Its summer (still) which means book reading times for many. Here are a few books I remember from the top of my head (which means they must have been influential to me). No specific order. Title and something I remember from that book. Non-Fiction Factfullness - Hans Rosling Look at the biggest number first if you want to make an impact. The attention fix - Anders Hansen Our brains evolved for a different kind of world, and it explains so much. The Checklist Manifesto - Atul Gawande Checklists are hard to get right but extremely valuable if you manage to get them right. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise - Anders Ericsson When learning something you need to grind it and challenge yourself. Fiction Phoenix Project - Gene Kim (Edge case if this is fiction, it’s management fiction). 100% utilisation of one part of a system is not optimal, ensure you have a bit of slack everywhere. Three body problem - Cixin Liu Slow start but bakes in some very interesting philosophical discussions. The dark forest problem We Are Legion - Dennis E. Taylor A little bit of interesting philosphical questions and technology in the first books, the latter books in the bobiverse aren’t as good.