Most Memorable Books of 2025

Here are the books that stuck with me after reading them this past year.

Trust by Henry Cloud

• I wrote “Building Trust With Leadership When Doubt Creeps In” as a summary of what stood out to me

The Familiar Stranger by Tyler Staton

• Check out this YouTube Short to see my key takeaways

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

• Watch “Simon Sinek Has A Point” to see what stuck with me

Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading by Nadia Asparouhova

• This was a quick listen, but the ideas in the book really lingered with me. It was one of my favorite books of the year.

Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation by Bryne Hobart and Tobias Huber

• Read “Not All Tech Bubbles Are Bad.” This may have been my favorite book of the year. I did go through it in December, so a bit of recency bias.

Got a book recommendation for 2026? Shoot it my way.