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Sophie Bakalar

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Sophie Bakalar is a founder and venture capitalist offering advice on all things related to consumer brand startups

99 books they recommend

Books they recommend 99

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Book recommendations listed on their Good Books profile 97

Fiction 47

The Alchemist
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Dune
Dune
Frank Herbert · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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1984
1984
George Orwell · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm
George Orwell · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Overstory
The Overstory
Richard Powers · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Pachinko
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Power
The Power
Naomi Alderman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Dark Matter
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Catch-22
Catch-22
Joseph Heller · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Dutch House
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Giver
The Giver
Lois Lowry · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Immortalists
The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Red Rising
Red Rising
Pierce Brown · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Outlander
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Norse Mythology
Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Subtle Knife
The Subtle Knife
Philip Pullman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Stardust
Stardust
Neil Gaiman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Zombie Survival Guide
The Zombie Survival Guide
Max Brooks · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Mythos
Mythos
Stephen Fry · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Flannery O'Connor · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Final Empire
The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Circe
Circe
Madeline Miller · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Historian
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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A Book of Myths
A Book of Myths
Jeanie Lang · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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La Belle Sauvage
La Belle Sauvage
Philip Pullman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Alienist
The Alienist
Caleb Carr · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Leviathan Wakes
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Grendel
Grendel
John Gardner · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Institute
The Institute
Stephen King · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Biography and Memoir 6

Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance aggregator only
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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris aggregator only
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Naked
Naked
David Sedaris · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Theodore Rex
Theodore Rex
Edmund Morris · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback
David McCullough · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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General History 6

The Bully Pulpit
The Bully Pulpit
Doris Kearns Goodwin · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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In the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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At Home
At Home
Bill Bryson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Salt
Salt
Mark Kurlansky · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Auschwitz
Auschwitz
Miklós Nyiszli · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Entrepreneurship and Startups 4

Zero to One
Zero to One
Peter Thiel aggregator only
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz aggregator only
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The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries aggregator only
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The Startup Owner's Manual
The Startup Owner's Manual
Steve Blank · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Science 4

A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson aggregator only
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The Clockwork Universe
The Clockwork Universe
Edward Dolnick · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs
Gregory S. Paul · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
Ben Garrod · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Mathematics and Statistics 4

Algorithms to Live By
Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver aggregator only
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Infinitesimal
Infinitesimal
Amir Alexander · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Foundations of Cryptography
Foundations of Cryptography
Oded Goldreich · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Psychology and Behaviour 3

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman aggregator only
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Outliers
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Moonwalking with Einstein
Moonwalking with Einstein
Joshua Foer · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Business and Management 3

The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen aggregator only
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Lean In
Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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How Google Works
How Google Works
Eric Schmidt aggregator only
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Medicine and Biology 3

How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone
Richard Preston · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Medical Apartheid
Medical Apartheid
Harriet A. Washington · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Biography of Scientists 3

Einstein
Einstein
Walter Isaacson aggregator only
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Robert Kanigel · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Einstein
Einstein
K.A.I.L. Wijewardena Gamalath · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Productivity and Habits 2

The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg aggregator only
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Technology and Computing 1

Hooked
Hooked
Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover aggregator only
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Writing and Communication 1

The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style
William Strunk, E.B. White · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Negotiation and Persuasion 1

Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss aggregator only
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Sales and Marketing 1

Positioning
Positioning
Al Ries aggregator only
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Sociology and Culture 1

Trick Mirror
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Leadership 1

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Travel and Exploration 1

Into Thin Air
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Philosophy 1

The Moral Landscape
The Moral Landscape
Sam Harris · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Art and Design 1

Lean UX
Lean UX
Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Health and Fitness 1

The Body Reset Diet
The Body Reset Diet
Harley Pasternak · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Games and Puzzles 1

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
William Poundstone · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Politics and Government 1

The Next 100 Years
The Next 100 Years
George Friedman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Entrepreneurs for Impact podcast #102 — full transcript, Sophie Bakalar & Tomás Álvarez Belón (Collaborative Fund) 2

Productivity and Habits 1

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Les
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown · not in an entry yet
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Fiction 1

The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin · not in an entry yet
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Where they publish 2