Brandon's Bookshelf

The best books that I've read each year. Learn more.

2026

4 books
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanRead Your Mind by Oz PearlmanWalt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal GablerEnterprise Integration Patterns by Gregor Hohpe & Bobby Woolf

2025

6 books
Zero to One by Peter ThielThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzYou Can Just Do Things by Jay YangThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E.B. WhiteWorking Backwards by Colin Bryar & Bill CarrThe Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz

2024

3 books
7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton HelmerPayments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional by Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness & Russ JonesThe Anatomy of the Swipe: Making Money Move by Ahmed Siddiqui

Before 2024

25 books
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin GrahamThe New New Thing by Michael LewisElon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee VanceInformation Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy by Carl Shapiro & Hal R. VarianA View from the Bottom by Louisa B. LansburyHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieHow to Listen with Intention by Patrick KingBetter Small Talk by Patrick KingRadical Candor by Kim ScottRich Dad Poor Dad by Robert KiyosakiThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAdventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainHalo: The Fall of Reach by Eric NylundA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckOliver Twist by Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEssays and Poems by Ralph Waldo EmersonAesop's Fables by AesopThe Republic by PlatoNicomachean Ethics by AristotleThe New American Bible, Revised Edition by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops