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Francesco Bilotta

Antilibrary

The books I have not read yet

Umberto Eco valued the unread books more than the read ones. The unread shelf, the antilibrary, is a standing reminder of how much you still do not know, and it is more useful than the trophy shelf. This is the other half of my library: books I own, respect, and have not finished. Keeping the list honest is the whole point.


  • The Art of Computer Programming — Donald Knuth
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman
  • A Pattern Language — Christopher Alexander
  • Gödel, Escher, Bach — Douglas Hofstadter
  • The First Rule of Mastery — Michael Gervais with Kevin Lake
  • The Unicorn Within — Linda K. Yates
  • The Three-Box Solution — Vijay Govindarajan
  • Prediction Machines — Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans & Avi Goldfarb
  • Real-Time Leadership — David Noble & Carol Kauffman
  • Competing in the Age of AI — Marco Iansiti & Karim R. Lakhani
  • Getting Along — Amy Gallo
  • Lean Enterprise — Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky & Barry O'Reilly
  • Team Topologies — Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais
  • The Manager's Path — Camille Fournier
  • Grinding It Out — Ray Kroc with Robert Anderson
  • The Starbucks Experience — Joseph A. Michelli

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