Recommended books

First Things First

Helton Pereira

Leadership in Dangerous Situations

Small Unit Leadership

Dandridge M. Malone

Strategy and Tactics for Company Fires

Jesse Quintal

Team of Rivals

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Cynic

Paul Combs

Euro Firefighter

Paul Grimwood

The Heart of the Moment

Sabrina Cohen Hatton

Developing Firefighter Resiliency

Flow-Based Leadership

Human Performance for the Tactical Athlete

O2X

Learn, Improve, and Master

Nick Velasquez

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Mind of Fire

Kyle Sensing

Raising Men

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition

The Talent Code

Daniel Coyle

The Talent War

Mike Sarraille and George Randle

Unleash the Power of Storytelling

Volunteer Training Drills

Fire Engineering

Volunteer Training Officers Handbook

A book on tower ladder operations

The Leo Stapleton Boston fire novels

Leo Stapleton

Collapse of Burning Buildings

Vincent Dunn

Firefighting Strategy and Leadership

Chief Walsh

Fireground Tactics

Emanuel Fried

Leadership Values

Chief Applebee

Collapse of Burning Buildings

Vincent Dunn

Dare to Lead

Brene Brown

Leadership and Self-Deception

The Arbinger Institute

The Outward Mindset

The Arbinger Institute

Search

Firefighting Principles and Practices

I Don't Want to Talk About It

Random Thoughts

Tom Brennan

Book of Search

Fireground Strategies

Anthony Avillo

30 Fires You Should Know

Lieb and Goldfetter

Building Construction for the Fire Service

Francis L. Brannigan

Collapse of Burning Buildings

Vincent Dunn

Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics

John Norman

Killer Angels

Michael Shaara

Report from Engine Company 82

Dennis Smith

Responding to Routine Emergencies

Frank Montagna

Winning the Fire Service Leadership Game

Hugh Caulfield

Boyd

Robert Coram

George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots

Operational Intelligence

RAW

Servant Leadership

Robert Greenleaf

30 Years on the Line

Leo D. Stapleton

The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog

William H. McRaven

Deep Survival

Lawrence Gonzalez

On Combat

The Gift of Fear

Gavin de Becker

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Firefighter Rescue and Survival

Bob Hoff and Rick Kolomay

Leading Marines

United States Marine Corps

Warfighting

United States Marine Corps

Atomic Habits

James Clear

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth

20,000 Alarms

Richard Hamilton

Legacy

James Kerr

Hope Out of Darkness

Dena Ali

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

John Maxwell

The Functional Fire Company

Atomic Habits

Perfectly Wounded

Mike Day

Challenges of a Firefighter Marriage

Mike Galliano

Engage the Enemy

Josh Chase

Finding God's Life for My Will

Mike Donahy

Firefighter Functional Fitness

Dan Kerrigan and Jim Moss

Firefighter Success

From Pension to Paycheck

Kyle Steele

Hope Out of Darkness

Dena Ali

Leave and Cleave

Mark Driscoll

Marriage on the Rock

Jimmy Evans

No Nonsense Leadership

Raising Parents

The Bible

The Five Love Languages

The Purpose Driven Life

Rick Warren

The Truth About PTSD

Chad Robichaux

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

Cornerstones of Leadership

Frank Leib

HBR's 10 Must Reads series

Harvard Business Review

Nine L's of Leadership

Corley

Attacking the Interior Fire

Lloyd Layman

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Firefighting Tactics

Lloyd Layman

Mastering Fireground Command: Calm the Chaos

Anthony Castros and Brian Brush

The Art of Warfare

Sun Tzu

Failing Forward

John C. Maxwell

Principle-Centered Leadership

Stephen Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey

The Bible

Go Ask Alice

Beatrice Sparks

Mind of Fire: The Science and Art of Decision Making

Kyle Sams

The Warrior Poet Way

John Lovell

Multipliers

Liz Wiseman

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle

Trillion Dollar Coach

Eric Schmidt

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Deep Survival

Laurence Gonzales

Fire Psych

It's Your Ship

Mike Abrashoff

On Killing

Dave Grossman

Pride and Ownership

Chief Lasky

Algorithms to Live By

Building Corporate Soul

The Leader's Bookshelf

James Stavridis and R. Manning Ancell

In the Mouth of the Dragon

The Warriors

Bob Farrell

20,000 Alarms

Richard Hamilton

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

The Book of Andy

The Mission, the Men, and Me

Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field

Deion Sanders

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Working Across the Aisle

Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service

Francis L. Brannigan

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Scars and Stripes

Tim Kennedy

Step Up and Lead

Frank Viscuso

The Book on Mental Toughness

Andy Frisella

The Collapse of Burning Buildings

Vincent Dunn

The Functional Fire Company

Chief Scott Thompson

The Mask of Masculinity

Lewis Howes

The Nine L's

Corley Moore

The Terminal List series

Jack Carr

The Total Money Makeover

Dave Ramsey

Deep Survival

Laurence Gonzales

Raising the Bar: Creating and Nurturing Adaptability to Deal with the Changing Face of War

