Books Recommended by Ryan Shea
The Sovereign Individual
Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
James Dale Davidson
Source: One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Source: One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
Snow Crash
A Novel
Neal Stephenson
Source: One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
Foundation (7 books)
Isaac Asimov
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this series on his website.
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
Ashton KutcherBill GatesBill GurleyDaniel EkDemis HassabisJames CameronJoe RoganKarlie KlossKeith RaboisKishore BiyaniLex FridmanMark ZuckerbergNaval RavikantPeter AttiaRay DalioReid HoffmanRichard BransonRyan SheaSam KassSebastian JungerVinod KhoslaWhitney CummingsPewDiePieMelinda GatesAnthony PomplianoChangpeng ZhaoPatrick O'ShaughnessyChris EvansMark MansonSimon MayoPenn JilletteThe Three-Body Problem (3 books)
Cixin Liu
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this series on Twitter.
The Inner Game of Tennis
The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
W. Timothy Gallwey
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
Aldous Huxley
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Dan Ariely
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
Dealers of Lightning
Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Michael A. Hiltzik
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
Spiritual Enlightenment, the Damnedest Thing
The Enlightenment Trilogy, Book 1
Jed McKenna
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande
Source: Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
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