books recommended by Sophie Bakalar

Sophie Bakalar is a founder and venture capitalist offering advice on all things related to consumer brand startups. She is the co-founder and CEO of Fable and Venture Partner at Collaborative Fund.

Sophie Bakalar is a founder and venture capitalist offering advice on all things related to consumer brand startups. She is the co-founder and CEO of Fable and Venture Partner at Collaborative Fund.

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books recommended by Sophie Bakalar

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Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

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The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

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Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

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The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

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The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

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Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

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The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

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1984

1984

George Orwell

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Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

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How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

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The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

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Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

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Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

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The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

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Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

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Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

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Lean In

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

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The Overstory

The Overstory

Richard Powers

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A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

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Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

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A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin

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Positioning

Positioning

Al Ries

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Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

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Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

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Never Split the Difference

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

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Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

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Trick Mirror

Trick Mirror

Jia Tolentino

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Catch-22

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

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How Google Works

How Google Works

Eric Schmidt

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Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

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The Bully Pulpit

The Bully Pulpit

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

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The Signal and the Noise

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

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Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

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In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson

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The Dutch House

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

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The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

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At Home

At Home

Bill Bryson

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Naked

Naked

David Sedaris

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Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

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The Body Reset Diet

The Body Reset Diet

Harley Pasternak

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The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

Richard Preston

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Lean UX

Lean UX

Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

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Algorithms to Live By

Algorithms to Live By

Brian Christian

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Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

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Outlander

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon

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The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

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The Moral Landscape

The Moral Landscape

Sam Harris

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The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

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The Startup Owner's Manual

The Startup Owner's Manual

Steve Blank

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The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Robert Kanigel

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A Book of Myths

A Book of Myths

Jeanie Lang

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A Good Man Is Hard To Find

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Flannery O'Connor

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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

Ben Garrod

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Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?

William Poundstone

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Auschwitz

Auschwitz

Miklós Nyiszli

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Circe

Circe

Madeline Miller

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Einstein

Einstein

K.A.I.L. Wijewardena Gamalath

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Foundations of Cryptography

Foundations of Cryptography

Oded Goldreich

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Grendel

Grendel

John Gardner

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Infinitesimal

Infinitesimal

Amir Alexander

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La Belle Sauvage

La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman

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Leviathan Wakes

Leviathan Wakes

James S. A. Corey

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Medical Apartheid

Medical Apartheid

Harriet A. Washington

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Mornings on Horseback

Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

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Mythos

Mythos

Stephen Fry

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Red Rising

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

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Salt

Salt

Mark Kurlansky

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Stardust

Stardust

Neil Gaiman

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The Alienist

The Alienist

Caleb Carr

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The Clockwork Universe

The Clockwork Universe

Edward Dolnick

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The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

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The Eye of the World

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

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The Final Empire

The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson

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The Giver

The Giver

Lois Lowry

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The Historian

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

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The Immortalists

The Immortalists

Chloe Benjamin

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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

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The Institute

The Institute

Stephen King

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The Next 100 Years

The Next 100 Years

George Friedman

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The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

Gregory S. Paul

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The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Subtle Knife

The Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman

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The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare

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The Zombie Survival Guide

The Zombie Survival Guide

Max Brooks

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Theodore Rex

Theodore Rex

Edmund Morris

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Reading and experience train your model of the world. And even if you forget the experience or what you read, its effect on your model of the world persists. Your mind is like a compiled program you've lost the source of. It works, but you don't know why.

Paul Graham