Below is a list of the top books I read in 2022. The themes range from America’s political evolution, psychology, and tech history/futurism. My biggest recommendation in this list is How the Internet Happened, it’s a must read for anyone in tech.

For 2023, I’ll be going deeper into political economics and China.

1. Talent – Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross

2. The Network State – Balaji Srinivasan

3. How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone – Brian McCullough

4. The Billionaire’s Folly: The Untold Story of Ethereum and the Unicorn that Wasn’t – Faisal Khan

5. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of the American Community – Robert Putnam

6. The Psychology of Money – Morgan Housel

7. Elequent Rage – Brittney Cooper

8. Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software – Steven Johnson

9. Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment – Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks

10. The Idiot - Elif Batuman

11. The Revolt of the Public - Martin Gurri

Re-Reads of 2022

Books I found myself going back to.

1. The High Growth Handbook - Elad Gill

2. From Counterculture to Cyberculture - Fred Turner

3. The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz