• Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by N. N. Taleb
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by Jim Collins
  • Also a favourite of Jeff Bezos and Max Levchin
• Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham
• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
• Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency by Tom DeMarco
• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
  • Also a favourite of Mark Cuban and Donald Trump
• The Halo Effect… and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers by Philip M. Rosenzweig
• The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
  • Also a favourite of Max Levchin, Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban, Malcolm Gladwell, Steve Jobs and Guy Kawasaki
• The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay