books recommended by David Kadavy

David Kadavy is bestselling author of The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers, & host of Love Your Work.

David Kadavy is bestselling author of The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers, & host of Love Your Work.

books recommended by David Kadavy

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done

David Allen

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Letters from a Stoic

Letters from a Stoic

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Marie Kondō

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

Breakthrough Advertising

Breakthrough Advertising

Eugene M. Schwartz

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Steven Naifeh

The New Typography

The New Typography

Jan Tschichold

Thinking with Type

Thinking with Type

Ellen Lupton

Daily Rituals

Daily Rituals

Mason Currey

The Elements of Typographic Style

The Elements of Typographic Style

Robert Bringhurst

Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering

Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering

Jan Tschichold

Design for Hackers

Design for Hackers

David Kadavy

Lost City of the Incas

Lost City of the Incas

Hiram Bingham

Mental Models

Mental Models

Indi Young

Die Empty

Die Empty

Todd Henry

Triumphs of Experience

Triumphs of Experience

George E. Vaillant

The Non-Designer's Design Book

The Non-Designer's Design Book

Robin Williams

DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC

DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC

Edgar H. Schein

Black Like Me

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

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The 4-Hour Workweek

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