Johannes Holmberg UI developer & designer

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    • 2025

    26 books
    A Guide to the Good Life
    ❤️
    4

    A Guide to the Good Life

    William B. Irvine
    The Book of Strange New Things

    The Book of Strange New Things

    Michel Faber
    Vibe Coding

    Vibe Coding

    Gene Kim & Steve Yegge
    Superagency

    Superagency

    Reid Hoffman
    I’ve Got Time

    I’ve Got Time

    Paul Loomans
    Ballistic
    ❤️

    Ballistic

    Henry Abbott
    Altes Land

    Altes Land

    Dörte Hansen
    The Missing README

    The Missing README

    Chris Ricoomini & Dmitriy Ryaboy
    Smart Brevity

    Smart Brevity

    Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz
    The Hydrogen Sonata

    The Hydrogen Sonata

    Iain M. Banks
    Things Become Other Things

    Things Become Other Things

    Craig Mod
    This is Strategy

    This is Strategy

    Seth Godin
    Earthlight

    Earthlight

    Arthur C. Clarke
    Exit West

    Exit West

    Mohsin Hamid
    Tiny Experiments
    ❤️

    Tiny Experiments

    Anne-Laure Le Cunff
    Writing Without Bullshit

    Writing Without Bullshit

    Josh Bernoff
    Meltdown

    Meltdown

    Jamie Alderton
    Useful Not True

    Useful Not True

    Derek Sivers
    Love and Ruin

    Love and Ruin

    Paula McLain
    Designing Your Life
    ❤️

    Designing Your Life

    Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
    The Word for World is Forest

    The Word for World is Forest

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Pathfinders
    ❤️

    Pathfinders

    J L Collins
    The Mom Test

    The Mom Test

    Rob Fitzpatrick
    Brave New World
    2

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley
    Meditations for Mortals

    Meditations for Mortals

    Oliver Burkeman
    Red Notice

    Red Notice

    Bill Browder

    2024

    26 books
    The City and Its Uncertain Walls

    The City and Its Uncertain Walls

    Haruki Murakami
    Utopia for Realists
    2

    Utopia for Realists

    Rutger Bregman
    Personal Socrates
    ❤️
    2

    Personal Socrates

    Marc Champagne
    Not the End of the World

    Not the End of the World

    Hannah Ritchie
    Surface Detail

    Surface Detail

    Iain M. Banks
    Continuous Discovery Habits

    Continuous Discovery Habits

    Teresa Torres
    Co-Intelligence

    Co-Intelligence

    Ethan Mollick
    The House of Lincoln

    The House of Lincoln

    Nancy Horan
    Prisoners of Geography
    ❤️

    Prisoners of Geography

    Tim Marshall
    Childhood’s End

    Childhood’s End

    Arthur C. Clarke
    Wherever You Go, There You Are

    Wherever You Go, There You Are

    Jon Kabat-Zinn
    Same as Ever

    Same as Ever

    Morgan Housel
    Citizen of the Galaxy

    Citizen of the Galaxy

    Robert Heinlein
    Einstein
    ❤️

    Einstein

    Walter Isaacson
    How to Calm Your Mind

    How to Calm Your Mind

    Chris Bailey
    The Inevitable

    The Inevitable

    Kevin Kelly
    City of Thieves
    ❤️
    2

    City of Thieves

    David Benioff
    The Simple Path to Wealth
    ❤️

    The Simple Path to Wealth

    JL Collins
    Conversational Design

    Conversational Design

    Erika Hall
    The Ministry for the Future

    The Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson
    Glaubst du, dass es Liebe war?

    Glaubst du, dass es Liebe war?

