LIST OF BOOKS I RECOMMEND THE MOST
Health:
In Defense Of Food by Michael Pollan
Physics:
Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli
Business:
Zero to one by Peter Thiel
Anything you want by Derek Sivers
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Psychology:
The Einstein syndrom by Thomas Sowell
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
59 seconds by Richard Wiseman
Influence by Robert Chialdini
History:
Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel.
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LIST OF BOOKS I RECOMMEND. TIMELINE.
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Jan:
👍The Einstein syndrom by Thomas Sowell
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March:
Physics Demystified by Stan Gibilisco
👍 Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli
👍 Einstein’s Cosmos by Michio Kaku
Jan:
👍 How to Stay Alive. The Ultimate Survival Guide for Any Situation by Bear Grylls
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Aug:
Science Matters by Robert M. Hazen
👍 In Defense Of Food by Michael Pollan (health)
How to Call Attention to Your Music by Derek Sivers
The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth by Chris Brogan
👍 It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches by Marvin Harris
👍Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
May:
👍Reinvent yourself by James Altucher
Feb.
👍Zero to one by Peter Thiel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterthiel
hello@thielfellowship.org
👍Anything you want by Derek Sivers
👍Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris
Jan:
Sam Walton: Made in America
I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi
https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com
ramit@iwillteachyoutoberich.com
Grinding It Out: the making of McDonald’s by Ray Kroc
👍One plus one equals three by Dave Trott
👍The 4-hour body by Timothy Ferris.
👍Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
👍SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
https://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/
slevitt@uchicago.edu
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.
The Facebook effect by David Kirkpatrick
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkirkpatrick
info@techonomy.com
👍Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier
https://medium.com/@jasonfried
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-fried
email@basecamp.com
👍 Company of one by Paul Jarvis.
Good to great by Jim Collins
ReachTheTeam@jimcollins.com
John C. Bogle. The Little Book Of Common Sense Investing
Learn to earn by Peter Lynch.
Peter Lynch. One up on wall street
Alibaba by Duncan Clark
info@duncanclark.com
👍 Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
👍 Albert Einstein by Walter Isaacson
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/walter-isaacson/
lbillips@tulane.edu
Never split the difference by Chris Voss
info@blackswanltd.com
Grant Cardone. Sell or be sold.
Joe Girard. How to sell anything to anybody.
Robert T. Kiyosaki. Rich Dad poor Dad.
https://www.richdad.com/contact-us
customerservice@richdad.com
Thomas J. Stanley “The millionaires mind”
http://www.thomasjstanley.com/contact/
59 seconds by Richard Wiseman
https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/
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Grit by Angela Duckworth
👍The 4-hour workweek by Timothy Ferris
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace
The Outsiders : Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William N. Thorndike
https://housatonicpartners.com/
wthorndike@housatonicpartners.com
👍 Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel.
info@jareddiamond.org
Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field : how two men revolutionized physics by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon.
Influence by Robert Chialdini
https://www.influenceatwork.com/
How To Win Friends by Dale Carnegie
==>>>>> DETAILS:
Almost all books from the book’s list I finished. And I never finish a book if I don’t enjoy reading it.
The books with thumbs – is for rereading and focusing.
I can send you the best takeaways from any book that listed. Feel free to ask me.
I can send you some books from the list – I have some PDFs. Don’t hesitate to ask me.
For some books – you can notice that there’s a contact information for contacting authors. I contacted successfully Derek Sivers and Chris Brogan. Ask me if you want to know details.
I Started to read AGAIN in May 2019 after reading this quote:
“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time—none. Zero. You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads—and how much I read.” – Charley Munger
…But in 2022 – 2024 I didn’t read books because:
– 2020 – 2022 was quite a difficult time for reading books – I was in many ways in a survival mode. it made me to reevaluate my priorities.
– my major goal is not just reading but practice and experiment with ideas from books I read. so I’ve read a lot – since then I reread and experiment mostly.
The short story of my life:
People who influenced me the most:
Valentina Timoshenko (my mom)
Warren Buffett
Albert Einstein
Charley Munger
Steve Jobs
Peter Thiel
Derek Sivers
SOURCES OF INFORMATION I RECOMMEND
🧠 MENTAL MODELS & LEARNING
Farnam Street (fs.blog)
· Website: https://www.fs.blog
· Focus: Decision-making, cognitive biases, mental models, accelerated learning
· Key Series: “The Great Mental Models” project, weekly articles
· Format: Articles, books, podcast (“The Knowledge Project”)
🌐 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Derek Sivers (sive.rs)
· Website: https://www.sive.rs
· Focus: Life philosophy, creativity, entrepreneurship, book summaries
· Style: Short, punchy essays (often 100-300 words)
· Famous For: CD Baby founder, TED talk “How to start a movement”
· Format: Text articles, book notes, occasional audio
🥗 NUTRITION
Dr. Eric Berg
· Official Website: https://www.drberg.com
· YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrEricBergDC (30M+ subs, 6,000+ videos)
· Focus: Keto, intermittent fasting, diabetes reversal, adrenal health
· Credentials: Doctor of Chiropractic (not MD)
· Format: Videos, articles, supplements, coaching programs
· New videos: Multiple times per week
🏋️ EXERCISE & JOINTS
Dr. Sergey Bubnovsky
· Official Website: https://bubnovsky.org (Russian)
· YouTube: “Бубновский” channel (RuTube primary, 1M+ subs)
· Focus: Kinesiotherapy, joint rehabilitation, back pain, avoiding surgery
· Philosophy: Movement over medication, load therapy
· Format: Videos, clinic network, books (Russian/translated)
· New videos: Every Wednesday
🎙️ PODCASTS
Tim Ferriss Show
· Website/Blog: https://tim.blog (main hub)
· Podcast RSS: https://tim.blog/feed/podcast/
· Listen on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, AntennaPod (paste RSS above)
· Focus: Productivity hacks, health, investing, world-class performers
· Style: Deep-dive interviews (2-3 hours average)
· Notable Guests: Navy SEALs, chess grandmasters, billionaires, scientists
· Format: Audio + full video on YouTube
Freakonomics Radio
· Website: https://freakonomics.com
· RSS: Available on all major platforms
· Host: Stephen Dubner (co-author of Freakonomics books)
· Focus: Behavioral economics, hidden side of everything
· Style: Narrative storytelling + expert interviews
· Episodes: Weekly (about 45-60 min)
· Bonus: Archive of 500+ episodes
📱 QUICK REFERENCE CARD
fs.blog — Mental models
sive.rs — Quick wisdom
Dr. Berg — Keto/fasting
Dr. Bubnovsky — Joint rehab
Tim Ferriss — Deep interviews
Freakonomics — Economics/pop science
Alec Pan 