Alok Ray

Bookshelf

Books I've read, with a line on each.

Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Honest about failure in a way most business books aren't. Nike almost died a dozen times.
2025
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Contrarian and worth arguing with. The chapter on secrets is the best.
2025
The Essays of E.B. White
E.B. White
How to write about small things and mean large ones. Returned to it often.
2025
Hackers & Painters
Paul Graham
What got me thinking seriously about ideas and writing. Still the best introduction to his thinking.
2024
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson
Dense with useful ideas. Best read slowly, one page at a time.
2024