    Alex Capus
    Your Money or Your Life
    ❤️
    2

    Your Money or Your Life

    Vicki Robin
    A Guide to the Good Life
    ❤️
    3

    A Guide to the Good Life

    William B. Irvine
    Matter

    Matter

    Iain M. Banks
    It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
    ❤️
    2

    It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work

    Jason Fried
    The Anthology of Balaji

    The Anthology of Balaji

    Eric Jorgenson

    2023

    29 books
    Creative Doing

    Creative Doing

    Herbert Lui
    Exhalation

    Exhalation

    Ted Chiang
    Selling the Invisible

    Selling the Invisible

    Harry Beckwith
    Wireframing for Everyone

    Wireframing for Everyone

    Michael Angeles, Leon Barnard, & Billy Carlson
    Siddharta

    Siddharta

    Hermann Hesse
    Surviving Change at Work

    Surviving Change at Work

    Vanessa Gennarelli
    Death’s End

    Death’s End

    Cixin Liu
    In Defence of Food

    In Defence of Food

    Michael Pollan
    Triggers

    Triggers

    Marshall Goldsmith
    Reality Is Not What It Seems

    Reality Is Not What It Seems

    Carlo Rovelli
    The Dark Forest

    The Dark Forest

    Cixin Liu
    The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

    The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

    Eric Jorgenson
    Impromptu

    Impromptu

    Reid Hoffman
    The Three-Body Problem

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu
    Elon Musk

    Elon Musk

    Walter Isaacson
    Creativity, Inc.

    Creativity, Inc.

    Ed Catmull
    Creative Selection
    ❤️

    Creative Selection

    Ken Kocienda
    Lightbringer
    ❤️

    Lightbringer

    Pierce Brown
    Outlive
    ❤️

    Outlive

    Peter Attia
    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Anthony Doerr
    The Untethered Soul
    ❤️
    3

    The Untethered Soul

    Michael Singer
    The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

    The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

    Robert Heinlein
    Make Something Wonderful
    ❤️

    Make Something Wonderful

    Leslie Berlin
    The Art of the Good Life
    2

    The Art of the Good Life

    Rolf Dobelli
    Parable of the Talents

    Parable of the Talents

    Octavia E. Butler
    Engineering Management for the Rest of Us

    Engineering Management for the Rest of Us

    Sarah Drasner
    And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

    And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

    Fredrik Backman
    Four Thousand Weeks

    Four Thousand Weeks

    Oliver Burkeman
    Sea of Tranquility

    Sea of Tranquility

    Emily St. John Mandel

    2022

    33 books
    The Robots of Dawn

    The Robots of Dawn

    Isaac Asimov
    The Culture Code

    The Culture Code

    Daniel Coyle
    Responsible JavaScript

    Responsible JavaScript

    Jeremy Wagner
    Continuous Delivery Pipelines

    Continuous Delivery Pipelines

    David Farley
    Utopia for Realists

    Utopia for Realists

    Rutger Bregman
    Upgrade

    Upgrade

    Blake Crouch
    The Naked Sun

    The Naked Sun

    Isaac Asimov
    The Remains of the Day

    The Remains of the Day

    Kazuo Ishiguro
    I Didn't Do the Thing Today

    I Didn't Do the Thing Today

    Madeleine Dore
    Daily Creative

    Daily Creative

    Todd Henry
    Simply Said

    Simply Said

    Jay Sullivan
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    Milan Kundera
    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Blake Crouch
    Confessions of a Public Speaker

    Confessions of a Public Speaker

    Scott Berkun
    The Art of the Good Life

    The Art of the Good Life

    Rolf Dobelli
    Glory Road

    Glory Road

    Robert A. Heinlein
    The Seasons of Life
    4

    The Seasons of Life

    Jim Rohn
    Ikigai
    ❤️
    2

    Ikigai

    Héctor García
    Lean UX

    Lean UX

    Jeff Gothelf
    Start Where You Are

    Start Where You Are

    Pema Chödrön
    Personal Socrates
    ❤️

    Personal Socrates

    Marc Champagne
    Digital Minimalism
    3

    Digital Minimalism

    Cal Newport
    Leading Content Design

    Leading Content Design

    Rachel McConnell
    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Walter Isaacson
    How to Train Your Mind

