Bookshelf
These are the books that I think are worth mentioning, in no particular order.
- Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, Frank Herbert
- Neuromancer, Count Zero, Monal Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson
- Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
- Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov
- Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber, Mark Twight
- Deliberate Discomfort: How U.S. Special Operations Forces Overcome Fear and Dare to Win by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, Jason B.A. Van Camp
- Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
- Poison: Sermons on Suffering, Mark Twight
- Kill Decision, Daniel Suarez
- Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger, Leonard Scheff
- Stillness Is the Key, Ryan Holiday
- The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander, Pete Blaber
- Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible, Roger Sparks, with Don Rearden
- The Simplicity Cycle: A Field Guide to Making Things Better Without Making Them Worse, Dan Ward
- Soldier: Respect Is Earned, Jay Morton
- The Light and Fast Organisation: A New Way of Dealing with Uncertainty, Patrick Hollingworth
- The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel, Neal Stephenson
- The Common Sense Way: A New Way to Think About Leading and Organizing, Pete Blaber
- Notes on Silence, Patrick Shen and Cassidy Hall
- STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World, Dan Lyons
- Leaders: Myth and Reality, Stanley McChrystal
- Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism, Fumio Sasaki
- The Unfettered Mind: Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman. Takuan Soho
- Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual, Jocko Willink
- One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams, Chris Fussell, and Gen. Stanley McChrystal
- Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan
- The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers, Arno Ilgner
- Born of the Desert: With the SAS in North Africa, Malcolm James
- As Little Design As Possible, Dieter Rams
- The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life, Mark Epstein
- Risk: A User's Guide, Stanley McChrystal
- Dokkodo, Miyamoto Musashi
- Objective Secure: The Battle-Tested Guide to Goal Achievement, Nick Lavery
- Ex-formation, Kenya Hara
- Lead Yourself First, Raymond M. Kethledge
- The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi
- Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations, Ronen Bergman
- Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, Yvon Chouinard
- The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence, Gavin de Becker