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

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

1984

1984

George Orwell

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

Never Split the Difference

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Lean In

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

The Overstory

The Overstory

Richard Powers

Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

Positioning

Positioning

Al Ries

Algorithms to Live By

Algorithms to Live By

Brian Christian

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin

Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Trick Mirror

Trick Mirror

Jia Tolentino

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

The Moral Landscape

The Moral Landscape

Sam Harris

The Signal and the Noise

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

Catch-22

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

How Google Works

How Google Works

Eric Schmidt

The Dutch House

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

The Bully Pulpit

The Bully Pulpit

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson

The Giver

The Giver

Lois Lowry

The Immortalists

The Immortalists

Chloe Benjamin

At Home

At Home

Bill Bryson

Red Rising

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

The Startup Owner's Manual

The Startup Owner's Manual

Steve Blank

The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

Richard Preston

Outlander

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon

Naked

Naked

David Sedaris

Lean UX

Lean UX

Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden

Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

The Body Reset Diet

The Body Reset Diet

Harley Pasternak

The Subtle Knife

The Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman

Stardust

Stardust

Neil Gaiman

The Zombie Survival Guide

The Zombie Survival Guide

Max Brooks

Mythos

Mythos

Stephen Fry

The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Robert Kanigel

Infinitesimal

Infinitesimal

Amir Alexander

Einstein

Einstein

K.A.I.L. Wijewardena Gamalath

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Flannery O'Connor

The Final Empire

The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson

Circe

Circe

Madeline Miller

The Historian

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

A Book of Myths

A Book of Myths

Jeanie Lang

The Clockwork Universe

The Clockwork Universe

Edward Dolnick

La Belle Sauvage

La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman

Foundations of Cryptography

Foundations of Cryptography

Oded Goldreich

The Eye of the World

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?

William Poundstone

Salt

Salt

Mark Kurlansky

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

Gregory S. Paul

The Alienist

The Alienist

Caleb Carr

The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare

Leviathan Wakes

Leviathan Wakes

James S. A. Corey

Theodore Rex

Theodore Rex

Edmund Morris

Mornings on Horseback

Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

The Next 100 Years

The Next 100 Years

George Friedman

Medical Apartheid

Medical Apartheid

Harriet A. Washington

Auschwitz

Auschwitz

Miklós Nyiszli

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Grendel

Grendel

John Gardner

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

Ben Garrod

The Institute

The Institute

Stephen King

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

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Zero to One

Thinking, Fast and Slow

The 4-Hour Workweek

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