The reading room
Books by the mentors, and the definitive works about them. Group by author or subject, sort by title, and find your next read.
Art & Invention
Economics
Essays
Leadership
Alexander the GreatPhilip Freeman · Leadership
From Third World to FirstLee Kuan Yew · Leadership
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldJack Weatherford · Leadership- King: A LifeJonathan Eig · Leadership
Lincoln’s Selected WritingsAbraham Lincoln · Leadership- Napoleon: A LifeAndrew Roberts · Leadership
SaladinAnne-Marie Eddé · Leadership
Team of RivalsDoris Kearns Goodwin · Leadership- The Effective ExecutivePeter Drucker · Leadership
The Rise of Theodore RooseveltEdmund Morris · Leadership
The Splendid and the VileErik Larson · Leadership- Thomas Jefferson: The Art of PowerJon Meacham · Leadership
- Washington: A LifeRon Chernow · Leadership
Why We Can’t WaitMartin Luther King Jr. · Leadership
Literature
Memoir
Crusade in EuropeDwight D. Eisenhower · Memoir
EdisonEdmund Morris · Memoir
I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou · Memoir
Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela · Memoir
My InventionsNikola Tesla · Memoir- Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant · Memoir
- Rosa Parks: My StoryRosa Parks · Memoir
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard Feynman · Memoir
The Autobiography of Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie · Memoir
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · Memoir
The Autobiography of Malcolm XMalcolm X (with Alex Haley) · Memoir
The Autobiography of Mark TwainMark Twain · Memoir
The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank · Memoir
The Second World WarWinston Churchill · Memoir- The Story of My Experiments with TruthMahatma Gandhi · Memoir
TitanRon Chernow · Memoir
Personal Development
Philosophy
A ConfessionLeo Tolstoy · Philosophy
An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume · Philosophy
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant · Philosophy
How to Think Like a Roman EmperorDonald Robertson · Philosophy
Letters from a StoicSeneca · Philosophy
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · Philosophy
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · Philosophy
Strength to LoveMartin Luther King Jr. · Philosophy
Tao Te ChingLaozi · Philosophy
The AnalectsConfucius · Philosophy
The EnchiridionEpictetus · Philosophy
The Interpretation of DreamsSigmund Freud · Philosophy
The RepublicPlato · Philosophy
The Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam Smith · Philosophy- The Trial and Death of SocratesPlato · Philosophy
Poetry
Science
A Mind at PlayJimmy Soni & Rob Goodman · Science
Ada’s AlgorithmJames Essinger · Science- Alan Turing: The EnigmaAndrew Hodges · Science
CosmosCarl Sagan · Science
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World SystemsGalileo Galilei · Science- Einstein: His Life and UniverseWalter Isaacson · Science
Euclid's ElementsEuclid · Science
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information AgeKurt Beyer · Science
Heavenly IntrigueJoshua & Anne-Lee Gilder · Science
Isaac NewtonJames Gleick · Science
Madame Curie: A BiographyÈve Curie · Science
Notes on NursingFlorence Nightingale · Science
On the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin · Science
Relativity: The Special and the General TheoryAlbert Einstein · Science
The Demon-Haunted WorldCarl Sagan · Science
The Electric Life of Michael FaradayAlan Hirshfeld · Science
The Feynman Lectures on PhysicsRichard Feynman · Science
The Man from the FutureAnanyo Bhattacharya · Science
The Man Who Changed EverythingBasil Mahon · Science
The PrincipiaIsaac Newton · Science
The Voyage of the BeagleCharles Darwin · Science
The Works of ArchimedesArchimedes · Science
