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Five For Your Hive

Mathieu Beth is the co-founder and educator at Gosh! Kids. Every other week, he writes and sends out an email that centers around 5 insights, stories or ideas that could help you at life. You can subscribe to it here:

The list is work-in-progress.

* denotes must read.

Narrative Non-fiction

The Tiger by John Vaillant

*Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

*The Splendid and The Vile by Erik Larson

A Night To Remember by Walter Lord

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

The Wager by David Grann

Biographies

*Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Einstein, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo Da Vinci by Isaac Walterson

The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

Truman by David McCullough

Boyd by Robert Coram

Titan by Ron Chernow

Churchill by Paul Johnson

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis

American Prometheus by Kai Bird

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going by Lee Kuan Yew

*Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Way of Life

Novelist As A Vocation by Haruki Murakami

Working by Robert A Caro

Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

String Theory by David Foster Wallace

Tribe by Sebastian Junger

The Baby on The Fire Escape by Julie Phillips

In A Flight of Starlings by Giorgio Parisi

Out of Our Minds by Sir Ken Robinson

Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull / Amy Wallace

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

*Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl

*Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Business

The Fish That Ate The Whale by Rich Cohen

*Zero to One by Peter Thiel

The Imagineering Process by Louis J. Prosperi

Start With Why, The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

Building A StoryBrand by Donald Miller

Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston

Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss

The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

Psychology / Raising Kids

*The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

Digital Minimalism, Deep Work by Cal Newport

Originals by Adam Grant

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

*The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

The Daily Dad by Ryan Holiday

Outdoor Kids in an Inside World by Steven Rinella

*Range by David Epstein

Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff

*Becoming Better Grownups by Brad Montague

Good Inside by Dr Becky Kennedy

Same as Ever by Morgan Housel

*The Shallows by Nicholas Carr

Faith / Spirituality

Winning The War In Your Mind by Craig Groeschel

Dangerous Prayers by Craig Groeschel

Unmasking Male Depression by Archibald D. Hart

Living Life Backward by David Gibson

*Life Application Study Bible (NLT)

Maxwell Leadership Bible (NKJV)

For All Ages

The Fears You Fear by Rachel Rooney

The Lorax by Dr Seuss

*Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr Seuss

What Was I Scared Of? by Dr Seuss

*What Pet Should I Get? by Dr Seuss

Scrambled Eggs Super! by Dr Seuss

The Upside Down Hat by Stephen Barr

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