Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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  1. The Color of LawRichard Rothstein, 2017
  2. Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black AmericaMarcia Chatelain, 2020
  3. BrotopiaEmily Chang, 2018
  4. WhistleblowerSusan Fowler, 2020
  5. Just MercyBryan Stevenson, 1600
The Color of LawThe Color of Law
T2 The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein · 2017
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How federal housing policy engineered segregation.

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black AmericFranchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
T2 Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
Marcia Chatelain · 2020
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How McDonald's and fast-food franchising became bound up with Black America.

BrotopiaBrotopia
T3 Brotopia
Emily Chang · 2018
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Reporting on the culture that produced Uber's 2017 crisis.

Recommended by: Aaron Levie, Aileen Lee, Arianna Huffington and 3 others

WhistleblowerWhistleblower
T3 Whistleblower
Susan Fowler · 2020
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Insider memoir by the engineer whose blog post triggered the reckoning.

Just MercyJust Mercy
T4 Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson · 1600
Open LibraryGoodreads

A lawyer's memoir of fighting wrongful convictions, such as Walter McMillian's.

Recommended by: Barack Obama, Kathryn Minshew and 2 others

A Room of One's OwnA Room of One's Own
T4 A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf · 1929
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Black Like MeBlack Like Me
T4 Black Like Me
John Howard Griffin · 1960
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Recommended by: David Kadavy

The Feminine MystiqueThe Feminine Mystique
T4 The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan · 1963
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Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Sister OutsiderSister Outsider
T4 Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde · 1984
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Recommended by: Audrey Gelman

Women Who Love Too MuchWomen Who Love Too Much
T4 Women Who Love Too Much
Robin Norwood · 1985
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Recommended by: Noah Kagan

May You Be the Mother of a Hundred SonsMay You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons
T4 May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons
Elisabeth Bumiller · 1990
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from VenusMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
T4 Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
John Gray · 1992
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

To Be RealTo Be Real
T4 To Be Real
Rebecca Walker · 1995
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Recommended by: Audrey Gelman

Tough JewsTough Jews
T4 Tough Jews
Rich Cohen · 1998
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Recommended by: Ryan Holiday

The New Jim CrowThe New Jim Crow
T4 The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander · 2000
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Recommended by: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Sahil Lavingia

Are Prisons Obsolete?Are Prisons Obsolete?
T4 Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis, Aurora Ballester · 2003
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner OfficeNice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office
T4 Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office
Lois P. Frankel · 2004
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Recommended by: Noah Kagan

The GameThe Game
T4 The Game
Neil Strauss · 2005
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Inside a community of men perfecting seduction techniques, and one man's doubts.

Recommended by: Ryan Holiday, Nat Eliason

Medical ApartheidMedical Apartheid
T4 Medical Apartheid
Harriet A. Washington · 2006
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Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

The Road of Lost InnocenceThe Road of Lost Innocence
T4 The Road of Lost Innocence
Somaly Mam · 2007
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Recommended by: Aileen Lee

The Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and InequalThe Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and Inequality Worldwide
T4 The Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and Inequality Worldwide
Richard Lynn · 2008
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Sex at DawnSex at Dawn
T4 Sex at Dawn
Christopher Ryan · 2010
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Recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Noah Kagan

Girls Like UsGirls Like Us
T4 Girls Like Us
Rachel Lloyd · 2011
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Recommended by: Audrey Gelman

How to Think More About SexHow to Think More About Sex
T4 How to Think More About Sex
Alain de Botton · 2012
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Recommended by: Ali Abdaal, Nat Eliason

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons froThe Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors
T4 The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors
K. Linder · 2012
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good PeopleBlindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
T4 Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald · 2013
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

However Long the Night
T4 However Long the Night
Aimee Molloy · 2013
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Recommended by: Melinda Gates

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to LeadLean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
T4 Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg · 2013
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Why few women reach senior roles, and what women and firms can do about it.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Richard Branson and 3 others

The Misogyny FactorThe Misogyny Factor
T4 The Misogyny Factor
Anne Summers · 2013
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Recommended by: Catriona Wallace

On the RunOn the Run
T4 On the Run
Alice Goffman · 2014
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How drug-war policing made a poor Philadelphia neighbourhood a surveillance state.

Recommended by: Alex Blumberg

Sacred Cows: The Truth About Divorce and MarSacred Cows: The Truth About Divorce and Marriage
T4 Sacred Cows: The Truth About Divorce and Marriage
Danielle Teller, Astro Teller · 2014
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“there's a wonderful book on this topic called Sacred Cows: The Truth About Divorce and Marriage. I recommend checking it out if you find yourself thinking about this.” — Andrew Wilkinson

Source: Essay

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

The True American: Murder and Mercy in TexasThe True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
T4 The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
Anand Giridharadas · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

We Should All Be FeministsWe Should All Be Feminists
T4 We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2014
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Recommended by: Ann Handley

When She Makes More
T4 When She Makes More
Farnoosh Torabi · 2014
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Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

Between the World and MeBetween the World and Me
T4 Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015
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A letter to the author's teenage son about living in a black body in America.

