Good Books I am Reading | October 2025
The Happiness Files - Arthur C. Brooks | This Is for Everyone - Tim Berners-Lee | The Thinking Machine | Midnight on the Potomac | The Science of Scaling | Resurface | Chop Wood, Carry Water 🌊
10 good books now on my Kindle.
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The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life | Arthur C. Brooks
Building on his Harvard Business School course "Leadership and Happiness," bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks offers science-based insights on work and life in this collection of articles curated from his popular column in The Atlantic.
Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America | Scott Ellsworth
Told with page-turning pace backed by extensive research, this book offers a fresh and engaging look at a pivotal year in American History. Rarely, if ever, has a book about the Civil War featured such a rich and diverse cast of characters.
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web | Tim Berners-Lee
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee tells the back story of the iconic invention that transformed our lives and work. A personal, engaging look at engineering the internet with hopeful and practical insight for developing and using new technology in ways that benefit humanity.
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip | Stephen Witt
In 2024, thirty-one years after its founding in a Denny’s restaurant, Nvidia became the most valuable corporation on Earth. This is a brilliant and riveting account of Jensen Huang's improbable quest to create and conquer the market for AI hardware that is transforming our world.
The Science of Scaling: Grow Your Business Bigger and Faster Than You Think Possible | Benjamin Hardy and Blake Erickson
10x may be easier than 2x! A playbook for business leaders to drive robust growth on an accelerated timeline. We rarely achieve more than we believe is possible. Think big. Buid a profitable business that scales.
Resurface: A Guide to Navigating Life's Biggest Transitions | Cassidy Krug
A powerful book about moving on. No matter what transition you may be experiencing, Resurface will encourage and guide you with true stories and tools to navigate the tough parts more easily, and the good parts more joyfully.
What You're Made For: Powerful Life Lessons from My Career in Sports | George Raveling with Ryan Holiday (and Michael Jordan)
Practical, impactful insight from a legendary basketball career and a life dedicated to mentorship and leadership development in sport and business. Raveling's playbook is a must read for leaders I coach.
Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great | Joshua Medcalf
A powerful story of one boy's journey to become a samurai warrior, this book is loved by business professionals, students, and athletes who aspire to do big things and be the best they can be.
The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way | Héctor GarcÃa, Francesc Miralles
A hopeful, beautifully written, and practical guide, Ichigo ichie is a Japanese phrase and a tenet of Zen Buddhism that reminds us to cherish every single moment because each one is unique and will never happen again.
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors that Determine the Fate of Every Project | Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
An entertaining and insightful read with memorable project examples from the Sydney Opera House to Pixar Films that will help you learn from big failures and get your own big project or home renovation done on time and on budget.
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