Reading

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In 2025, I challenged myself to read 50 books — not just to consume more ideas, but to slow down and reflect on the ones that matter. For each book, I aim to write a short sharing or takeaway piece.

Below you'll find two reading lists:

2025 Reading Challenge — books I’ve committed to reading this year, with notes and reflections.

Worthwhile Picks — books I stumbled upon outside the plan but found valuable enough to share.

🗂 2025 Reading Challenge

Top 20 Must-Reads (High Priority)

Zero to One by Peter Thiel

The Innovator's Dilemma 创新者的窘境 by Clayton Christensen

Start with Why by Simon Sinek

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

Competing in the Age of AI by Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani

How Google Works by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle

Machine, Platform, Crowd by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb

Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari

Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark

The Startup Owner's Manual by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee

Next 30 Picks (For Additional Depth)

The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Grit by Angela Duckworth

Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle

Measure What Matters by John Doerr

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte

Hooked by Nir Eyal

Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston

Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

Emotional Agility by Susan David

Play Bigger by Al Ramadan et al.

Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows

My Book Sharing Articles

From Tortoise Shells to Netflix: The Surprising Ancient Roots of Recommendation Syste

Deliberately Practice Your Brain Like How We Train LLMs: Reflections on Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

From Memes to Millions: What $TRUMP Meme Coin Taught Me About Meme Culture

You Are Not a Lottery Ticket: Lessons from Being Part of a Startup’s Founding Journey

Why Startups Win Where Giants Fail: Lessons from The Innovator’s Dilemma

Leading a Startup? Start with WHY

Less is More: How Minimalist Entrepreneurship Can Supercharge Your Business in 2025 and Beyond

From Warning to Reality: How Superintelligence Guides Us Through the AI Revolution

Leading the AI Revolution: How Businesses Can Thrive in an Automated World