    How to Train Your Mind

    Chris Bailey
    The Courage to Be Disliked
    ❤️
    2

    The Courage to Be Disliked

    Ichiro Kishimi
    Change by Design

    Change by Design

    Tim Brown
    Keep Going

    Keep Going

    Austin Kleon
    Your Music and People
    2

    Your Music and People

    Derek Sivers
    User Story Mapping

    User Story Mapping

    Jeff Patton
    Excession

    Excession

    Iain M. Banks
    The Untethered Soul
    ❤️
    2

    The Untethered Soul

    Michael Singer
    Use of Weapons

    Use of Weapons

    Iain M. Banks

    2021

    44 books
    Quiet

    Quiet

    Susan Cain
    Dark Age

    Dark Age

    Pierce Brown
    Antifragile

    Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb
    What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

    What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

    Laura Vanderkam
    Yes to Life

    Yes to Life

    Viktor E. Frankl
    The Extended Mind

    The Extended Mind

    Annie Murphy Paul
    Meditations
    ❤️
    3

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius
    Speaker for the Dead

    Speaker for the Dead

    Orson Scott Card
    Ender's Game

    Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card
    Iron Gold

    Iron Gold

    Pierce Brown
    The Continuum Concept
    3

    The Continuum Concept

    Jean Liedloff
    Design Beyond Devices

    Design Beyond Devices

    Cheryl Platz
    Ikigai
    ❤️

    Ikigai

    Héctor García
    One Life
    2

    One Life

    Morten Albaek
    Just Enough Research

    Just Enough Research

    Erika Hall
    The User Experience Team of One
    2

    The User Experience Team of One

    Leah Buley
    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    Walter Isaacson
    The Happiness Project

    The Happiness Project

    Gretchen Rubin
    A Guide to the Good Life
    ❤️
    2

    A Guide to the Good Life

    William B. Irvine
    How to Live

    How to Live

    Derek Sivers
    The Untethered Soul
    ❤️

    The Untethered Soul

    Michael Singer
    Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir
    How to Cook Your Life

    How to Cook Your Life

    Eihei Dogen
    Mindset

    Mindset

    Carol Dweck
    The How Not to Die Cookbook

    The How Not to Die Cookbook

    Michael Greger
    The Slight Edge
    ❤️
    3

    The Slight Edge

    Jeff Olson
    Difference

    Difference

    Bernadette Jiwa
    Stop Reading the News
    ❤️

    Stop Reading the News

    Rolf Dobelli
    On the Shortness of Life
    2

    On the Shortness of Life

    Seneca
    Kings of Colorado

    Kings of Colorado

    David E. Hilton
    The Courage to Be Disliked
    ❤️

    The Courage to Be Disliked

    Ichiro Kishimi
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
    ❤️
    2

    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

    Mark Manson
    Man’s Search for Meaning
    2

    Man’s Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl
    Nicely Said
    2

    Nicely Said

    Nicole Fenton
    City Of Illusions

    City Of Illusions

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Planet of Exile

    Planet of Exile

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Rocannon's World

    Rocannon's World

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Your Music and People

    Your Music and People

    Derek Sivers
    The Social Singularity
    2

    The Social Singularity

    Max Borders
    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    Yuval Noah Harari
    1984
    2

    1984

    George Orwell
    Getting Things Done
    2

    Getting Things Done

    David Allen
    Ultralearning

    Ultralearning

    Scott Young
    It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
    ❤️

    It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work

    Jason Fried

    2020

    44 books
    Meditations
    ❤️
    2

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius
    The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

