Ideas


Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Outliers: The Story of Success
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Man's Search for Meaning
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Meditations
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Prince
Magic America by C.E. MedfordThe Sacred Band by Janet E. MorrisThe Secret of Excalibur by Sahara FoleyIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Creative Novels
46 books — 48 voters

Seven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun TzuPhilosophy as Passion by Karen Vintges
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
250 books — 15 voters
The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan FletcherThinking with Type by Ellen LuptonThings I Have Learned In My Life So Far by Stefan SagmeisterThoughts on Design by Paul RandGraphic Design Rules by Sean Adams
Graphic Design
116 books — 27 voters

The Western Canon by Harold BloomNotes Towards The Definition Of Culture by T.S. EliotPhaedrus by PlatoThe intimate philosophy of art by John ArmstrongCulture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold
Roger Scruton's Bibliographies
100 books — 6 voters
1984 by George OrwellLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois Lowry30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  Gedney
Powerful/influential books
207 books — 133 voters

Neil Gaiman
Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.
Neil Gaiman, American Gods

Alan             Moore
There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof. ...more
Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

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