Haris Rehman

Books

A partial shelf, grouped by what I go to them for.

Currently reading

  • The OdysseyHomer
  • Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageAlfred Lansing
  • The Fabric of RealityDavid Deutsch
  • Four Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman
  • Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard Feynman

Systems, and how things actually work

  • Thinking in Systems: A PrimerDonella Meadows
  • Debt: The First 5,000 YearsDavid GraeberFavourite
  • Bullshit Jobs: A TheoryDavid GraeberFavourite
  • The GoalEliyahu Goldratt
  • Algorithms to Live ByBrian Christian
  • SapiensYuval Noah HarariFavourite

Building things

  • InspiredMarty CaganFavourite
  • The Right ItAlberto SavoiaFavourite
  • The Founder's DilemmasNoam Wasserman
  • The Cold Start ProblemAndrew Chen
  • High Output ManagementAndrew Grove

Deciding under uncertainty

  • Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel KahnemanFavourite
  • Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas TalebFavourite
  • Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke
  • Finite and Infinite GamesJames P. Carse

How to live

  • MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
  • The Tao of Seneca, Volume 1SenecaFavourite
  • Man's Search for MeaningViktor FranklFavourite
  • Zorba the GreekNikos Kazantzakis
  • Sum: Forty Tales from the AfterlivesDavid Eagleman

History and people

  • Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldJack Weatherford
  • Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest PoliticianAnthony EverittFavourite
  • The Nine Lives of PakistanDeclan Walsh
  • How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising AsiaMohsin HamidFavourite