The Operator's Library
Recommended Books
A curated reading list for SMB operators and founders — books we've read, referenced, and recommend.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charlie Munger
Good to Great
Jim Collins
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
The Big Short
Michael Lewis
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
Think Again
Adam Grant
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Made to Stick
Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Built to Last
Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen
Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Inner Game of Tennis
Timothy Gallwey
The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous
$100M Offers
Alex Hormozi
Naked Economics
Charles Wheelan
How to Get Rich
Felix Dennis
Alchemy
Rory Sutherland
Secrets of Closing the Sale
Zig Ziglar
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
Confessions of an Advertising Man
David Ogilvy
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
Brad Jacobs
Invent & Wander
Jeff Bezos
Profit First
Mike Michalowicz
Built to Sell
John Warrillow
Living Life Backward
David Gibson
Thinking Strategically
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders
Warren Buffett
Am I Being Too Subtle?
Sam Zell
Scaling People
Claire Hughes Johnson