Library

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

markets / positioning

Positioning

Al Ries and Jack Trout

customer research / startups

12 books

Product Thinking

Open Product Thinking ->

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

disruption / innovation

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

startups / experiments

The Mom Test

Rob Fitzpatrick

Hooked

Nir Eyal

engagement / habit-forming products

The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

network effects / marketplaces

Obviously Awesome

April Dunford

product management / teams

Inspired

Marty Cagan

Empowered

Marty Cagan and Chris Jones

product leadership / teams

The Lean Product Playbook

Dan Olsen

product-market fit / MVP

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

markets / positioning

Positioning

Al Ries and Jack Trout

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

OKRs / goals

7 books

Parenthood

Open Parenthood ->

Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

parenting / communication

The Whole-Brain Child

Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

parenting / child development

No-Drama Discipline

Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

discipline / parenting

Michaeleen Doucleff

Emily Oster

Emily Oster

The Montessori Toddler

Simone Davies

toddler / Montessori

7 books

Attention

Open Attention ->

Deep Work

Cal Newport

focus / knowledge work

Digital Minimalism

Cal Newport

technology / focus

Getting Things Done

David Allen

productivity / capture

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

priorities / focus

Make Time

Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

focus / daily design

Four Thousand Weeks

Oliver Burkeman

time / mortality

The Attention Merchants

Tim Wu

media / advertising

76 books

Fiction Paths

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All Systems Red

Martha Wells

science fiction / novella

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

science fiction / problem solving

The Martian

Andy Weir

science fiction / survival

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

science fiction / evolution

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Dennis E. Taylor

science fiction / funny

Contact

Carl Sagan

science fiction / first contact

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

science fiction / hopeful

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

science fiction / thriller

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

fantasy / mystery

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

science fiction / cozy

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

science fiction / anthropology

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

science fiction / politics

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

literary fiction / post-apocalyptic

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

romantasy / dragon riders

Rebecca Yarros

Rebecca Yarros

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas

romantasy / fae

From Blood and Ash

Jennifer L. Armentrout

romantasy / forbidden romance

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas

fantasy / assassin heroine

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

fantasy / parallel story

Kingdom of Ash

Sarah J. Maas

fantasy / finale

The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Carissa Broadbent

romantasy / deadly competition

The Bridge Kingdom

Danielle L. Jensen

romantasy / spy heroine

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

dragons / quest fantasy

Fireborne

Rosaria Munda

dragon riders / political fantasy

A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin

hopeful fiction / life choices

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

humane fiction / funny

Dune

Frank Herbert

science fiction / ecology

Rise of the Earth Dragon

Tracey West

early chapter book / dragons

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

psychological thriller / unreliable narrator

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

marriage thriller / unreliable narrators

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

unreliable narrator / suburban mystery

Verity

Colleen Hoover

psychological thriller / found manuscript

Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell

missing daughter / slow-burn mystery

The Woman in the Window

A. J. Finn

agoraphobia / unreliable narrator

Behind Closed Doors

B. A. Paris

domestic suspense / controlling marriage

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

family trauma / small-town mystery

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

A Clash of Kings

George R. R. Martin

political fantasy / war

A Storm of Swords

George R. R. Martin

political fantasy / aftermath

A Feast for Crows

George R. R. Martin

A Dance with Dragons

George R. R. Martin

political fantasy / exile

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

George R. R. Martin

prequel novellas / Dunk and Egg

Emma

Jane Austen

coming of age / slow burn

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

adventure romance / comedic

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

classic / jazz age

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

classic horror / public domain

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

classic mystery / short stories

Dracula

Bram Stoker

classic horror / epistolary

1984

George Orwell

dystopian classic / surveillance

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

dystopian classic / genetic engineering

The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood

dystopian classic / feminist fiction

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

dystopian YA / survival

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V. E. Schwab

atmospheric fantasy / immortality

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

literary speculative fiction / artificial intelligence

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

time travel / gentle and reflective

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

warm and funny / loneliness

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

cozy fantasy / found family

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

classic / psychological fiction

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

gothic horror / atmospheric

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

gothic horror / classic

The Shining

Stephen King

horror classic / isolation

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

literary fiction / coming of age

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

literary fiction / opioid crisis

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

literary fiction / friendship

Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

graphic memoir / Iranian revolution

Maus

Art Spiegelman

graphic memoir / Holocaust

Watchmen

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

graphic novel / deconstructed superheroes

Fun Home

Alison Bechdel

graphic memoir / literary

32 books

Romance & Romantasy

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Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

