
# Marcus's Reading List

This page is a history of books I've read and maybe some I'd recommend. Too often I consume books and forget both that I read them and what I learned.

## Guide

🏃‍♂️ for the book I am currently reading

🥱 for books I didn't finish

🔊 for audiobooks

## 2025

🏃‍♂️ [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas](https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13V8VEZIHGS4W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KGws7Pa7tuWK9mraRZlih0PQe-WD_T26BY8bl6IB37csir88WR4y_JWiwlkygLGCK4OgFoTmnRWDtkAbuU-fuYNbVlsLOsipiZv2Ko3zbfOUGw7wHs3uwiwhncWB_egVnYuQgDmJod_XwPeZ6iKrmh5blKCLzJidptAe34h5bpRmyUP-0f7YtJnfvdzWLz-jImHTXEbDunEvZhU7DDEUUVvcT2VoCS-k1_KfYgAMmSI.lacd2I6ls9oLU7hX2WiULo4_BUpfrH1gLMDGHzkJh7s&dib_tag=se&keywords=fear+and+loathing+in+las+vegas&qid=1743187906&sprefix=fear+and+lo%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-1) by Hunter S. Thompson

[Engineering Management for the Rest of Us](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGYVDX35/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_351_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by [Sarah Drasner](https://sarah.dev/)

## 2024

[L.A. Noir](https://www.amazon.com/L-Noir-Struggle-Americas-Seductive/dp/0307352080) by John Buntin

[The Castle on Sunset](https://www.amazon.com/Castle-Sunset-Scandal-Hollywoods-Chateau/dp/0385543166) by Shawn Levy

[Outside the Box](https://www.amazon.com/Outside-Box-Globalization-Changed-Spreading/dp/069119176X) by Marc Levinson

[Into the Raging Sea](https://www.amazon.com/Into-Raging-Sea-Thirty-Three-Megastorm-ebook/dp/B075WQK2LX/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DyrgDhHMpM9Yvc9nScniz3J-MHrSfs5uC6BMPE-pYbJGfMZoY6Y648G7LyNUgnJA8tTnu0mu1OXlF98UzFNByxFf-SlzXHlXmPw5JOCf_GODG9_LkDhjGOn8ADP8f5-8EfHVKE6HGlax57qz7YJMsZljmfnY598Q1Kqfkn2rvRm-MHGOmBYG39OoVpUCgEyiypvJLNbTIQTA6PS_uC--JQ.qWOqyoH6dwuEOYyiNL9bMX-cTvhKkKlnciqXTboWxag&dib_tag=se&hvadid=580763948132&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1013587&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=13590560763513311872&hvtargid=kwd-451681256335&hydadcr=15304_13517984&keywords=into+the+raging+sea+book&qid=1728075244&sr=8-1) by Rachel Slade

Megayacht True Stories of Adventure, Drama, and Tragedy at Sea by Doug Hoogs

[Running Against the Tide](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CMKSML3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_351_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by Captain Lee

[Superyacht Captain](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09FGNYH1W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_351_o03?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by Brendan O’Shannassy

[Deep Work](https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692) by Cal Newport

## 2023

[Fast Fiction, VOL 2 Man vs. Machine](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9WH6RQ2?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_2A0W7HKYVA4C9M52H8GE) by Scotty Cornfield

[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time](https://a.co/d/1qTkFsb) by Mark Haddon

🔊 [The Snowball](https://a.co/d/hVk8RaN) by Alice Schroeder

[Black Edge](https://a.co/d/dXbS1eX) by [@sheelahk](https://twitter.com/sheelahk?s=20)

🔊 [How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars](<[https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Rich-Greatest-Entrepreneurs/dp/B088TTJPS3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YIY4R69G04Q0&keywords=how+to+get+rich&qid=1681161926&s=audible&sprefix=how+to+get+r%2Caudible%2C473&sr=1-1](https://www.amazon.es/Turn-Down-Billion-Dollars-International/dp/1250108616)>) by [@GallagherBilly](https://twitter.com/GallagherBilly?s=20)

🔊 [How to Get Rich](https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Rich-Greatest-Entrepreneurs/dp/B088TTJPS3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YIY4R69G04Q0&keywords=how+to+get+rich&qid=1681161926&s=audible&sprefix=how+to+get+r%2Caudible%2C473&sr=1-1) by Felix Dennis

[Gang Leader for a Day](https://www.amazon.com/Gang-Leader-for-Day-audiobook/dp/B0012H0G5E/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4L0AECND70H4&keywords=gang+leader+for+a+day&qid=1681161840&sprefix=gang+leader+for+a%2Caps%2C427&sr=8-1) by Sudhir Venkatesh

