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Just the ones that I can wholeheartedly recommend\nbecause they are interesting, entertaining, and/or educational enough\nto be worth the experience.\n\nI have a strong preference towards audiobooks rather than paper or\nkindle.  Audio means I can consume it while doing things that occupy\nmy hands, like commuting or going to the gym.\n\n## Non-Fiction\n\n### Leadership, business, and startup stuff\n\n* [Turn The Ship\n  Around](http://smile.amazon.com/Turn-Ship-Around-Turning-Followers/dp/B00CTDYYG2)\n* [The Founders\n  Dillemas](http://smile.amazon.com/The-Founders-Dilemmas-Anticipating-Entrepreneurship/dp/0691158304)\n* [Good to\n  Great](http://smile.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/B003VXI5MS)\n* [Creativity,\n  Inc.](http://smile.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/B00IPJTQQW)\n* [Facts and Fallacies of Software\n  Engineering](http://smile.amazon.com/Facts-Fallacies-Software-Engineering-Robert/dp/0321117425)\n* [The Mythical Man\n  Month](http://smile.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959)\n* [Managing\n  Humans](http://smile.amazon.com/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-Engineering/dp/1430243147)\n\n### Communication as such\n\n* [Non-Violent\n  Communication](http://smile.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Rosenberg-Paperback/dp/B00BP0OWBW/)\n* [Crucial\n  Conversations](http://smile.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Talking-Stakes-Second/dp/B009S8GO14)\n* [Choosing\n  Peace](www.amazon.com/Choosing-Peace-Communicate-Connection-Communication/dp/0989972003)\n\n### Cognitive Biases and other fun stuff\n\n* [Predictably\n  Irrational](http://smile.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/B0014EAHNQ)\n* [You Are Not So\n  Smart](http://smile.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-So-Smart/dp/B006L2JP5C)\n* [Globish](http://smile.amazon.com/Globish-English-Language-Became-Worlds/dp/B003OXTOWA)\n* [The Chemistry Between\n  Us](http://smile.amazon.com/Chemistry-Between-Us-Science-Attraction/dp/B009W4HQSE)\n\n## Fiction\n\n* [Ancillary\n  Justice](http://smile.amazon.com/Ancillary-Justice/dp/B00GMEG9G2)\n* [Ancillary\n  Sword](http://smile.amazon.com/Ancillary-Sword/dp/B00O824TBM)\n* [Ancillary\n  Mercy](http://smile.amazon.com/Ancillary-Mercy/dp/B014JVK9IS)\n* [The Martian](http://smile.amazon.com/The-Martian/dp/B00B5HO5XA)\n* [A Fire Upon The\n  Deep](http://smile.amazon.com/A-Fire-Upon-the-Deep/dp/B00355AR4Q)\n* [A Deepness In The\n  Sky](http://smile.amazon.com/A-Deepness-in-the-Sky/dp/B0030MQZY0)\n* [Dune](http://smile.amazon.com/Dune/dp/B000R34YKC)\n* [Dune Messiah](http://smile.amazon.com/Dune-Messiah/dp/B000WS9ZHY)\n* [Children of\n  Dune](http://smile.amazon.com/Children-of-Dune/dp/B0013O8X60)\n* [God Emperor of\n  Dune](http://smile.amazon.com/God-Emperor-of-Dune/dp/B001CA5UPM)\n  (Clearly this is where the series goes really truly off the rails.\n  Almost didn't make it to this list.  The first 3 are much better,\n  but this one is wacky enough to be kinda interesting.)\n* [World War\n  Z](http://smile.amazon.com/World-War-Oral-History-Zombie/dp/B000IJ7IE4)\n  Fantasticly well-done audiobook.  The book really shines in this\n  format.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fisaacs%2Freading-list","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fisaacs%2Freading-list","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fisaacs%2Freading-list/lists"}