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

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

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

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

1984

1984

George Orwell

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Lean In

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

The Overstory

The Overstory

Richard Powers

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin

Positioning

Positioning

Al Ries

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Never Split the Difference

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Trick Mirror

Trick Mirror

Jia Tolentino

Catch-22

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

How Google Works

How Google Works

Eric Schmidt

Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

The Bully Pulpit

The Bully Pulpit

Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

The Signal and the Noise

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson

The Dutch House

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

At Home

At Home

Bill Bryson

Naked

Naked

David Sedaris

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

The Body Reset Diet

The Body Reset Diet

Harley Pasternak

The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

Richard Preston

Lean UX

Lean UX

Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

Algorithms to Live By

Algorithms to Live By

Brian Christian

Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

Outlander

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon

The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

The Moral Landscape

The Moral Landscape

Sam Harris

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

The Startup Owner's Manual

The Startup Owner's Manual

Steve Blank

The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Robert Kanigel

A Book of Myths

A Book of Myths

Jeanie Lang

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Flannery O'Connor

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

Ben Garrod

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?

William Poundstone

Auschwitz

Auschwitz

Miklós Nyiszli

Circe

Circe

Madeline Miller

Einstein

Einstein

K.A.I.L. Wijewardena Gamalath

Foundations of Cryptography

Foundations of Cryptography

Oded Goldreich

Grendel

Grendel

John Gardner

Infinitesimal

Infinitesimal

Amir Alexander

La Belle Sauvage

La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman

Leviathan Wakes

Leviathan Wakes

James S. A. Corey

Medical Apartheid

Medical Apartheid

Harriet A. Washington

Mornings on Horseback

Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

Mythos

Mythos

Stephen Fry

Red Rising

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

Salt

Salt

Mark Kurlansky

Stardust

Stardust

Neil Gaiman

The Alienist

The Alienist

Caleb Carr

The Clockwork Universe

The Clockwork Universe

Edward Dolnick

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

The Eye of the World

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan

The Final Empire

The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson

The Giver

The Giver

Lois Lowry

The Historian

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

The Immortalists

The Immortalists

Chloe Benjamin

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

The Institute

The Institute

Stephen King

The Next 100 Years

The Next 100 Years

George Friedman

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

Gregory S. Paul

The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Subtle Knife

The Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare

The Zombie Survival Guide

The Zombie Survival Guide

Max Brooks

Theodore Rex

Theodore Rex

Edmund Morris

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