    The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

    Mathias Malzieu
    Your Money or Your Life
    ❤️

    Your Money or Your Life

    Vicki Robin
    Make Time
    ❤️
    2

    Make Time

    Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
    Scrum
    2

    Scrum

    Jeff Sutherland
    The Slight Edge
    ❤️
    2

    The Slight Edge

    Jeff Olson
    Meeting Design

    Meeting Design

    Kevin M. Hoffman
    The Obstacle Is the Way
    2

    The Obstacle Is the Way

    Ryan Holiday
    Hell Yeah or No

    Hell Yeah or No

    Derek Sivers
    Presenting Design Work

    Presenting Design Work

    Donna Spencer
    Lincoln: The Unknown

    Lincoln: The Unknown

    Dale Carnegie
    How to Take Smart Notes
    2

    How to Take Smart Notes

    Sönke Ahrens
    The Name of the Wind

    The Name of the Wind

    Patrick Rothfuss
    Never Split the Difference
    ❤️
    2

    Never Split the Difference

    Chris Voss
    Essentialism
    2

    Essentialism

    Greg McKeown
    Consider Phlebas

    Consider Phlebas

    Iain M. Banks
    The Continuum Concept
    2

    The Continuum Concept

    Jean Liedloff
    Digital Minimalism
    2

    Digital Minimalism

    Cal Newport
    No Time to Spare

    No Time to Spare

    Ursula Le Guin
    One Life

    One Life

    Morten Albaek
    Unsubscribe
    ❤️
    2

    Unsubscribe

    Jocelyn K. Glei
    Factfulness

    Factfulness

    Hans Rosling
    Steal Like an Artist
    ❤️

    Steal Like an Artist

    Austin Kleon
    The Artist's Journey

    The Artist's Journey

    Steven Pressfield
    The Seasons of Life
    3

    The Seasons of Life

    Jim Rohn
    Anything You Want
    ❤️
    2

    Anything You Want

    Derek Sivers
    Sprint
    ❤️

    Sprint

    Jake Knapp
    Totto-Chan

    Totto-Chan

    Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
    Sum

    Sum

    David Eagleman
    The Baltimore Boys

    The Baltimore Boys

    Joël Dicker
    The Elements of Content Strategy

    The Elements of Content Strategy

    Erin Kissane
    Upstream

    Upstream

    Mary Oliver
    Design Systems

    Design Systems

    Anna Kholmatova
    Everyday Information Architecture

    Everyday Information Architecture

    Lisa Maria Martin
    Foundation and Earth

    Foundation and Earth

    Isaac Asimov
    Thinking in Systems

    Thinking in Systems

    Donella H. Meadows
    Modern Web Development on the JAMstack

    Modern Web Development on the JAMstack

    Mathias Biilmann, Phil Hawksworth
    Morning Star
    ❤️

    Morning Star

    Pierce Brown
    The User Experience Team of One

    The User Experience Team of One

    Leah Buley
    Principles
    2

    Principles

    Ray Dalio
    Stillness is the Key

    Stillness is the Key

    Ryan Holiday
    Atomic Habits
    ❤️
    2

    Atomic Habits

    James Clear
    Going Offline

    Going Offline

    Jeremy Keith
    Golden Son
    ❤️

    Golden Son

    Pierce Brown

    2019

    37 books
    Progressive Web Apps

    Progressive Web Apps

    Jason Grigsby
    Lead Yourself First

    Lead Yourself First

    Raymond M. Kethledge
    Foundation’s Edge

    Foundation’s Edge

    Isaac Asimov
    Meditations
    ❤️

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius
    Red Rising
    ❤️

    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown
    The Continuum Concept

    The Continuum Concept

    Jean Liedloff
    How to Take Smart Notes

    How to Take Smart Notes

    Sönke Ahrens
    Second Foundation

    Second Foundation

    Isaac Asimov
    Foundation and Empire

    Foundation and Empire

    Isaac Asimov
    Hiking with Nietzsche

    Hiking with Nietzsche

    John Kaag
    Ich bin dann mal weg

    Ich bin dann mal weg

    Hape Kerkeling
    Life 3.0
    ❤️

    Life 3.0

    Max Tegmark
    The Course of Love

    The Course of Love

    Alain de Botton
    Happy

    Happy

    Derren Brown
    Swiss Watching

    Swiss Watching

    Diccon Bewes
    The Wisdom of No Escape

    The Wisdom of No Escape

    Pema Chödrön
    Scrum

    Scrum

    Jeff Sutherland
    How to Win Friends and Influence People
    2

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie
    Don’t Make Me Think

    Don’t Make Me Think

    Steve Krug
    Deep Work
    ❤️
    2

    Deep Work

    Cal Newport
    The Left Hand of Darkness
    2

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    A Guide to the Good Life
    ❤️

