Anant Jain

Books read and listened to in 2020

Book List

Books (18)

  • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. David Allen. (Review)
  • The New One Minute Manager. Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson. (Review)
  • Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger. Peter D. Kaufman and Ed Wexler.
  • Tao Te Ching: The Book Of The Way. Lao Tzu.
  • Draft No. 4. John McPhee.
  • The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance. W. Timothy Gallwey
  • Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner.
  • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. Rob Fitzpatrick. (Review)
  • The War of Art. Steven Pressfield. (Review)
  • The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter. Michael D. Watkins. (Review)
  • Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street. William Poundstone. (Review)
  • Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It. Kamal Ravikant.
  • The Elements of Style. William Strunk Jr.
  • The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change. Camille Fournier. (Review)
  • The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development. Chad Fowler. (Review)
  • The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers. Patrick Lencioni. (Review)
  • Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency. Tom DeMarco. (Review)
  • Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming. Peter Seibel. (Review)
  • Intercom on Product Management. Des Traynor.

Audiobooks (12)

  • Guns, Germs and Steel. Jared Diamond.
  • The God Delusion. Richard Dawkins.
  • Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate. George Lakoff.
  • Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Kim Scott.
  • Decisive. Chip Heath and Dan Heath. (Review)
  • Meditations. Marcus Aurelius.
  • Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. David Kushner. (Review)
  • Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy. Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake.
  • The Richest Man in Babylon. George S. Clason.
  • Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. Richard H. Thaler.
  • No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention. Erin Meyer and Reed Hastings.
  • Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein.