19 Surprising Books for Builders ⤵️ …company building, how-to, systems thinking, and tech trends 1) Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading by Nadia Asparouhova 2) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn 3) Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy by Joan Magretta 4) Nearly Perfect by Thomas Drach 5) The Computer Always Wins: A Playful Introduction to Algorithms through Puzzles and Strategy Games by Elliott Lichtman …related disciplines, domains, and histories of interest 6) The Origins of Efficiency by Brian Potter 7) Modern Principles of Economics by Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok 8) Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell 9) Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit by Charles Calomiris and Stephen Haber 10) The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester …builder biographies, innovation process 11) The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro 12) There’s Nothing Like This: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift by Kevin Evers 13) Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life by Agnes Callard 14) The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey …stories of resilience and health 15) The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard 16) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 17) The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map by Alex Hutchinson …fiction 18) There Is No antimimetics Division, a novel by qntm 19) The Café at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please Anything you'd add to the list?(a16z crypto)