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Books that make you a better ecosystem builder, and a few in between that make life worth reading. Curated by Anika Horn, podcast host of Ecosystems for Change, ecosystem builder at Social Venturers and co-host of CreativeMornings Shenandoah Valley. 

 

I'm currently on a mission to visit, shop at and feature 40 Indie bookshops by the time I turn 40 in December 2025. Check out 40 Bookshops Under 40 and follow along via Instagram! 

Real Americans: A Read with Jenna Pick
Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Good Material
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking about
Humongous Fungus
Nightbitch
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
The Moonlight Healers (Original)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold 3-Book Box Set: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book Set (Reissue)
Florence Adler Swims Forever
The Rest of You
The Maker of Swans
Land of Milk and Honey
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story
Kairos
Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change
The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley
Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder's Field Guide
Creating Startup Junkies: Building Sustainable Venture Ecosystems in Unexpected Places
Community: The Structure of Belonging
Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact
Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
The Infinite Game
Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change
A Simpler Way
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization
Community: The Structure of Belonging
Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds
The Age of Thrivability: Vital Perspectives and Practices for a Better World
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America
Built to Belong: Discovering the Power of Community Over Competition
Get Together: How to Build a Community with Your People
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life
The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community Your Competitive Advantage
Community: The Structure of Belonging
Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table
The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Who Do We Choose to Be?, Second Edition: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity
Social Physics: How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter
Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership
Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
Your Brain Is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups
Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-Ing Worst
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships
All about Love: New Visions
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
The Inventurers: Excursions in Life and Career Renewal
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do About It
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting
The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
The 5am Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese's Book Club
Here One Moment
Nightbitch
Liquid: A Love Story
Kairos
Normal People
Land of Milk and Honey
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
All the Colors of the Dark: A Read with Jenna Pick
The Full Moon Coffee Shop
Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and Observations
Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
I Let You Go
The Christmas Fix
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
The Beach at Summerly
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club)
Tangleroot
True Biz: Reese's Book Club
The God of the Woods
This Summer Will Be Different
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
Husbands & Lovers
Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End
The Simple Wild
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love
The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream
Hidden Genius: The Secret Ways of Thinking That Power the World's Most Successful People
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