romantasy / dragon riders

Rebecca Yarros

Rebecca Yarros

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas

romantasy / fae

From Blood and Ash

Jennifer L. Armentrout

romantasy / forbidden romance

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas

fantasy / assassin heroine

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas

fantasy / parallel story

Kingdom of Ash

Sarah J. Maas

fantasy / finale

The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Carissa Broadbent

romantasy / deadly competition

The Bridge Kingdom

Danielle L. Jensen

romantasy / spy heroine

Beach Read

Emily Henry

romcom / writers in love

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry

friends to lovers / road trip

Book Lovers

Emily Henry

enemies to lovers / book industry

Happy Place

Emily Henry

fake relationship / found family

Funny Story

Emily Henry

rebound romance / small town

The Hating Game

Sally Thorne

enemies to lovers / workplace romance

The Unhoneymooners

Christina Lauren

fake dating / enemies to lovers

Love and Other Words

Christina Lauren

second chance romance / childhood friends

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

bully romance / redemption arc

Vicious

L. J. Shen

Corrupt

Penelope Douglas

mafia-adjacent / possessive hero

Haunting Adeline

H. D. Carlton

stalker trope / dark romance

Emma

Jane Austen

coming of age / slow burn

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

adventure romance / comedic

Ella Enchanted

Gail Carson Levine

fairy tale / clean romance

Redeeming Love

Francine Rivers

inspirational romance / closed door

33 books

Young Readers

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Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Kate DiCamillo

early chapter book / funny

The Princess in Black

Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

early chapter book / adventure

Dinosaurs Before Dark

Mary Pope Osborne

early chapter book / adventure

Rise of the Earth Dragon

Tracey West

early chapter book / dragons

Eva's Treetop Festival

Rebecca Elliott

early chapter book / friendship

Dragons and Marshmallows

Asia Citro

early chapter book / STEM

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea

Ben Clanton

graphic novel / funny

The Bad Guys

Aaron Blabey

graphic novel / funny

Rise of the Balloon Goons

Troy Cummings

early chapter book / monsters

Ivy and Bean

Annie Barrows

early chapter book / friendship

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

humor / illustrated diary

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

mythology / adventure series

Dog Man

Dav Pilkey

graphic novel / humor

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy

Tui T. Sutherland

dragons / prophecy

Hatchet

Gary Paulsen

survival / wilderness

The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate

animal narrator / gentle story

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself

Lincoln Peirce

comic-strip humor / school stories

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Lauren Tarshis

historical fiction / survival

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Barbara Park

series opener / humor

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business

Barbara Park

Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth

Barbara Park

Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying

Barbara Park

Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake

Barbara Park

Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder

Barbara Park

The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea

Dork Diaries

Rachel Renée Russell

diary format / humor

Raina Telgemeier

graphic novel / friendship

Front Desk

Kelly Yang

immigrant story / real stakes

Clementine

Sara Pennypacker

humor / school stories

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Beverly Cleary

classic / family stories

Real Friends

Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

graphic memoir / friendship

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

classic / gentle tearjerker

Ella Enchanted

Gail Carson Levine

fairy tale / clean romance

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

dystopian YA / survival

7 books

Clear Thinking

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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

stoicism / control

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

big history / shared fictions

The Great Mental Models

Shane Parrish

mental models / inversion

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

randomness / luck

Superforecasting

Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner

forecasting / probability

The Scout Mindset

Julia Galef

truth seeking / motivated reasoning

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

mental models / worldly wisdom

7 books

Philosophy & Meaning

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

science fiction / hopeful

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

hopeful fiction / life choices

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

stoicism / control

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

meaning / resilience

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

classic / psychological fiction

Educated

Tara Westover

memoir / family and survivalism

The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk

trauma / nervous system

14 books

Money

Open Money ->

Profit First

Mike Michalowicz

cash flow / small business

Venture Deals

Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson

fundraising / venture capital

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

money / behavior

The Simple Path to Wealth

JL Collins

index funds / financial independence

The Millionaire Next Door

Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

wealth / frugality

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

John C. Bogle

index funds / investing

The Richest Man in Babylon

George S. Clason

saving / personal finance

Thinking in Bets

Annie Duke

probability / decision making

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

randomness / luck

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

mental models / worldly wisdom

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Ramit Sethi

practical system / beginner friendly

Broke Millennial

Erin Lowry

credit basics / beginner friendly

The Total Money Makeover

Dave Ramsey

debt payoff / structured plan

Your Money or Your Life

Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez

values based / foundational

9 books

Conversation

Open Conversation ->

Made to Stick

Chip Heath and Dan Heath

communication / ideas

Radical Candor

Kim Scott

feedback / leadership

The Coaching Habit

Michael Bungay Stanier

coaching / questions

Crucial Conversations

Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and Emily Gregory

conflict / communication

Difficult Conversations

Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen

conflict / listening

Nonviolent Communication

Marshall B. Rosenberg

empathy / conflict

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss and Tahl Raz

negotiation / sales

Storyworthy

Matthew Dicks

storytelling / memoir

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

parenting / communication

16 books

Strategy

Open Strategy ->

Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Richard Rumelt

strategy / focus

7 Powers

Hamilton Helmer

strategy / moats

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

disruption / innovation

Zero to One

Peter Thiel with Blake Masters

Robert Greene

Robert Greene

mastery / apprenticeship

The Laws of Human Nature

Robert Greene

human nature / psychology

The Daily Laws

Robert Greene

daily reading / strategy

A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin

big history / shared fictions

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Dune

Frank Herbert

science fiction / ecology

The Great Mental Models

Shane Parrish

mental models / inversion

A Clash of Kings

George R. R. Martin

political fantasy / war

A Storm of Swords

George R. R. Martin