Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
By: Tyler Cowen
3.58
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The art and science of talent how to spot, assess, woo, and retain highly talented people. How do…
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1. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more
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- business
- economics
- nonfiction
- psychology
2. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
3. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
By: Tony Fadell
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more
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- self help
- management
- entrepreneurship
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
4. Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
By: Tyler Cowen
3.58
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The art and science of talent how to spot, assess, woo, and retain highly talented people. How do… read more
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- productivity
- self help
- business
- entrepreneurship
- psychology
- historical romance
- nonfiction
- economics
- management
- leadership
5. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
6. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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- productivity
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- nonfiction
- business
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
7. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
By: Sebastian Mallaby
4.43
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
- entrepreneurship
- business
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
8. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
By: Daron Acemoğlu
3.90
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail and the bestselling co-author of 13 Bankers deliver a… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
9. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
10. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
By: Kevin Kelly
4.23
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more
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- self help
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- business
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"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
11. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
By: David Edmonds
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more
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- nonfiction
12. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
13. Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
By: Frank Slootman
4.07
Format: 208 pages, ebook
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerThe secret to leading growth is you… read more
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- self help
- management
- entrepreneurship
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
14. What We Owe the Future
By: William MacAskill
3.84
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
15. Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life
By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is as good a data storyteller as I have ever met.” — Steven Levitt, co-aut… read more
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- psychology
- nonfiction
- economics
- business
- self help
16. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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- productivity
- self help
- business
- psychology
- nonfiction
- economics
- management
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17. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
By: Jimmy Soni
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * … read more
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- entrepreneurship
- nonfiction
- economics
- business
- leadership
18. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
By: Ananyo Bhattacharya
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolution… read more
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- nonfiction
"The young von Neumann made an instant impact on his new tutors. His first mentor, Gábor Szego˝, who would later lead Stanford University’s maths department, was moved to tears after their first meeti…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"The best estimates of Trinity’s power put the figure somewhere between 20,000 and 22,000 tons. Oppenheimer reached for poetry, recalling a verse from ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"At one of his ‘high-proof, high-I.Q. parties’ one analyst produced a fat cylindrical ‘coin’ that was something of a RAND obsession at the time. Milled by the RAND machine shop at the behest of Willia…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
"With his school years behind him, von Neumann took the train to Berlin with his father in September 1921 to begin the arduous programme of study that had been agreed. A passenger sharing their carria…"-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
19. Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity
By: Claudia Goldin
4.23
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics A renowned economic historian traces women’s journey t… read more
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- business
20. Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
By: Russell "Russ" Roberts
3.81
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorith… read more
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- nonfiction
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- self help
"Exploring can turn out much better than a planned itinerary."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
"Spend more time getting used to the darkness and less time looking to expand the light."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
"If the important things are hard to measure, and the measurable things misleading, what kind of decision framework is left? This book is my answer to that question."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
21. Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
By: Claire Hughes Johnson
4.29
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most impo… read more
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- historical romance
- nonfiction
- management
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22. 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
By: Hamilton Wright Helmer
4.29
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
7 Powers breaks fresh ground by constructing a comprehensive strategy toolset that is easy for you … read more
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- economics
- management
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23. One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger
By: Matthew Yglesias
3.88
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
What would actually make America great: more people. If the most challenging crisis in living memor… read more
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- nonfiction
24. Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
By: Scott Patterson
3.78
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A Wall Street Journal bestseller Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fasci… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
25. Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI
By: Reid Hoffman
3.85
Format: 234 pages, ebook
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI, written by Reid Hoffman with… read more
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- nonfiction
- business
26. Where Is My Flying Car?: A Memoir of Future Past
By: J. Storrs Hall
4.08
Format: 609 pages, Kindle Edition
Back in the 60s we were all sure there would be flying cars in our future. Were the futurists and S… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
27. Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace
By: Christopher Blattman
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“ Why We Fight reflects Blattman’s expertise in economics, political science, and history… Blattma… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- psychology
28. The Network State: How To Start a New Country
By: Balaji S. Srinivasan
4.00
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Technology has enabled us to start new companies, new communities, and new currencies. But can we u… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
29. High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People
By: Elad Gil
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Well-known technology executive and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high growth tech compan… read more
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- entrepreneurship
- nonfiction
- economics
- management
- leadership
30. Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition
By: Lulu Yilun Chen
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
*REVISED AND UPDATED**SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK 2022**A TIMES BUSINESS BOOK… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
- business
31. The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
By: John A. List
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A leading economist answers one of today’s trickiest questions: Why do some great ideas make it big… read more
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- economics
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"Scaling a solution that saves or improves the lives of eight-year-olds instead of eighty-year-olds has a bigger cumulative impact over time and thus arguably calls for a larger slice of the budget."-John A. List, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
"We are reluctant to quit things because we want to avoid the resulting heartbreak. The pain of failure is magnified by the sunk costs: all the time and effort and emotion you have already invested."-John A. List, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
"When resources are limited, if you’re not getting the most out of every last dollar spent, the opportunity cost includes the additional impact your dollars could have had if allocated more effectively"-John A. List, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
