robert Kagan, Tami Biddle, Brendan Simms, Francis Gavin, Daniel Marston, Guy Laron, Tanvi Madan, Sergey Radchenko, Thomas G. Mahnken, Christopher J. Griffin, Dmitry Adamsky, Carter Malkasian, Ahmed S. Hashim, Elizabeth Economy, Seth G. Jones, Sue Mi Terry, Jason K. Stearns, Joshua Rovner, Thomas Rid, John Lewis Gaddis, Eric Edelman, Andrew Ehrhardt, and Mark Moyar
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
Hal Brands, John Bew, Lawrence Freedman, Walter Russell Mead, Toshi Yoshihara, Matthew Kroenig, Hew Strachan, Antulio Echevarria, John H. Maurer, Michael Cotey Morgan, James Lacey, Eric Helleiner, Jonathan Kirshner, Iskander Rehman, Matt J. Schumann, Michael V. Leggiere, Charles Edel, Kori Schake, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Sarah C. M. Paine, Priya Satia, Margaret MacMillan, Williamson Murray, Robert Kagan, Tami Biddle, Brendan Simms, Francis Gavin, Daniel Marston, Guy Laron, Tanvi Madan, Sergey Radchenko, Thomas G. Mahnken, Christopher J. Griffin, Dmitry Adamsky, Carter Malkasian, Ahmed S. Hashim, Elizabeth Economy, Seth G. Jones, Sue Mi Terry, Jason K. Stearns, Joshua Rovner, Thomas Rid, John Lewis Gaddis, Eric Edelman, Andrew Ehrhardt, and Mark Moyar
49 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
★ Recommended
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
48 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
Seneca
46 highlightsLiterature & History
Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon
Barry Hatton
27 highlightsLiterature & History
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition
John Perkins
23 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
Donald L. Miller
23 highlightsLiterature & History
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Daniel Yergin
21 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
21 highlightsLiterature & History
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Eric Jorgenson, Jack Butcher, and Tim Ferriss
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
20 highlightsLiterature & History
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The Lessons of History
Will Durant and Ariel Durant
The Lessons of History
Will Durant and Ariel Durant
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
★ Recommended
Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library)
Marcus Aurelius
20 highlightsLiterature & History
THINK STRAIGHT: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Darius Foroux
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Austin Kleon
20 highlightsLiterature & History
The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd
Allan Dib
20 highlightsMarketing & Growth
Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism
Ian Bremmer
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Sebastian Junger
20 highlightsLiterature & History
This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Seth Godin
20 highlightsMarketing & Growth
These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore
20 highlightsLiterature & History
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
Rick Atkinson
20 highlightsLiterature & History
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis, Bing West
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Overstory: A Novel
Richard Powers
20 highlightsLiterature & History
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
20 highlightsLiterature & History
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Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
Viktor E. Frankl and Daniel Goleman
★ Recommended
Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
Viktor E. Frankl and Daniel Goleman
20 highlightsLiterature & History
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Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)
Epictetus
Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)
Epictetus
20 highlightsLiterature & History
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Enchiridion (Dover Thrift Editions)
Epictetus
Enchiridion (Dover Thrift Editions)
Epictetus
20 highlightsLiterature & History
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy #2)
Rick Atkinson
20 highlightsLiterature & History
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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The Book of Five Rings (The Way of the Warrior Series) by Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
★ Recommended
The Book of Five Rings (The Way of the Warrior Series) by Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
20 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
Tamim Ansary
18 highlightsLiterature & History
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Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors: Covert Techniques for a Remarkable Practice
David C. Baker, Emily Mills, and Bryn Mooth
Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors: Covert Techniques for a Remarkable Practice
David C. Baker, Emily Mills, and Bryn Mooth
16 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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Budapest
Victor Sebestyen
15 highlightsLiterature & History
The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business
Wright Thompson
15 highlightsLiterature & History
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy Book 1)
Rick Atkinson
12 highlightsLiterature & History
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The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks
Emma Marriott
The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks
Emma Marriott
11 highlightsLiterature & History
The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Donna Tartt
10 highlightsLiterature & History
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The Art of War
Sunzi and Lionel Giles
The Art of War
Sunzi and Lionel Giles
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg
The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg
10 highlightsLiterature & History
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
10 highlightsLiterature & History
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
Alexandre Dumas and Robin Buss
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
Alexandre Dumas and Robin Buss
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran
Elaine Sciolino
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood
Michael Lewis
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II
Matthew Black
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Salt: A World History
Mark Kurlansky
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
John Julius Norwich
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life
Ryan Holiday
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Killing Rommel: A Novel
Steven Pressfield
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
Thomas F. Madden
10 highlightsLiterature & History
That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic
Musonius Rufus, Cora E. Lutz, and Gretchen Reydams-Schils
10 highlightsLiterature & History
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Mark Kurlansky
10 highlightsLiterature & History
★ Recommended
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
Richard Rumelt
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
10 highlightsLiterature & History
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The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco and William Weaver
Reading now
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco and William Weaver
10 highlightsLiterature & History
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Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Building Blocks For a Better Life
John Wooden and Jay Carty
Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Building Blocks For a Better Life
John Wooden and Jay Carty
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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The Seine: The River that Made Paris
Elaine Sciolino
The Seine: The River that Made Paris
Elaine Sciolino
10 highlightsLiterature & History
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Tyll (German Edition)
Daniel Kehlmann
Tyll (German Edition)
Daniel Kehlmann
10 highlightsLiterature & History
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A Man at Arms: A Novel
Steven Pressfield
A Man at Arms: A Novel
Steven Pressfield
10 highlightsLiterature & History
★ Recommended
The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
Paul Kix
10 highlightsLiterature & History
Founder Brand: Turn Your Story Into Your Competitive Advantage
Dave Gerhardt
10 highlightsMarketing & Growth
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
Neil Strauss
10 highlightsLiterature & History
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
Alex Kershaw
10 highlightsLiterature & History
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Real Business of Blockchain: How Leaders Can Create Value in a New Digital Age
David Furlonger, Christophe Uzureau
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great
Steven Pressfield
10 highlightsLiterature & History
A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition
Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway, and Sean Hemingway
10 highlightsLiterature & History
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
10 highlightsLiterature & History
★ Recommended
The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It (P.S.)
Tilar J. Mazzeo
10 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
The Land Beyond the Sea
Sharon Kay Penman
9 highlightsLiterature & History
Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Kevin Kelly
9 highlightsStrategy & Leadership
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Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
Roger Crowley
Reading now
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
Roger Crowley
8 highlightsLiterature & History
All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker
5 highlightsLiterature & History
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Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Penguin Classics)
Maurice Leblanc and Michael Sims
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Penguin Classics)
Maurice Leblanc and Michael Sims
3 highlightsLiterature & History
Havana: A Subtropical Delirium
Mark Kurlansky
2 highlightsLiterature & History
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The Dostoyevsky Collection – Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Gambler and The Brothers Karamazov (Illustrated)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett, and Charles James Hogarth
The Dostoyevsky Collection – Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Gambler and The Brothers Karamazov (Illustrated)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett, and Charles James Hogarth
1 highlightsLiterature & History
Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
Dan Jones
1 highlightsLiterature & History
A Short History of the World
Christopher Lascelles
1 highlightsLiterature & History
Simple Marketing For Smart People: The One Question You Need to Win Customers without Gimmicks, Hype, or Hard Selling
Billy Broas, Tiago Forte, and Ali Abdaal
1 highlightsMarketing & Growth