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We asked the Forty Under 40: What book would you recommend?

Lindsay Amstutz

"Lean In," by Sheryl Sandberg.

Bryce Blum

“The Stormlight Archive” (series)

Kary Brock

“The Secret,” by Rhonda Byrne.

Matthew Caldwell

“The Real Madrid Way,” by Steven Mandis.

Tory Dandy

“A Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren.

Nili Doft

“Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts.

Sean Eggert

“Rules of the Red Rubber Ball,” by Kevin Carroll.

Todd Fleming

I was given “The Book of Joy,” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, by Mike Ondrejko for Christmas a few years ago and it puts a lot of things into perspective.

Junior Gaspard

“The Hard Thing about Hard Things,” by Ben Horowitz.

Brandon Gayle

“The Hard Thing about Hard Things,” by Ben Horowitz.

Matt Grandis

“The Last Amateurs” by John Feinstein. Great read and it is about the Patriot League, when I was there.

Brad Griffith

“The Hard Thing About Hard Things,” by Ben Horowitz.

Matt Hill

“Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison.

Court Jeske

“An Army at Dawn,” by Rick Atkinson.

Lindsay Kagawa Colas

“Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi.

Nina King

“Shoe Dog,” by Phil Knight.

Pat LaCroix

“Parcells: A Football Life,” Bill Parcells autobiography.

Chris Marinak

“Scorecasting,” by Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim.

Kim Miale

“Decoded,” the autobiography and memoir of Jay-Z.

Ben Milsom

“Change Your Questions, Change Your Life,” by Marilee Adams.

Brendan Moynihan

“Tuesdays With Morrie” or “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom.

Megha Parekh

“East of Eden” by John Steinbeck (got a tattoo with a quote from the book this past November).

Deepen Parikh

“Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” by Yuval Noah Harari. It changed my perspective on history and also my approach toward both business and professional relationships.

Dave Pietrycha

“Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance.

Jake Reid

“Above The Line,” by Urban Meyer.

Brent Rossi

“Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson.

Angela Ruggiero

“The Power of Habit,” by Charles Duhigg.

Frank Saviano

“Born to Run,” by Bruce Springsteen.

Erin Schnieders

“When Breath becomes Air,” Paul Kalanithi.

Nzinga Shaw

“Heroes Wanted” by Rodney Bullard.

Dan Shevchik

“A Gentleman in Moscow,” by Amor Towles, was enjoyable and thought provoking.

Jordan Solomon

“No Ordinary Time” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Great biography of FDR and history of World War II.

Ryan Spoon

“10% Happier,” by Dan Harris. Just terrific and really impactful.

Steve Starks

“David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens.

Josh Veilleux

Anything Gary Vaynerchuk has written

Miheer Walavalkar

“Fault Lines,” by Raghuram Rajan (throwback to my banking days)

Danny White

“Good to Great,” by Jim Collins

Josh Whitman

“Good to Great,” by Jim Collins

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