{"id":289,"date":"2025-04-03T19:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T19:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T19:36:55","slug":"my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 10 Books of the Past Decade &#8211; April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below you can find my personal list of the ten books that have had the deepest impact on my life, career, and way of thinking over the past ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav aria-label=\"\u0641\u0647\u0631\u0633\u062a \u0645\u062d\u062a\u0648\u0627\" class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:8px\"><ol><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#creativity-inc-by-ed-catmull\">Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#thinking-fast-and-slow-by-daniel-kahneman\">Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#the-hard-thing-about-hard-things-by-ben-horowitz\">The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#factfulness-by-hans-rosling\">Factfulness by Hans Rosling<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#deep-work-by-cal-newport\">Deep Work by Cal Newport<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#atomic-habits-by-james-clear\">Atomic Habits by James Clear<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#sapiens-by-yuval-noah-harari\">Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#up-down-up-by-kim-nordstrom\">Up Down Up by Kim Nordstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#how-to-take-smart-notes-by-sonke-ahrens\">How to Take Smart Notes by S\u00f6nke Ahrens <\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https:\/\/sahandmalaei.com\/fa\/blog\/2025\/my-top-10-books-of-the-past-decade-april-2025\/#the-art-of-game-design-a-book-of-lenses-by-jesse-schell\">The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"creativity-inc-by-ed-catmull\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Creativity-Inc-Expanded-Overcoming-Inspiration-dp-0593594649\/dp\/0593594649\/\">Creativity Inc.<\/a><\/em> by Ed Catmull<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a fascinating book about how to build a successful and sustainable creative business, told by one of Pixar&#8217;s original founders. 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