Recommended by: Barack Obama, Bob Iger, Jack Dorsey and 2 others

I Know How She Does ItI Know How She Does It
T4 I Know How She Does It
Laura Vanderkam · 2015
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Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

MateMate
T4 Mate
Tucker Max, Geoffrey Miller · 2015
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Recommended by: Andrew Chen

Modern RomanceModern Romance
T4 Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari · 2015
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How finding love, dating and relationships have changed from earlier generations.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

The ArgonautsThe Argonauts
T4 The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson · 2015
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Recommended by: Audrey Gelman

Unfinished BusinessUnfinished Business
T4 Unfinished Business
Anne-Marie Slaughter · 2015
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Recommended by: Arianna Huffington

Born a CrimeBorn a Crime
T4 Born a Crime
Trevor Noah · 2016
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Recommended by: Bill Gates, Aileen Lee, Andrew Wilkinson and 3 others

Feminist Fight ClubFeminist Fight Club
T4 Feminist Fight Club
Jessica Bennett · 2016
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Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

ModelsModels
T4 Models
Mark Manson · 2016
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Attracting women through honest self-development instead of pickup tactics.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

ShrillShrill
T4 Shrill
Lindy West · 2016
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Recommended by: Jessica Hische

The Pie LifeThe Pie Life
T4 The Pie Life
Samantha Ettus · 2016
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Recommended by: Kathryn Minshew

You’ll Grow Out Of ItYou’ll Grow Out Of It
T4 You’ll Grow Out Of It
Jessi Klein · 2016
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Recommended by: Zoë Foster Blake

Drop the BallDrop the Ball
T4 Drop the Ball
Tiffany Dufu · 2017
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Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

Not Just Lucky
T4 Not Just Lucky
Jamila Rizvi · 2017
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Recommended by: Zoë Foster Blake

The Big LifeThe Big Life
T4 The Big Life
Ann Shoket · 2017
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Recommended by: Kathryn Minshew

The Second Coming of the KKKThe Second Coming of the KKK
T4 The Second Coming of the KKK
Linda Gordon · 2017
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Recommended by: Marc Andreessen

Fed UpFed Up
T4 Fed Up
Gemma Hartley · 2018
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Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

Hey Ladies!Hey Ladies!
T4 Hey Ladies!
Michelle Markowitz, Caroline Moss · 2018
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Recommended by: Zoë Foster Blake

Rage Becomes HerRage Becomes Her
T4 Rage Becomes Her
Soraya Chemaly · 2018
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Recommended by: Alexis Ohanian, Kathryn Minshew

So You Want to Talk About RaceSo You Want to Talk About Race
T4 So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo · 2018
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Recommended by: Scott Farquhar

That's What She SaidThat's What She Said
T4 That's What She Said
Joanne Lipman · 2018
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Recommended by: Mark Cuban

The Gutsy Girl Handbook
T4 The Gutsy Girl Handbook
Kate White · 2018
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Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

White FragilityWhite Fragility
T4 White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo · 2018
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Recommended by: Alexis Ohanian, Ran Segall, Vlad Magdalin and 1 other

Women and Money
T4 Women and Money
Suze Orman · 2018
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Recommended by: Sheryl Sandberg

Fair PlayFair Play
T4 Fair Play
Eve Rodsky · 2019
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Recommended by: Arianna Huffington

For the Love of MenFor the Love of Men
T4 For the Love of Men
Liz Plank · 2019
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Recommended by: Kathryn Minshew

Invisible WomenInvisible Women
T4 Invisible Women
Caroline Criado-Perez · 2019
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Recommended by: George Hatzis

She SaidShe Said
T4 She Said
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey · 2019
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Recommended by: Kara Swisher, Kathryn Minshew and 1 other

The Moment of LiftThe Moment of Lift
T4 The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates · 2019
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Recommended by: Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Warren Buffett

Three WomenThree Women
T4 Three Women
Lisa Taddeo · 2019
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Recommended by: Zoë Foster Blake

Gay Like MeGay Like Me
T4 Gay Like Me
Richie Jackson · 2020
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Recommended by: Arianna Huffington

The End of GenderThe End of Gender
T4 The End of Gender
Debra Soh · 2020
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Recommended by: Eric Weinstein

Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny
T4 Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs
Jamie Fiore Higgins · 2022
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Insider memoir of the trading floor culture.

Black White & Jewish
T4 Black White & Jewish
Rebecca Walker
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Recommended by: Audrey Gelman

Born in BlacknessBorn in Blackness
T4 Born in Blackness
Howard French
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Recommended by: Bill Gates

Earning ItEarning It
T4 Earning It
Joann S. Lublin
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Recommended by: Ginni Rometty

How to be Antiracist
T4 How to be Antiracist
Ibram X Kendi
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Recommended by: Matt Mullenweg

Living Contradictions
T4 Living Contradictions
Alison Jaggar
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Recommended by: Diana Kimball

The Second Sex
T4 The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir
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Recommended by: Arianna Huffington, Laura R Walker

What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for
T4 What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People
Verna Myers
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Recommended by: Matt Mullenweg

Women & Power
T4 Women & Power
Mary Beard
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Recommended by: Catriona Wallace

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