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David Kadavy

Recommendations

David Kadavy is bestselling author of The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers, & host of Love Your Work

25 books they recommend

Books they recommend 25

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Book recommendations listed on their Good Books profile 25

Art and Design 7

The Elements of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Thinking with Type
Thinking with Type
Ellen Lupton · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The New Typography
The New Typography
Jan Tschichold · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Non-Designer's Design Book
The Non-Designer's Design Book
Robin Williams · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Mental Models
Mental Models
Indi Young · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Design for Hackers
Design for Hackers
David Kadavy · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering
Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering
Jan Tschichold · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Productivity and Habits 5

The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Getting Things Done
Getting Things Done
David Allen · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondō · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Daily Rituals
Daily Rituals
Mason Currey · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Die Empty
Die Empty
Todd Henry · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Philosophy 2

Antifragile
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb aggregator only
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Letters from a Stoic
Letters from a Stoic
Lucius Annaeus Seneca · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Psychology and Behaviour 2

Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely aggregator only
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Triumphs of Experience
Triumphs of Experience
George E. Vaillant · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Fiction 2

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Decision Making 1

The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb aggregator only
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Artificial Intelligence 1

Superintelligence
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom aggregator only
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Sales and Marketing 1

Breakthrough Advertising
Breakthrough Advertising
Eugene M. Schwartz · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Biography and Memoir 1

​Van Gogh
​Van Gogh
Steven Naifeh · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Sociology and Culture 1

Black Like Me
Black Like Me
John Howard Griffin · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Company Histories 1

DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC
DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC
Edgar H. Schein · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Travel and Exploration 1

Lost City of the Incas
Lost City of the Incas
Hiram Bingham · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Where they publish 1