- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application by Jason Fried, Heinemeier David Hansson, Matthew Linderman
- Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood
- Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
- Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton by Richard P. Feynman
- Also a favourite of Larry Page
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
- The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
- Also a favourite of Guy Kawasaki and Jeff Bezos
- Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
- Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis