# #reading-list > A curated collection of transformative books spanning philosophy, spirituality, business, and personal development that challenge conventional thinking and inspire alternative ways of living. ## Links - [Tag Page](https://staging.mythos.one/tag/reading-list) - [MCP Server](https://staging.mythos.one/api/mcp) ## Memos - [Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up'](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8f0880): 'Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up' Recommended by Nivi Achanta. Contexts book on my reading-list nivi-achanta (See: Nivi Achanta) - [Extinction and the Revolution of Love](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/212745): https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/extinction-and-the-revolution-of-love/ Contexts charles-eisenstein reading-list - [Ishmael (novel)](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/b1b5c4): Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and explores themes of ethics), sustainability, and global... - [The Prophet](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/11c3ed): The Prophet is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine... - [Small Giants](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/2c0167): 'Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big' References Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big Tags reading-list - [Pleasure Activism](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ec4351): 'Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy)' Reflections "If you're interested in exploring social justice and planetary consciousness as a joyful form of liberation I highly... - [The Lonely Man of Faith](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/cfd96a): The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav”, was eloquent essay first published in Tradition magazine in 1965. In it, Soloveitchik investigates the essential... - [The Captain Class](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/998c75): The Captain Class: A New Theory of Leadershipby Sam Walker This book is on my reading-list as a result of Ryan Holiday's recommendation: This was definitely the best business/leadership book I read... - [A More Beautiful Question](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/be807c): A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas, a book Added to my reading-list because of Michael Jager. References A More Beautiful Question, by Warren Berger Tags... - [Exponential Organizations](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/094d55): Exponential Organizations, a book that discusses, "why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)" Frost & Sullivan’s 2014 Growth, Innovation,... - [We Are The Nerds](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8e67bc): We Are The Nerds is an engrossing look inside the birth and tumultuous life of Reddit—the internet's culture laboratory. Author, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, explores the enterprise whose army of users... - [Early Exits](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ccc0a1): In Early Exits, author Basil Peters shares exit strategies for entrepreneurs and angel investors. Exits are the least understood part of investing and entrepreneurship. [1] This book is about the... - [Can't Hurt Me](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e500ea): 'Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds' is a book by David Goggins. Recommended to me by Emily Schmidt References Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, Amazon Can't Hurt Me:... - [Emerald Tablet](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/d9912e): The Emerald Tablet is a compact and cryptic piece of the Hermetica reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation. It was highly regarded by European alchemists as the... - [Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/24307b): Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism References Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Amazon Tags reading-list - [Braiding Sweetgrass](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/14724a): 'Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants' is a book. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of... - [Human + Machine](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/73f168): 'Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI' is a book on my reading-list thanks to Lauren Kleinman. Tags - [Humble Inquiry](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5891a0): 'Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling' by Edgar Schein is on my reading-list. References Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling, Amazon Tags book - [The Alchemist](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/283f6b): 'The Alchemist' is a book that combines magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the... - [Loonshots](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/dad60e): 'Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries' is a book on my reading-list thanks to John Zdanowski. Tags - [Infinite Distractions, Finite Attention](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/0d4094): Shared with me by Will Cady. Contexts reading-list alexis-ohanian - [Man Seeks God](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/27788b): 'Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine' by Eric Weiner is on my reading-list after loving The Geography of Genius (which later inspired the naming of Symposium). Man Seeks God, Weiner's... - [New Self, New World](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/37c576): 'New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century' challenges the story of what it means to be human, the random and materialistic lifestyle that author Philip Shepherd calls... - [The Geography of Bliss](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/de1715): 'The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World' by Eric Weiner is on my reading-list after loving his book The Geography of Genius. Tags eric-weiner - [A Mind at Play](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/a8ef2e): 'A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age' chronicles the life of the tinkerer, playful wunderkind, groundbreaking polymath, and digital pioneer whose insights made the... - [Talking to My Daughter About the Economy](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/cf23a4): Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister and the... - [User Friendly](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/60be93): 'User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play' was recommended to me by Michael Jager. Contexts on my reading-list with a recommendation from... - [Nudge](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/221089): 'Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness' by Richard H. Thaler was recommended to me by Reuben Metcalfe in the Journey To One: Chat. More soon. Contexts Nudge: Improving... - [The Courage to Be Disliked](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/7b230c): The Courage to Be Disliked by Derek Sivers was recommended to me by Ilias Ismanalijev. See his notes: https://mythos.one/iliasismanalijev/5779d6 https://sivers.org/book/Disliked Contexts reading-list... - [Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/820e5f): Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future We know that our world is undergoing seismic change―but how can we emerge from the crisis a fairer, more equal society? Over the past two centuries or so,... - [Kinesics: The Power of Silent Command](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/02fde8): 'Kinesics: The Power of Silent Command' is a book by Merlyn Cundiff. It was recommended to me by Chase Riner. Contexts reading-list - [Bossy Pants](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/a6faa3): Bossypants is a memoir by comedian and writer Tina Fey, first published in 2012 by Back Bay Books. The book consists of a series of autobiographical essays chronicling Fey’s journey from her... - [The Technological Republic](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/9d78cc): 'The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West' is a nonfiction book by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska, published in 2025. The book critiques the evolving... - [Human Use of Human Beings](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8b3f5c): The human use of human beings is (1) a paradigm whereby people make use of other people to accomplish tasks rather than employing technology for the same purpose. The same language also encapsulates... - [The Surrender Experiment](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/cc2df1): 'The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection' by Michael Singer. This was added to my reading-list when Rob Sanchez said, in response to my thanking Shar Ghoudsifar for recommending... - [Cultish](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/c8ce94): 'Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism―Understanding the Social Science of Cult Influence is a nonfiction' book by Amanda Montell, published by Harper in June 2021. The work examines how groups ranging... - [The Paradox of Choice](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/28e3d6): The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we cherish—becomes detrimental to our... - [The Dawn of Everything](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/adc8e8): 'The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity' was recommended by Teddy Tannenbaum. References The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, amazon.com Creators citizensofone (See: Citizens... - [Aniara](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/fdc845): https://www.amazon.com/Aniara-Epic-Science-Fiction-Poem/dp/1885266634/ref=redirmobiledesktop?ie=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0... - [The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/97e134): The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms is a comprehensive reference that clearly and accessibly defines hundreds of important literary and critical terms from classical times to the... - [Articulating Design Decisions](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ba5a0d): Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience Contexts book on my reading-list Recommended by alex-angel (See: Alex Angel) - [The Algebra of Happiness](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5ac51d): 'The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning' is and unconventional book of wisdom and life advice from Scott Galloway; renowned business school professor and New...