Tim McDougall

Startup Graveyard — History shouldn't have to repeat itself

Merchants of Doubt — How some scientists hid the truth on tobacco smoke + more

Bontact — Talk to your site visitors, their way

On Immunity — A philosophical look at the history of vaccination

Super Sad True Love Story — A satirical, dystopian, and hilarious novel

Neuromancer — The novel that defined cyberpunk

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and VC — Must read if you want to raise money for the first time

Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy — A dark, strange, adult fairy tale

The Goldfinch — Recent Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction

The Martian — An astronaut stranded on Mars fights to survive

Ancillary Justice — An AI space opera with surprising emotional depth

The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War... — Mission creep can be a real thing. Stay woke.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... — Always be skeptical of the business press lauding companies

Station Eleven — A lyrical, dystopian tale driven by deep, flawed characters

1Q84 — The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo

Ready Player One — An endearing rags to riches story set in a dystopian future

Hyperion Cantos — Hugo-Award winning scifi novel from 1990

DreamFunded — Access to pre-screened Silicon Valley startups

Innovator's Dilemma — The seminal business book

Upcraft Club — World's best site for sewing patterns