🔊 [Trillion Dollar Coach](https://www.amazon.com/Trillion-Dollar-Coach-audiobook/dp/B07MVKGV9V/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2AQL0N23A6D3T&keywords=trillion+dollar+coach&qid=1678066780&sprefix=trillion+dollar+coach%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1) by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle

🥱 [Leaving the Atocha Station](https://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Atocha-Station-Ben-Lerner-ebook/dp/B00BVTUYXW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AZ4KB7C294K1&keywords=Leaving+the+Atocha+Station&qid=1678066752&sprefix=leaving+the+atocha+station%2Caps%2C68&sr=8-1) by Ben Lerner

🔊 [Casino Royal](https://www.amazon.com/James-Bond-Casino-Royale-Flemings/dp/1524100684/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Y3HJJUUUWTXG&keywords=casino+royale+ian+fleming&qid=1678066731&sprefix=casino+royale+ian+fleming%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-1) by Ian Fleming

[Status and Culture](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JVG323B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o02?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by [@wdavidmarx](https://twitter.com/wdavidmarx?s=20&t=ajoEyzbyMRHU8XAJC2gwVQ)

🔊 [Liar's Poker](https://www.amazon.com/Liars-Poker-Norton-Paperback-Michael/dp/039333869X) by Michael Lewis

[Endurance](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IC8VF10/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o06?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by Alfred Lansing

## 2022

[Everything I Need I Get from You](https://a.co/d/7FX3Akd) by Kaitlyn Tiffany

[Action Park](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143134515/?coliid=IFGAH0LZJC8HP&colid=39VIPIWI8S6H9&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) by Andy Mulvihill

🔊 [How to Decide](https://www.amazon.com/How-Decide-Simple-Making-Choices/dp/B088P4XLVB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=V1QXV88HOTN&keywords=how+to+decide&qid=1667849326&sprefix=how+to+decide%2Caps%2C168&sr=8-1) by [@AnnieDuke](https://twitter.com/AnnieDuke)

🔊 [Who: The A Method for Hiring](https://www.amazon.com/Who-Geoff-Smart-Randy-Street-audiobook/dp/B001H97LVO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NWWZ3AYQ06FG&keywords=who+hiring&qid=1663192671&sprefix=who+hiring%2Caps%2C68&sr=8-1) by Geoff Smart

🔊 [The Manager's Path](https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897) by [@skamille](https://twitter.com/skamille)

🔊 [Setting the Table](https://www.amazon.com/Setting-Table-Danny-Meyer-audiobook/dp/B000JCE38O/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=setting+the+table&qid=1661260802&sr=8-1) by [@dhmeyer](https://twitter.com/dhmeyer?s=20&t=0OVCLtVzQXgE5T3xQZO1eg)

[The Tiger](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040MGVXE/?coliid=I2XV4D0UIWHAXE&colid=39VIPIWI8S6H9&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) by [@JohnVaillant](https://twitter.com/JohnVaillant?s=20&t=H7OX4olJtgcfuyoS6ZdFXg)

🔊[Titan](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XUDGHG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) by Ron Chernow

🔊 [Set for Life](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y15M786/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) by [@STrenchBP](https://twitter.com/STrenchBP?s=20&t=wZTrmKx24g0VymEaNh2mcA)

🥱 🔊 [Musashi](https://www.amazon.com/Musashi-Epic-Novel-Samurai-Era-ebook/dp/B00CD428BU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1C4WGWFQFIHLU&keywords=musashi&qid=1659447501&s=digital-text&sprefix=musashi%2Cdigital-text%2C92&sr=1-1) by Eiji Yoshikawa

🔊 [The Craft](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DT6J4BQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00aud_?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by John Dickie

[Ghost in the Wires](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047Y0F0K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by [@kevinmitnick](https://twitter.com/kevinmitnick)

🔊 [Marine Sniper](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XSAXSS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o04aud_?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by Charles Henderson

🔊 [Pimp](https://www.amazon.com/Pimp-Iceberg-Slim-audiobook/dp/B00502PE5E/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3AH0ZEQONQ9BI&keywords=pimp&qid=1644607458&sprefix=pimp%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-2) by Iceberg Slim

## 2021

🥱 [The Making of a Manager](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079WNPRL2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o07?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by [@joulee](https://twitter.com/joulee)

[The Passionate Programmer](https://www.amazon.com/Passionate-Programmer-Remarkable-Development-Pragmatic/dp/1934356344/ref=asc_df_1934356344/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312025907421&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2619027834083661622&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9061089&hvtargid=pla-331493525691&psc=1) by [@chadfowler](https://twitter.com/chadfowler?s=20)

[Working Backwards](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=working+backwards&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2) by [@cbryar](https://twitter.com/cbryar?s=20) & [@BillCarr89](https://twitter.com/BillCarr89?s=20)

