The Library All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
Dec 12, 2019 · 3 min read Updated Aug 2, 2026
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Behold! The collective wisdom of the strategy world.
(Titles link to my summary/review. Items without links haven’t been summarized/reviewed yet. This document serves as a roadmap for “things of the week” to come.)
Strategy Classics
Competitive Strategy , by Michael Porter (amazon )
Competitive Advantage , by Michael Porter (amazon )
The Innovator’s Dilemma , by Clayton Christensen (amazon )
The Innovator’s Solution , by Clayton Christensen (amazon )
Seeing What’s Next , by Clayton Christensen (amazon )
7 Powers , by Hamilton Helmer (amazon )
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy , by Richard Rumelt (amazon )
Turning the Flywheel , by Jim Collins (amazon )
Good to Great , by Jim Collins (amazon )
Great by Choice , by Jim Collins (amazon )
Zero to One , by Peter Thiel (amazon )
The Practice of Management , Peter Drucker (amazon )
Secondary Literature on Great Strategy Thinkers
The Personal MBA , by Josh Kaufman (amazon )
The Lords of Strategy, by Walter Kiechel (amazon )
Understanding Michael Porter , by Joan Magretta (amazon )
Jobs-to-be-done
Competing Against Luck , by Clayton Christensen (amazon )
When Coffee and Kale Compete , by Alan Klement (amazon )
Value Proposition Design , by Alexander Osterwalder (amazon )
Positioning
Positioning , by Al Ries and Jack Trout (amazon )
The Origin of Brands , by Al Ries and Laura Ries (amazon )
Obviously Awesome , by April Dunford (amazon )
Military / Politics
Warfighting : MCDP-1, US Marine Corps (pdf )
The Prince , by Niccolo Machiavelli (Mansfield translation) (amazon )
The Art of War , by Sun Tzu (Cleary translation) (amazon )
On War , by Carl von Clauswitz (Howard & Paret translation) (amazon )
Miscellaneous, but indispensable
Inadequate Equilibria , by Eliezer Yudkowsky (free version ) (kindle version )
Hit Makers , by Derek Thompson (amazon )
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned , by Kenneth O. Stanley (amazon )
The Origin of Wealth , by Eric Beinhocker (amazon )
Principles , by Ray Dalio (amazon )
Podcasts Articles
“What is Strategy?” by Michael Porter in HBS (pdf )
“A Taxonomy of Moats” by Jerry Neumann (link )
“Four Fits for $100m+ Growth” by Brian Balfour (link )
This is just the beginning! If you have a book, podcast, or article you think I should include, leave a comment below! I’ll put it up, assuming it’s a good fit.
The Library Roadmap:
Add individual podcast episodes
Add frameworks / ideas / concepts
Add more articles
Add another view, organized by topic rather than by medium
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