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Books like Lights Out
The best books like Lights Out are Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, and Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Lights Out by Thomas Gryta is about corporate decline, leadership failure, accountability. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou · Business
Bad Blood is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of Theranos, the blood-testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed its proprietary technology could run hundreds of diagnostic tests from a single finger-prick of blood.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis · Economics
The Big Short is Michael Lewis's account of the 2008 financial crisis as seen through the eyes of a handful of contrarians who saw the collapse coming, bet against the American housing market, and were right.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac · Business
Super Pumped is New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac's account of Uber's rise from a San Francisco startup to a $70 billion company — and of the internal chaos, ethical failures, and leadership battles that nearly destroyed it.
Both dig into leadership failure.
Read the summary → - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe · History
Empire of Pain is Patrick Radden Keefe's account of the Sackler family — the dynasty behind Purdue Pharma and the opioid crisis — told across three generations.
Both dig into accountability.
Read the summary → - The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz · Business
The Hard Thing About Hard Things is Ben Horowitz's account of what it actually feels like to run a company through crisis.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Good Authority
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Jonathan Raymond · Business
Good Authority is Jonathan Raymond's argument that the real job of a manager is not to produce results directly but to use the work as a vehicle for people's personal and professional development.
Shares accountability and management with Lights Out.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Crucial Accountability
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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Business
Crucial Accountability is the sequel to Crucial Conversations, narrowing its focus from high-stakes dialogue to one specific problem: what to do when someone fails to meet an expectation.
Both dig into accountability.
Read the summary → - Extreme Ownership
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Jocko Willink and Leif Babin · Business
Extreme Ownership is former Navy SEAL commanders Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's argument that the single most important principle in leadership is taking total responsibility for everything that happens under your command — not just your own actions but your team's performance, your mission's failure, and the behavior of those above you when it doesn't support your mission.
Both dig into accountability.
Read the summary → - First, Break All the Rules
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Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman · Business
First, Break All the Rules is the result of Gallup's analysis of interviews with more than 80,000 managers across a variety of industries, aimed at identifying what distinguishes the best managers from the rest.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - High Output Management
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
High Output Management is Andrew Grove's manual for how managers at any level should think about their work.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Peter F. Drucker · Business
Innovation and Entrepreneurship is Drucker's systematic treatment of a subject that, in 1985, most people still regarded as the province of lone geniuses and lucky accidents.
Both dig into management.
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Books like Lights Out: quick answers
What are the best books like Lights Out?
The best books like Lights Out by Thomas Gryta are Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Lights Out, such as corporate decline, leadership failure, accountability.
What should I read after Lights Out?
A natural next read after Lights Out is Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe.
What books are similar to Lights Out by Thomas Gryta?
Lights Out centers on corporate decline, leadership failure, accountability. Books with a similar feel include Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Good Authority by Jonathan Raymond — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