🥱 [The Fountainhead](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0452286751/?coliid=I3SO485Z9UG5IG&colid=39VIPIWI8S6H9&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) by Ayn Rand

[Kitchen Confidential](https://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Confidential-Updated-Adventures-Underbelly/dp/0060899220/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=kitchen+confidential&qid=1621347487&sr=8-1) by Anthony Bourdain

[The Alchemist](https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho-ebook/dp/B00U6SFUSS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2BD2VBHQ8LQLH&dchild=1&keywords=the+alchemist&qid=1619889205&sprefix=the+alche%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-1) by [@PauloCoehlo](https://twitter.com/PauloCoehlo?s=20)

[The Spy and the Traitor](https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B0782X9PFP&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_0NF5YRKHVD26AGN0XCQT) by [@BenMacintyre1](https://twitter.com/BenMacintyre1?s=20)

[Red Notice](https://www.amazon.com/Red-Notice-Finance-Murder-Justice-ebook/dp/B00LD1ORX6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=red+notice&qid=1618238352&sr=8-1) by [@Billbrowder](https://twitter.com/Billbrowder?s=20)

[Skunk Works](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A2DIW3C/?coliid=IZNU9LHE40S5&colid=39VIPIWI8S6H9&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) by Ben R. Rich

[Creativity, Inc.](https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration-ebook/dp/B00FUZQYBO/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=creativity&qid=1614179717&sr=8-4) by [@edcatmull](https://twitter.com/edcatmull?s=20)

[Breath](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735213615/?coliid=ILOYS6334SHWS&colid=39VIPIWI8S6H9&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) by [@MrJamesNestor](https://twitter.com/MrJamesNestor?s=20)

[Clean Code](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0132350882/?coliid=I85H8Z061SHNX&colid=39VIPIWI8S6H9&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) by [@UncleBobMartin](https://twitter.com/unclebobmartin?s=20)

[Nudge](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A5DCALY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) by [@R_Thaler](https://twitter.com/R_Thaler?s=20) & [@CassSunstein](https://twitter.com/CassSunstein?s=20)

[Working Backwards](https://www.amazon.com/Working-Backwards-Insights-Stories-Secrets-ebook/dp/B08BYCQBZN/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=amazon+working+backwards&qid=1629073253&sr=8-1) by [@cbryar](https://twitter.com/cbryar?s=20) & [@BillCarr89](https://twitter.com/BillCarr89?s=20)

## 2020

[Lives of the Stoics](https://www.amazon.com/Lives-Stoics-Living-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/052554187X) by [@RyanHoliday](https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday?s=20)

[Greenlights](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DFKSZDF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) by [@McConaughey](https://twitter.com/McConaughey?s=20)

[Clean](https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Science-Skin-James-Hamblin/dp/0525538313/ref=asc_df_0525538313/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459770216327&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2674018716065550656&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026793&hvtargid=pla-919414729349&psc=1) by [@jameshamblin](https://twitter.com/jameshamblin?s=20)

[Exploding the Phone](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009SAV5W0/?coliid=I3HJ0CSPJ5W4SN&colid=39VIPIWI8S6H9&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) by Phil Lapsley

[Never Split the Difference](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014DUR7L2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) by [@VossNegotiation](https://twitter.com/VossNegotiation?s=20)

[I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002MBD5V6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) by [@TuckerMax](https://twitter.com/TuckerMax?s=20)

[The Mole People](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004D4YE1U/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) by Jennifer Toth

[Factory Girls](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FA0URC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by Leslie T. Chang

[American Kingpin](https://www.amazon.com/American-Kingpin-Criminal-Mastermind-Behind/dp/1591848148) by [@NickBilton](https://twitter.com/nickbilton?s=20)

[The Future We Choose](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525658351/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) by [@CFigueres](https://twitter.com/CFigueres?s=20) & [@TomCarnac](https://twitter.com/tomcarnac?s=20)

[The Machine That Changed the World](https://www.amazon.com/Machine-That-Changed-World-Revolutionizing/dp/0743299795/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34RLHC1JYSBO2&dchild=1&keywords=the+machine+that+changed+the+world&qid=1597618945&sprefix=the+machine%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1) by James P. Womack

[The Wedge](https://amzn.to/39WoX9d) by [@SGCarney](https://twitter.com/sgcarney?s=20)

[Purple Cow](https://amzn.to/2CKOwOa) by [@ThisIsSethsBlog](https://twitter.com/ThisIsSethsBlog?s=20)

[The Pragmatic Programmer - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://amzn.to/2NF4ZWh) by [@pragdave](https://twitter.com/pragdave?s=20) & [@PragmaticAndy](https://twitter.com/PragmaticAndy?s=20)

