Great books by good people (that we actually know)

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

—Louisa May Alcott

Even more so in our fast-paced, FoMO, digital age, it’s nice to grab a book, sit back, and enjoy (and/or learn). It’s especially satisfying when you actually know the author.

And while this certainly isn’t a complete list of books by our talented friends and acquaintances, it’s plenty enough to keep your nose in a book (or a tablet) for a while.

 


Business

 

The Connected Company

The Connected Company
Dave Gray

Crowdsourcing
Jeff Howe

Customers Included
Mark Hurst

Social Business by Design
Dion Hinchcliffe & Peter Kim

 


Creativity

 

Steal like an artist

Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon

Show Your Work
Austin Kleon

How to Fly a Horse
Kevin Ashton

Gamestorming
Dave Gray, James Macanufo, & Sunni Brown

Drawing Is Magic
John Hendrix


Comics

 

Birdseye Bristoe

Birdseye Bristoe
Dan Zettwoch

Curses
Kevin Huizenga

The Story of the First 100 Years of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Weatherbird
Dan Martin


Design

 

Beyond bullet points

Beyond Bullet Points
Cliff Atkinson

slide:ology
Nancy Duarte

The Back of the Napkin
Dan Roam

Visual Language
Robert Horn

 


Non-fiction

 

Mission at Nuremberg

Mission at Nuremberg
Tim Townsend

A Drive Into the Gap
Kevin Guilfoile

The Muny: Songs of St. Louis Summers
Judith Newmark

Gaslight Square—An Oral History
Thomas Crone


Other

 

50 sad chairs

50 SAD CHAIRS
Bill Keaggy

Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost & Found
Bill Keaggy

Lochfoot (iPad book)
W. Scott Matthews

100 Things to Do in St. Louis Before You Die
Amanda Doyle


Disclaimers: Yes, two of my books are listed here (ha!), as well as one by Tremendousness co-founder Scott Matthews 🙂 …and I actually designed The Connected Company and Customers Included and was the photo editor for The Muny.