Ideas

One sentence on the central idea of each annotated book.

Technology

Dependency rules that keep the core of a system independent of frameworks and the database.
Clean Architecture, Robert C. Martin
Writing code that is readable and easy to change: names, small functions and tests.
Clean Code, Robert C. Martin
The disciplines, standards and ethics of the software craft.
Clean Craftsmanship, Robert C. Martin

The difference between assets and liabilities, and between working for money and making money work.
Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki
A playbook of sales funnels for turning online visitors into customers.
Dotcom Secrets, Russell Brunson
How beliefs about money shape financial results.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker
Reading candlestick charts to analyse price behaviour.
Candlestick, Carlos Alberto Debastiani
Personal-finance lessons told as parables: pay yourself first and put money to work.
The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
Donald Trump's business memoir and negotiating tactics.
The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump
The authorized biography of Apple's co-founder, by Walter Isaacson.
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson

Look at the effects of a policy on all groups and in the long run, not only the visible, immediate ones.
Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt
Six lectures on capitalism, socialism, interventionism, inflation, foreign investment and the power of ideas.
Economic Policy, Ludwig von Mises
A defence of classical liberalism: private property, free markets and peace as the basis of social cooperation.
Liberalism, Ludwig von Mises
A treatise that starts from purposeful human action to explain markets, prices and economic calculation.
Human Action, Ludwig von Mises
The warning that central economic planning threatens individual freedom.
The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek
The law should protect rights, not serve organized plunder.
The Law, Frédéric Bastiat
The case for free markets and limited government as the basis of political freedom.
Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman
A critical introduction that compares schools of thought without pretending there is a single answer.
Economics: The User's Guide, Ha-Joon Chang
The founding work of the Austrian school: subjective value and marginal utility.
Principles of Economics, Carl Menger
An open textbook that teaches economics through real problems and data.
The Economy, Equipe CORE Econ

Laws of power drawn from history, from ancient courts to modern strategists.
The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene
How a ruler wins and keeps power, described by what works in practice rather than in theory.
The Prince, Nicolau Maquiavel
A military treatise in dialogue form on armies, discipline and the role of the citizen militia.
The Art of War, Maquiavel
Win by choosing where and when to fight: information, terrain and tempo before brute force.
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
Strategies of war applied to work, politics and life.
The 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene
The types of seducers and seduction tactics through history.
The Art of Seduction, Robert Greene

The psychological principles behind a yes: reciprocity, social proof, authority, scarcity and more.
Influence, Robert B. Cialdini
Simple principles of getting along: genuine interest in people, listening and respect.
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
Simple techniques for speaking with confidence and holding an audience's attention.
The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Dale Carnegie

How we mistake luck for skill, and why randomness fools even people who know probability.
Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Success as the result of context, opportunity and many hours of practice, not talent alone.
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Some systems get better with shocks and disorder; the goal is to be antifragile, not just robust.
Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The impact of rare, unpredictable events, and how not to depend on forecasts.
The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Jung's theory of universal images shared across the human psyche.
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Carl Gustav Jung
Habits run in loops of cue, routine and reward, and can be rewired.
The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg

Five judges, five philosophies of law, one impossible case.
The Case of the Speluncean Explorers, Lon L. Fuller
A classic against torture and the death penalty, for proportionate punishments set by law.
On Crimes and Punishments, Cesare Beccaria
Rights are won and defended through the struggle of those who hold them.
The Struggle for Law, Rudolf von Jhering

Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem about grief and obsession.
The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe's tales of horror and mystery.
Tales, Edgar Allan Poe
Surveillance, propaganda and control of truth in a totalitarian state.
1984, George Orwell
A fable about how a revolution turns into a new tyranny.
Animal Farm, George Orwell

Curiosity as a method: the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson.
Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson