Seth's Blog : Books and more, winter 2024

Books and more, winter 2024

They’re a gift that lasts forever, because your friend will remember what they learned and how they felt… and they can keep it on their bookshelf or hard drive as a reminder in case they forget…

Amazon chose This is Strategy for a Kindle deal today. It’s only $4.

Also, the Strategy Deck continues to surprise people with its elegant effectiveness. And it fits in your pocket.

Hank Green has written a two-book series about social media, alien intelligence and peer dynamics. I listened to the second book without realizing it was a sequel, and that’s the way I recommend you try it out. The audio is brilliantly performed, by the way.

Helen Philips delivers a near-future AI novel that will give you a new way way to think about what we’re building and who we are becoming.

Cathy Heller‘s new book is out in a week or so, and like Cathy, it’s honest, moving and generous.

David Meerman Scott continually raises the bar for what marketing and PR involve today.

Luvvie Ajayi Jones has written a breakthrough book about dancing with imposter syndrome that’s also vulnerable and funny.

Lulu is a Rhinoceros is a new modern classic for kids.

What Technology Wants is more prescient now than it was a decade ago. A must read.

The Curse of Pietro Houdini is lyrical, gripping and memorable. The audiobook is particularly good.

The Coaching Habit is a modern classic.

George Dyson’s book Analogia has been on this list before, but it’s worth repeating. The same goes for The Gift by Lewis Hyde and the Bandwidth series by Eliot Peper.

And, just for the next two days, the audiobook of This is Strategy is half price if you use code NOVEMBER.