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26 books I Read in 2015...

A diverse reading year with startup and personal development focus.

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Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation book cover

Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation

By Jay Samit

Finished
Hold: How to Find, Buy, and Rent Houses for Wealth book cover

Hold: How to Find, Buy, and Rent Houses for Wealth

By Steve Chader, Jennice Doty, Jim McKissack, Linda McKissack, Jay Papasan, Gary Keller

Finished
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less book cover

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

By Greg McKeown

Finished
The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business book cover

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

By Josh Kaufman

Finished
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers book cover

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers

By George A. Moore

Finished
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action book cover

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

By Simon Sinek

Finished
Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact book cover

Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact

By Steven Kotler

Finished
Entreleadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches book cover

Entreleadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches

By Dave Ramsey

Finished
Free: The Future of a Radical Price book cover

Free: The Future of a Radical Price

By Chris Anderson

Finished
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business book cover

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

By Charles Duhigg

Finished
Modern Romance book cover

Modern Romance

By Aziz Ansari

Finished
The Magic of Thinking Big book cover

The Magic of Thinking Big

By David J. Schwartz

Finished
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future book cover

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

By Ashlee Vance

Finished
The Thank You Economy book cover

The Thank You Economy

By Gary Vaynerchuk

Finished
The Lean Startup book cover

The Lean Startup

By Eric Ries

Finished
The Compound Effect book cover

The Compound Effect

By Darren Hardy

Finished
Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck book cover

Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck

By Jon Acuff

Finished
The Travel Hacking Pocket Guide: Work the Airlines' System, Save Money, and Travel the World book cover

The Travel Hacking Pocket Guide: Work the Airlines' System, Save Money, and Travel the World

By James Zeller

Finished
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results book cover

The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

By Gary Keller

Finished
Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business: How to Launch and Grow a Business from Concept to Cash book cover

Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business: How to Launch and Grow a Business from Concept to Cash

By Michael Parrish DuDell

Finished
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World book cover

Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

By Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler

Finished
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think book cover

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

By Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler

Finished
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) book cover

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

By Seth Godin

Finished
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time book cover

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

By Jeff Sutherland

Finished
The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be book cover

The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be

By Moisés Naím

Finished
The Alchemist book cover

The Alchemist

By Paulo Coelho

Finished