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Reading List

This reading list are books that I’ve read and I really like or love. It is a personal list and it also contains some novels. The reason why I made this list is because a lot of people are asking me about book recommendations or what kind of books I am reading.

It is very convenient to be able to just send a link instead of trying to remember all the books people should read in my opinion 🙂

START WITH WHY

Simon Sinek

The famous book about WHY. Read it.

DIE RED BULL STORY

Wolfgang Fürweger

Red Bull. How Dietrich Mateschitz did it.

THE NEW GOLD STANDARD

Joseph A. Michelli

This is next level how to treat your customers/clients. Amazing how Ritz Carlton is achieving their standards.

LEAN UX

Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden

Agile environments. Agile approaches. A must for everybody who has to deliver a product.

BETRIEBS-WIRTSCHAFTS-LEERE

Axel Gloger

A book about how economy (the subject to study) should change. 

CLICK

Paul Boag

A lot of insights how to make a user click.

MEINE BESTEN FEHLER

Damian Izdebski

This book is about how he failed with DiTech and what he learned. Respect to this guy.

THE ACTION BIBLE

Illustrated by Sergio Cariello (Marvel, DC Comics and many more)

Like it says – the action bible – is the illustrated version in a comic style. Awesome!

THE SMASHING BOOK(S)

Smashing Magazine

All of those are good. People in the web profession know.

DIGITAL JUNKIES

Bert Te Wildt

Addiction to the internet in different ways. Very interesting.

MAN IN WHITE

Johnny Cash (yes, the Johnny Cash)

Not many people know that Johnny Cash also wrote a novel about Paul the Apostle. I love this book, it is how it could have been… 

STEVE JOBS

Walter Isaacson

If you are on my website you probably know this guy.

ALIBABA

Duncan Clark

Jack Ma’s empire and his iron triangle. Wow, what a journey.

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

John Irving

This book was one of my companions when I travelled the US. John Irving, a genius.

APPLE INTERN

Daniela Kickl

A point of view from an employee of Apple.

AUF JESU SPUREN

Nils Straatmann

A very interesting journey in Israel an Palestine.

WAS GOOGLE WIRKLICH WILL

Thomas Schulz

Behind the scenes of one of my favourite companies. A lot of insights and very inspiring.

DIE HAUPTSTADT

Robert Menasse

A funny novel of different points of view about the capital of the European union.

THE DARK NET

Jamie Bartlett

It is real. The dark net is a dark place. If you want to know more about it this book is for you.

THE BIBLE

Many Writers

The Book.

ART DIRECTION FOR THE WEB

Andy Clarke

Another very inspiring book brought to us by Smashing Magazine.

SMASHING BOOK #5

Smashing Magazine

And another Smashing Book. So much useful information.