    A Guide to the Good Life

    William B. Irvine
    Make Time
    ❤️

    Make Time

    Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
    River Out of Eden

    River Out of Eden

    Richard Dawkins
    Have Space Suit-Will Travel

    Have Space Suit-Will Travel

    Robert A. Heinlein
    Principles

    Principles

    Ray Dalio
    So Good They Can’t Ignore You
    2

    So Good They Can’t Ignore You

    Cal Newport
    12 Rules for Life

    12 Rules for Life

    Jordan B. Peterson
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
    ❤️

    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

    Mark Manson
    Digital Minimalism

    Digital Minimalism

    Cal Newport
    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
    ❤️
    2

    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein
    The Seasons of Life
    2

    The Seasons of Life

    Jim Rohn
    Nicely Said

    Nicely Said

    Nicole Fenton
    Never Split the Difference
    ❤️

    Never Split the Difference

    Chris Voss
    Everybody Writes

    Everybody Writes

    Ann Handley
    Writing for Designers

    Writing for Designers

    Scott Kubie
    Zen in the Art of Writing

    Zen in the Art of Writing

    Ray Bradbury

    2018

    33 books
    The Daily Stoic

    The Daily Stoic

    Ryan Holiday
    Stoicism & Western Buddhism

    Stoicism & Western Buddhism

    Patrick Ussher
    The Social Singularity

    The Social Singularity

    Max Borders
    The Dispossessed
    ❤️
    2

    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Atomic Habits
    ❤️

    Atomic Habits

    James Clear
    The Bullet Journal Method

    The Bullet Journal Method

    Ryder Carroll
    The Snowball System

    The Snowball System

    Mo Bunnell
    Flexible Typesetting

    Flexible Typesetting

    Tim Brown
    Image Performance

    Image Performance

    Mat Marquis
    The Elon Musk Blog Series

    The Elon Musk Blog Series

    Tim Urban
    Lying

    Lying

    Sam Harris
    Four Ways to Forgiveness

    Four Ways to Forgiveness

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Inner Engineering

    Inner Engineering

    Sadhguru
    Peace Is Every Step

    Peace Is Every Step

    Thich Nhat Hanh
    Die Hochhausspringerin

    Die Hochhausspringerin

    Julia Von Lucadou
    Homo Deus

    Homo Deus

    Yuval Noah Harari
    Radical Technologies

    Radical Technologies

    Adam Greenfield
    The Long Earth

    The Long Earth

    Terry Pratchett
    Tribe of Mentors

    Tribe of Mentors

    Timothy Ferriss
    Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

    Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

    Samin Nosrat
    Why We Get Fat

    Why We Get Fat

    Gary Taubes
    City of Thieves
    ❤️

    City of Thieves

    David Benioff
    The Power of A Positive No

    The Power of A Positive No

    William Ury
    Ein ganzes Leben

    Ein ganzes Leben

    Robert Seethaler
    Man’s Search for Meaning

    Man’s Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl
    Foundation
    ❤️

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov
    The Obstacle Is the Way

