A selection of books from my bookshelf that have helped shape my perspectives on design, the way I work and the way I see the world.
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Flatland Edwin Abbot
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big Scott Adams
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How to Read a Book Mortimer J. Adler
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The Timeless Way of Building Christopher Alexander
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Imaginary Cities Darran Anderson
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It's Not How Good You Are It's How Good You Want to Be Paul Arden
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Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite Paul Arden
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Meditations Marcus Aurelius
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The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten Julian Baggini
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Adventures in Numberland Alex Bellos
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Contagious Jonah Berger
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This Will Make You Smarter John Brockman
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Invisible Cities Italo Calvino
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Creativity Inc. Ed Catmull
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Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang
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The Shape of Design Frank Chimero
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Influence Robert B. Cialdini
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Pre-suasion Robert B. Cialdini
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Atomic Habits James Clear
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The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work Mason Currey
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The Beginning of Infinity David Deutsch
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Sum David Eagleman
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Discourses and Selected Writings Epictetus
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Range David Epstein
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Tools of Titans Tim Ferriss
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The Elements of Eloquence Mark Forsyth
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The Economic Naturalist Robert H Frank
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Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl
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Stumbling on Happiness Daniel Gilbert
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Outliers Malcolm Gladwell
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The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy Tim Harford
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The Undercover Economist Tim Harford
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Sapiens Yuval Noah Harrari
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Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harrari
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Waking Up Sam Harris
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Gödel Escher Bach Douglas Hofstadter
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The Daily Stoic Ryan Holiday
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Ego is the Enemy Ryan Holiday
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The Obstacle is the Way Ryan Holiday
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Scientfic Advertising Claude Hopkins
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things Ben Horowitz
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Brave New World Aldous Huxley
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The Innovators Walter Isaacson
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Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman
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Jony Ive Leander Kahney
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The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac
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On the Road Jack Kerouac
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The Courage to Be Disliked Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
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Steal Like an Artist Austin Kleon
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Shoe Dog Phil Knight
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Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
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Superfreakonomics Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
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Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
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Einstein's Dreams Alan Lightman
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The Design of Business Roger Martin
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The Sovereign Individual James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg
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What If? Randall Munroe
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The Brand Gap Marty Neumeier
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Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche
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Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy
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The Unpublished David Ogilvy David Ogilvy
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Animal Farm George Orwell
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Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B. Peterson
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert Pirsig
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Lila Robert Pirsig
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The War of Art Steven Pressfield
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Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pyncheon
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Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand
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The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley
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Blood, Sweat and Pixels Jason Schreier
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Alice Schroeder
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The Elephant in the Brain Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson
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American Prometheus Martin Sherwin
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The Little Book of Big Ideas - 150 Concepts and Breakthroughs that Transformed History Daniel Smith
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone
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Unflattening Nick Sousanis
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Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense Rory Sutherland
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The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Misbehaving Richard H. Thaler
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Zero to One Peter Theil
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The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
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Deceit and Self-Deception Robert Trivers
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Predatory Thinking Dave Trott
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Maps of the Imagination Peter Turchi
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The Art of War Sun Tzu
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Elon Musk Ashlee Vance
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Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut
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Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
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A Beautiful Question Frank Wilczek
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Getting Real 37 Signals
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Rework 37 Signals