Non-Fiction Books to Read

This is a list of the non-fiction books I plan to read in 2026. This list is limited to books I already own as I do not intend to buy any new books in 2026 with the exception of textbooks for my courses. This list is in no order.

  1. The Denial of Death
  2. Working Effectively with Legacy Code
  3. Refactoring
  4. Scaling People
  5. A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics
  6. Startup CXO
  7. Lean Analytics
  8. The Definitive Guide to TikTok Advertising
  9. You vs Google
  10. Ultimate guide to Facebook Advertising
  11. Cues
  12. Why Startups Fail
  13. How to Teach Kids Anything
  14. How to Become a Straight A Student
  15. How to Win At College
  16. The World For Sale
  17. Strategic Writing for UX
  18. Escaping the Build Trap
  19. How to Talk to Anyone
  20. Captivate
  21. Supercommunicators
  22. Deploy Empathy
  23. Continuous Discovery Habits
  24. Matchmakers
  25. The Book
  26. The Pizza Bible
  27. The Food Lab
  28. Basic Business Statistics
  29. Essentials of Economics
  30. Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists
  31. Meet me in the Bathroom
  32. An Introduction to Accounting: Accountability in Organisations and Society
  33. Notes on Being a Man
  34. Take your Eye off the Puck
  35. Vulture Capitalism
  36. The Mom Test