    The Obstacle Is the Way

    Ryan Holiday
    Shoe Dog

    Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight
    Artemis

    Artemis

    Andy Weir
    Die Fremde aus dem Eis

    Die Fremde aus dem Eis

    René Barjavel
    You Don’t Know JS: Async & Performance

    You Don’t Know JS: Async & Performance

    Kyle Simpson
    You Don’t Know JS: Types & Grammar

    You Don’t Know JS: Types & Grammar

    Kyle Simpson
    You Don’t Know JS: this & Object Prototypes

    You Don’t Know JS: this & Object Prototypes

    Kyle Simpson

    2017

    55 books
    You Don’t Know JS - Scope & Closures

    You Don’t Know JS - Scope & Closures

    Kyle Simpson
    You Don’t Know JS: Up & Going

    You Don’t Know JS: Up & Going

    Kyle Simpson
    The Practicing Mind

    The Practicing Mind

    Thomas M. Sterner
    Digital Gold

    Digital Gold

    Nathaniel Popper
    Animation at Work

    Animation at Work

    Rachel Nabors
    The Seasons of Life

    The Seasons of Life

    Jim Rohn
    Webfont Handbook

    Webfont Handbook

    Bram Stein
    The Dip

    The Dip

    Seth Godin
    11/22/63
    ❤️

    11/22/63

    Stephen King
    The 10X Rule

    The 10X Rule

    Grant Cardone
    The Slight Edge
    ❤️

    The Slight Edge

    Jeff Olson
    The New CSS Layout

    The New CSS Layout

    Rachel Andrew
    Show Your Work!

    Show Your Work!

    Austin Kleon
    The Handmaids Tale

    The Handmaids Tale

    Margaret Atwood
    The One Thing

    The One Thing

    Gary Keller
    Essentialism

    Essentialism

    Greg McKeown
    Overlap
    ❤️

    Overlap

    Sean McCabe
    Von Männern, die keine Frauen haben

    Von Männern, die keine Frauen haben

    Haruki Murakami
    Demystifying Public Speaking

    Demystifying Public Speaking

    Lara Hogan
    Color Accessibility Workflows

    Color Accessibility Workflows

    Geri Coady
    Learning React

    Learning React

    Alex Banks
    New York 2140

    New York 2140

    Kim Stanley Robinson
    Cultivating a Creative Culture

    Cultivating a Creative Culture

    Justin Dauer
    Sapiens
    ❤️

    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari
    Unsubscribe
    ❤️

    Unsubscribe

    Jocelyn K. Glei
    Seveneves
    ❤️

    Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson
    Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury
    The Organized Mind

    The Organized Mind

    Daniel J. Levitin
    West with the Night
    ❤️

    West with the Night

    Beryl Markham
    The War of Art

    The War of Art

    Steven Pressfield
    Algorithms to Live By

    Algorithms to Live By

    Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths
    The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle

    Jeannette Walls
    Inclusive Design Patterns

    Inclusive Design Patterns

    Heydon Pickering
    So Good They Can’t Ignore You

    So Good They Can’t Ignore You

    Cal Newport
    Anything You Want
    ❤️

    Anything You Want

    Derek Sivers
    The Thing Around Your Neck

    The Thing Around Your Neck

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie
    The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

    The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

    Natasha Pulley
    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Time for the Stars

    Time for the Stars

    Robert Heinlein
    Tunnel in the Sky

    Tunnel in the Sky

    Robert Heinlein
    Rainforest Hero

    Rainforest Hero

    Ruedi Suter
    Predictably Irrational

    Predictably Irrational

    Dan Ariely
    Front-End Style Guides

    Front-End Style Guides

    Anna Debenham
    Hearts in Atlantis

    Hearts in Atlantis

    Stephen King
    How to Make Sense of Any Mess

    How to Make Sense of Any Mess

    Abby Covert
    On the Shortness of Life

    On the Shortness of Life

    Seneca
    Tools of Titans

    Tools of Titans

    Timothy Ferriss
    Parable of the Sower

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler
    Atomic Design
    ❤️

    Atomic Design

    Brad Frost
    The Star Beast

    The Star Beast

    Robert Heinlein
    The Checklist Manifesto

    The Checklist Manifesto

    Atul Gawande
    The Paris Wife

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