Alex & Books 📚

20 Problems = 20 Books 1) Struggling to stay focused for long periods? Read "Deep Work" by Cal Newport. 2) Always feeling busy but never productive? Read "Essentialism" by Greg McKeown. 3) Want to think more clearly and make better decisions? Read "Clear Thinking" by Shane Parrish. 4) Often procrastinating on important work? Read "Eat That Frog!" by Brian Tracy. 5) Feeling stuck in the same patterns year after year? Read "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey. 6) Want to become more disciplined? Read "Discipline Equals Freedom" by Jocko Willink. 7) Struggling to explain your ideas clearly? Read "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. 8) Want to break your phone addiction? Read "Break Up With Your Phone" by Catherine Price. 9) Feeling anxious or constantly worried? Read "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. 10) Want to build confidence and mental toughness? Read "Never Finished by David Goggins. 11) Struggling to make lasting behavior change? Read "Tiny Habits" by BJ Fogg. 12) Want to get better at persuasion? Read "Influence" by Robert Cialdini. 13) Feeling overwhelmed by modern life? Read "Four Thousand Weeks" by Oliver Burkeman. 14) Want to improve how you think about probability and risk? Read "Thinking In Bets" by Annie Duke. 15) Want to learn how to live rich and spend money wisely? Read "Die With Zero" by Bill Perkins. 16) Want to communicate more effectively at work and home? Read "Non-Violent Conversations" by Marshall B. Rosenberg. 17) Are you a young adult feeling lost in life? Read "The Algebra of Happiness" by Scott Galloway. 18) Want to become more creative? Read "The Creative Act" by Rick Rubin. 19) Want to build a startup? Read "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel. 20) Want to find more meaning and purpose? Read "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl.

To be a successful writer in 2026 you need to be both chronically online and offline.

“Those who read own the world; those who immerse themselves in the Internet or watch too much television lose it. Our civilization is suffering profound wounds because of the wholesale abandonment of reading by contemporary society.” –Werner Herzog

@lcthlorien Well that was quick: x.com/AlexAndBooks_/…

did i just find an ad inside a book 😭

@andy_dhanj great selection!

@AlexAndBooks_ I have 60 books in my Kindle library. It'll get to 100+ in a few months...

In 2023 YouGov surveyed 29,000+ Americans to see how many books the average person has in their home. Here were the results: • ZERO books: 9% • 1–10 books: 20% • 11–25 books: 14% • 26–50 books: 13% • 51–100 books: 12% • 101–200 books: 10% • 201–500 books: 7% • 501–1,000 books: 4% • 1,000+ books: 3% How many books do you have in your library?

What's a book that was so good you read it in 1 day?

@chrishlad Congrats Chris !

We raised a $27M Series A to replace the spreadsheets and human duct tape behind $100 trillion in global assets. Fund administration is the invisible backbone of private equity and venture capital - and it’s broken. Why? Financial data is scattered, stale, and locked inside legacy providers. Books take forever to close. Basic questions about your own fund take days to answer. So we rebuilt the general ledger, waterfall engine, investor portal, and portfolio management from scratch. One single source of truth for your firm. Our AI agents read emails, propose journal entries, and extract portfolio updates in seconds. Our CPAs review every output. Today, we administer $15 billion in assets - and we’re just getting started. Every fund CFO keeps getting asked: how will you adopt AI? Now you have an answer. Run your firm in real-time with @hanoverpark. –- Excited to partner with Jake Saper at @emergencecap @peterjhebert at Lux, @chadbyers/@pratyushbuddiga at Susa and CFOs at the largest private equity firms to forge this future.

@Koen_VdE nice set up!

@AlexAndBooks_ About 300 would be my estimate!

@MrIvanIvankovic that's awesome Ivan!

@AlexAndBooks_ Kids and parents together, 250+

@BrewNeuron incredible, please share pics!

@AlexAndBooks_ About 5000, 1500 in my wife's horticulture library and about 3500 in my eclectic collection of mainly science

@GreggInkpen That’s awesome Gregg

@AlexAndBooks_ Somewhere between 1,000 and 1,300, mostly signed.

@yashpoddar2000 Nice !

@AlexAndBooks_ Going strong!

@MattKaramazov You’re definitely part of the top 0.01%!

@AlexAndBooks_ Canada has entered the chat:

@milan_milanovic That’s incredible! Please share pics of your library

@AlexAndBooks_ 5000+

@kieranmathew Big fan of your colostrum gummies!

Stop falling for “proprietary” claims on colostrum products. Real food is not proprietary. Companies throw out that jargon to make their commodity supplier sound special while up-charging you for ineffective doses. You don't need 4 scoops a day, you need an effective serving: 3g+/scoop with powder.

@paulsaladinomd @dranthonygustin @eatlineage Super cool, congrats on the launch guys!

We did it. @dranthonygustin and I just built the protein bar the industry didn’t want you to have: one actually made for HUMANS. @eatlineage Protein Bar – 100% real food, no garbage. Why most bars suck (and aren’t for humans): - Fake fats like EPG (esterified propoxylated glycerol) → causes “oily spotting” / anal leakage / discharge (yes, really) - Artificial sweeteners, preservatives, mystery isolates - Even “clean” ones load up on ultra-processed fiber syrups (tapioca, inulin, chicory root) that ferment in your gut, cause bloating, gas, inflammation. We said enough. We wanted a bar you could literally make at home with real pantry staples – but better: high protein, tastes amazing, verified insanely clean. Introducing the Lineage Protein Bar: 🐮 20g protein from grass-fed whey + collagen 🐄 Grass-fed beef tallow (real fat, not fake) 🍯 Raw organic honey 🥥 Organic coconut nectar 🫐 Organic freeze-dried berries & fruit 🧂 Salt THAT’S LITERALLY IT. No gums, no isolates, no seed oils, no fake anything. We didn’t half-ass this: - Every single ingredient + every batch tested for 400+ contaminants (microplastics, pesticides/herbicides, mycotoxins, heavy metals) - 2 full years of R&D to nail the taste, texture, and mouthfeel (it’s legitimately incredible – not “good for healthy,” actually craveable) Mixed Berry and Chocolate are live now. More flavors in pipeline – comment your requests below! 👇 Grab yours: lineageprovisions.com/bar 💪

@fbinegotiator Check your DMs please Chris !

Instead of asking how someone is, make a thoughtful observation about how they seem. It shows you are paying attention and recognizing them as a human being.

"If it is wisdom you're after, you're going to spend a lot of time on your ass reading." -Charlie Munger

@TedHZhang @readswithravi Thanks Ted, and yeah we're trying to inspire more people to read!

@AlexAndBooks_ You and @readswithravi are doing great work

Here are the most recent stats on reading: • The average adult reads 14.6 books per year • Women on average read 20 books a year • Men on average read 13 books a year • 48% of adults read 6+ books in 2025 Overall, it looks like reading is on the rise.