Mike Maples, Jr. Book Recommendations

The Wealth of Networks

How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

by Yochai Benkler

"It influenced my investing a lot." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

Hope for the Flowers

by Trina Paulus

One of Mike Maples, Jr.'s answers to "What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?" (Source)

Living Forward

A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

by Michael Hyatt

One of Mike Maples, Jr.'s answers to "What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?" (Source)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

by Richard Bach

One of Mike Maples, Jr.'s answers to "What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?" (Source)

Play Bigger

How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets

by Al Ramadan

"A must-read new book for founders." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

Thinking in Bets

Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

by Annie Duke

"I wish I had learned the discipline of how to decide when I was younger." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

by Bronnie Ware

"[The author] was a hospice nurse who had spent time with people in the last 90 days of their life. And she would learn like what their regrets were." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

How Will You Measure Your Life?

by Clayton M. Christensen

One of Mike Maples, Jr.'s answers to "What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?" (Source)

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

"Speaking of a book about grudges." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

The Way Things Work

An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology

by C. van Amerongen

Mike Maples, Jr. mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)

Smart Choices

A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions

by John S. Hammond

"I wish I had learned the discipline of how to decide when I was younger." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

The 4-Hour Workweek

Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

by Tim Ferriss

"If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

All the Light We Cannot See

A Novel

by Anthony Doerr

"One of the best books of the last 10 years." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

The Lean Startup

How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

"[I was] lucky enough to have a front-row seat at the birth of these ideas." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

by Kamal Ravikant

"People will sometimes say you should love yourself [...] And I think that’s important." - Mike Maples, Jr. (Source)