[The Goldfinch](https://amzn.to/36XvAGI) by Donna Tartt

[Remote](https://amzn.to/3ee1QI3) by [@JasonFried](https://twitter.com/jasonfried?s=20)

[Shoe Dog](https://amzn.to/3cUfq2U) by Phil Knight

[The Dichotomy of Leadership](https://amzn.to/3fsY67a) by [@JockoWillink](https://twitter.com/jockowillink?s=20)

[Talking to Strangers](https://amzn.to/2KNSV3m) by [@Gladwell](https://twitter.com/Gladwell?s=20)

[City of Thieves: A Novel](https://amzn.to/34XxgyV) by David Benioff

Annelies Hartmann Hampel Memoirs by Annelies Hartmann Hampel

[The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914](https://amzn.to/37Y6S81) by David McCullough

[Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future](https://amzn.to/2P0Bz5P) by [@PeterThiel](https://twitter.com/peterthiel?s=20)

[Fight Club](https://amzn.to/321VPtd) by [@ChuckPalahniuk](https://twitter.com/chuckpalahniuk?s=20)

[The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood](https://amzn.to/39QoynF) by Thomas R. King

## 2019

[It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work](https://amzn.to/2uH90ni) by [@JasonFried](https://twitter.com/jasonfried?s=20)

[Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story](https://amzn.to/2wnCp6m) by [@Schwarzenegger](https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger?s=20)

[The Richest Man in Babylon](https://amzn.to/37zRe2x) by George S. Clason

[The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life](https://amzn.to/37v9NET) by Epictetus

[Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams](https://amzn.to/3bKtw76) by [@SleepDiplomat](https://twitter.com/sleepdiplomat?s=20)

## 2018

[Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products](https://amzn.to/2SO3ZkB) by [@Nireyal](https://twitter.com/nireyal?s=20)

[Algorithms to Live By](https://amzn.to/2OYZ7bm) by Brian Christian

[This Is How You Lose Her](https://amzn.to/2SxKI8b) by Junot Díaz

[Linchpin](https://amzn.to/2OZ5j2S) by [@ThisIsSethsBlog](https://twitter.com/ThisIsSethsBlog?s=20)

[Surely You're Joking Mr. Feyman](https://amzn.to/2Sx4osF) by Richard P. Feynman

[Mate: Become the Man Women Want](https://amzn.to/39Ed7z6) by [@TuckerMax](https://twitter.com/TuckerMax?s=20)

[Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son]() by []()

[Ishmael](https://amzn.to/3eQqcIo) by Daniel Quinn

## 2017

[Ego Is the Enemy](https://amzn.to/2Q72LQU) by [@RyanHoliday](https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday?s=20)

[Thinking, Fast and Slow](https://amzn.to/3gV3h03) by Daniel Kahneman

## 2016

[The Power Of Habit](https://amzn.to/3cwHKrn) by [@cduhigg](https://twitter.com/cduhigg?s=20)

## 2015

[Paper Towns](https://amzn.to/3eOyYX7) by [@JohnGreen](https://twitter.com/johngreen?s=20)

[The Zen of Steve Jobs](https://amzn.to/2MvhH9u) by Caleb Melby

[Vagabonding](https://amzn.to/3eQ2PhX) by [@RolfPotts](https://twitter.com/rolfpotts?s=20)

## 2014

[Life of Pi](https://amzn.to/309oZro) by Yann Martel

[The Kite Runner](https://amzn.to/3dBsFGq) by [@KhaledHosseini](https://twitter.com/khaledhosseini?s=20)

[As A Man Thinketh](https://amzn.to/2BsrpqF) by James Allen

[The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph](https://amzn.to/3bDp89M) by [@RyanHoliday](https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday?s=20)

[Angels & Demons](https://amzn.to/3d4ajxt) by Dan Brown

[Meditations](https://amzn.to/2zZ3Aq4) by Marcus Aurelius

[Lone Survivor](https://amzn.to/36YVKsN) by [@MarcusLuttrell](https://twitter.com/MarcusLuttrell?s=20)

[A Dog in a Hat](https://amzn.to/2XXpMJe) by Joe Parkin

[Losing My Virginity](https://amzn.to/36Xty9J) by [@RichardBranson](https://twitter.com/richardbranson?s=20)

## 2013

[The 4-Hour Chef](https://amzn.to/3748Xka) by [@tferriss](https://twitter.com/tferriss?s=20)

[The 4-Hour Workweek](https://amzn.to/2By2KkI) by [@tferriss](https://twitter.com/tferriss?s=20)

[Ender's Game](https://amzn.to/2BsssXD) by [@OrsonScottCard](https://twitter.com/orsonscottcard?s=20)

[The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger](https://amzn.to/3ePsqbb) by Marc Levinson

## 1999

Learned to read


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