Recommended reading list
There are many great reading lists out there. I don't believe in re-inventing the wheel.
I do believe that great artists steal. Steve Blank has put together one of the most comprehensive and useful reading lists relating to entrepreneurship and venture development methodology - certainly better than I can help with - find it here.
For a quick smash and grab on the most influential books on how I think and work, here is something of an All Star Reading List. These books have been the most helpful or impactful to me in recent years:
Deep Work - Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
REWORK - Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
The Joy of Work - Bruce Daisley
No Rules Rules - Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
The Infinite Game - Simon Sinek
Business Model Generation - Alexander Osterwalder
Lean Startup - Eric Ries
The Startup Way - Eric Ries
The Corporate Startup - Tendayi Viki, Dan Toma & Esther Gons
Shoe Dog - Phil Knight
This is Marketing - Seth Godin
Tribes - Seth Godin
The Checklist Manifesto - Atul Gawande