Kevin's Q1 2024 Reading List 📚

Kevin Connelly

March 31

I have several great books to recommend this quarter.

Let me know if you end up picking one of these up, and leave a comment with what you are reading now!

Books I Read 📖

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield, published in 1999, is a historical fiction about the battle of Thermopylae. I read it maybe 5 or 6 years ago, and decided to revisit it in March. Wow. I forgot how good this book is. It hits different now as a father & husband.
The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future by Eric Jorgenson was something I had to pick up. I loved Eric's book on Naval. If Eric's book on Naval gives you hope for your personal self, this book gives you hope (and ideas) for building a better society. Pairs well with "The Rational Optimist".
Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business is a handy book to keep on your desk. You will get more done with your communication if you follow the principles in this book. I adopted them, specifically for people leaders, into this course.
Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan is a fantastic read for any aspiring business owners. The chapter on validating your idea before building your business would have saved me a lot of time over the years had I come across this sooner.

Jesus: A Biography, from a Believer was a fun read around the holidays. Founder's Podcast did an episode on it for Christmas. Paul Johnson's biographies are short & wonderful.
Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes by Morgan Housel is the follow-up to Psychology of Money. Both are good, but I prefer his first book.
Anti-Fragile & Skin In The Game by Nassim Taleb are the two audiobooks from this list that I will get in text form as well so I can read and digest them better.
No Drama Discipline & Good Inside were two great parenting books. My son is a little too young to know if either of these work, but they both seem to have sound ideas. The former gave me a good framework for thinking about discipline and the latter gave practical advice on how to establish and hold boundaries.
Genghis Khan and The Making of The Modern World is the book I thought the most about after listening to it. One of the most engaging biographies / histories I read in a long time.
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis was for fun 🙂