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Ryan Holiday
Author and media strategist; former director of marketing at American Apparel and owner of the Painted Porch bookshop in Texas.
The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy convert Stoic practice - separating what is controllable from what is not, treating recognition as a threat to judgment - into working habits for people running companies, which is why the books circulate so widely among founders. Trust Me, I'm Lying and Growth Hacker Marketing document how online media incentives can be manipulated, written by someone who did it professionally.
8 books of their own · 142 books they recommend
Books they wrote 8
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- The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday, 2013
- Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday, 2016
- Trust Me, I'm LyingRyan Holiday, 2012
Ryan Holiday · 2018 · The secretly funded litigation that destroyed Gawker.
Books they recommend 142
Good Books compiles this list from interviews, podcasts, articles and social posts; the site does not link each title to the person’s own words.
Books To Base Your Life On (The Reading List) — ryanholiday.net 97
Fiction 19
Biography and Memoir 16
Cheryl Strayed · not in an entry yet
Philosophy 14
Psychology and Behaviour 6
Alan S. Miller, Satoshi Kanazawa · not in an entry yet
Technology and Computing 6
Clay Shirky · not in an entry yet
Travel and Exploration 5
Politics and Government 3
Science 3
War and Strategy 3
John Robb · not in an entry yet
General History 3
Entrepreneurship and Startups 2
Business and Management 2
Sport 2
Decision Making 2
Not yet given a topic 2
Leadership 1
Productivity and Habits 1
Economics 1
Sociology and Culture 1
Art and Design 1
Giorgio Vasari · not in an entry yet
Writing and Communication 1
Religion and Spirituality 1
Environment and Energy 1
Sales and Marketing 1
Book recommendations listed on their Good Books profile 45
Philosophy 10
The Earl Of Chesterfield · not in an entry yet aggregator only
Biography and Memoir 9
Fiction 7
Technology and Computing 5
General History 3
Art and Design 2
Travel and Exploration 2
Psychology and Behaviour 1
Writing and Communication 1
Sociology and Culture 1
Science 1
Biography of Scientists 1
Leadership 1
War and Strategy 1
Where they publish 3
- Books To Base Your Life On (The Reading List) — ryanholiday.net
- Good Books — Ryan Holiday profile
- Reading List Email sign-up page