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Books I'm reading, have read, or keep going back to

2026

Let My People Go Surfing Yvon Chouinard

Chouinard's philosophy of building a company that genuinely puts the planet first. Part memoir, part manifesto — the kind of book that makes you question what a business is even for.

Past reads

On the Move Oliver Sacks

Sacks's autobiography — motorcycles, weightlifting, patients, and a lifetime of restless curiosity. Warm, honest, and full of a particular kind of energy that's hard to put down.

When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi

A neurosurgeon diagnosed with terminal cancer reflects on what makes life worth living. Beautifully written and quietly devastating — one of the few books that genuinely changes how you think about time.

Shoe Dog Phil Knight

Nike's origin story, told with surprising candour about the chaos, debt, and near-disasters behind the brand. Less about strategy, more about stubbornness and the people who believed early.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami

Murakami on running as a practice, a meditation, and a metaphor for writing. Quiet and repetitive in exactly the right way — like a long run itself.

That Will Never Work Marc Randolph

Netflix's founding story from the co-founder who left before it became enormous. Refreshingly honest about what was luck, what was instinct, and what was just trying things until one stuck.

Watchmen Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

The graphic novel that asked what would actually happen if people put on masks and fought crime. Dense, dark, and constructed with a precision that rewards rereading.

Lifespan David Sinclair

Sinclair's argument that ageing is a disease — and a treatable one. Half cutting-edge science, half provocation. Makes you reconsider assumptions you didn't know you had about getting old.