Reading List
What is shaping the work.
Books, essays and references I am reading, returning to or passing forward.
The shelf is the running list, kept outside any retailer.
Why it exists
Recommendations are the cheapest useful thing one person can give another.
This page keeps mine in one place instead of buried in replies.
Core idea
What someone reads explains their decisions better than their bio does.
A reading list is only honest if it includes what you abandoned.
Evidence
Related:
How I think about it
I reread more than I read. The same five books keep doing the work.
Business books mostly repeat one idea; I try to note which one.
How it works
No affiliate links.
Attribution stays with the author, including for ideas I have absorbed into the work.
Projects and examples
Where it shows up:
Questions and tensions
Fact: Nothing on this list is affiliate-linked or sponsored.
Interpretation: Rereading has been worth more than new titles.
Experiment: Noting the one idea I actually kept from each book.
Ambition: A list someone can work through and come out changed.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
Invitation
Send me the book you keep returning to.