Donald Vandegriff

The Traveler's Gift

Andy Andrews

Extreme Ownership

In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mastering the Craft

Jeff Rothmeyer

Relentless

Tim S. Grover

Sh*t My Dad Says

Justin Halpern

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

We've Got Issues

Dr. Phil

Winning

Tim S. Grover

Developing Firefighter Resiliency

Rick George, Bob Carpenter, and Gillespie

Six Types of Working Genius

Patrick Lencioni

The Principle of the Path

Andy Stanley

Firestream Management Handbook

David P. Fornell

Living Fearless

Jamie Winship

Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog

Admiral William H. McRaven

Act Like Men

James MacDonald

Chop Wood Carry Water

Joshua Medcalf

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Hal Moore on Leadership

Hal Moore

It's Your Ship

D. Michael Abrashoff

An Arrow Pointed to Heaven

The Book of Andy

Andy Fredericks

The Mission, the Men, and Me

Pete Blaber

Tribe

Sebastian Junger

Code 4: Surviving and Thriving in Public Safety

Dr. Tanya Glenn

The Second Mountain

David Brooks

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson

On Combat

Dave Grossman

The Book of Andy

Andy Fredericks

The Book of Search

About Face

Colonel David Hackworth

Call Sign Chaos

Jim Mattis

Real Heat: Gender and Race in the Urban Fire Service

Carol Chetkovich

Report from Engine Co. 82

Dennis Smith

The Blackened Shield

Don Whitney

With the Old Breed

Eugene Sledge

Building Construction Illustrated

Francis D.K. Ching

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

It's Your Ship

D. Michael Abrashoff

Report from Engine Company 82

The Birth Guy's Go-To Guide for New Dads

Brian W. Salcido

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

Laurence Gonzales

Bud and Me: The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys

Building Construction for the Fire Service

Francis L. Brannigan

Challenges of Firefighter Marriage

Courage Under Fire

James Stockdale

Fire Science for Dummies Like Me

David Rhodes

Firefighting Operations in High-Rise and Standpipe-Equipped Buildings

David McGrail

Fortitude

Dan Crenshaw

Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project

Jack Mayer

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

On Combat

Dave Grossman

Papa's Coordinating Vent

Reach for the Sky

Paul Brickhill

Rogue Warrior of the SAS

Steel My Soldiers' Hearts

David Hackworth

The Art of Reading Buildings

John Mittendorf and Dave Dodson

The Coddling of the American Mind

The Old Man and the Boy

Robert Ruark

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

Sebastian Junger

Twelve Mighty Orphans

Jim Dent

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

20,000 Alarms

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

John Maxwell

Report from Engine Company 82

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

Meg Meeker

The Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

30 Fires You Must Know

Billy Goldfeather

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual

Jocko Willink

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

John C. Maxwell

The 5 Levels of Leadership

John C. Maxwell

The Bible

The Dichotomy of Leadership

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics

John Norman

Fire Stream Practices

David Fornell

Firefighting Principles and Practices

William Clark

The Love Dare

Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick

Command Presence

Frank Ricci

It's Your Ship

D. Michael Abrashoff

Setting the Standard

Frank Ricci, Dave McGlynn, Dave Polikoff

The Gift of Fear

Gavin de Becker

Atomic Habits

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Pride and Ownership

Rick Lasky

Random Thoughts

Tom Brennan

The Bible

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics

John Norman

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Step Up and Lead

Frank Viscuso

New York Fire Department Forcible Entry Manual

The Bible

Call Sign Chaos

Jim Mattis

Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday

Good to Great

Jim Collins

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

Norman's Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics

John Norman

Report from Engine Co. 82

Dennis Smith

The Dichotomy of Leadership

Jocko Willink

The Energy Bus

John Gordon

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot

James Stockdale

20,000 Alarms

Richard Hamilton

B-Shifter

Nick Brunacini

Mind of Fire

Sources of Power

Gary Klein

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

The Trident

Jason Redman

It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership

Colin Powell

Ordinary Greatness

Frank Leeb

Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

The Book of Andy

Andy Fredericks

Three-Ring Circus

Jeff Pearlman

Trust and Inspire

Stephen M. R. Covey

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins

Never Finished

David Goggins

Pride and Ownership

Rick Lasky

Report from Engine Company 82

Dennis Smith

The Functional Fire Company

The Nine L's

Corley Moore

Chief Tracy's high-rise operations book (FDNY Manhattan)

Chief Tracy

Dave McGrail's high-rise operations book

Dave McGrail

Fire Ground Tactics

Emanuel Fried

Firefighting Principles and Practices

Bill Clark

On the Construction of Fire-Engines and Apparatus, the Training of Firemen, and the Method of Proceeding in Cases of Fire

James Braidwood

An Insider's Guide to Mentoring the Fire Officer

Lee Shapiro

Legacy

James Kerr

One Bullet Away

Nathaniel Fick

On Being Certain

Battlespace

Vincent Dunn

Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics

John Norman

The Passion of Command: The Moral Imperative of Leadership

Tower Ladder Operations

Tribe

Working with Giants

35 Things Fire Officers Must Know

Frank Viscuso

Command Presence

Frank Ritchie

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Fireground Tactics

Hope Out of the Darkness

Dena Ali

30 Fires You Must Know

Frank Leib and Billy Goldfetter

Chasing the Scream

Johann Hari

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

Tribe

Sebastian Junger

Engine Company Operations

NFPA

Fire Officer's Handbook

John Norman

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Tower Ladder

Mike Ciampo

Light in the Darkness

Dina Alley

The Nine L's

Corley Moore

They Saved New York

Tower Ladders

Mike Champo

Why Buildings Fall Down

Mario Salvadori

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

Anything by John Wooden

John Wooden

Anything by Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek

Fire

Sebastian Junger

Freedom

Sebastian Junger

The Perfect Storm

Sebastian Junger

Tribe

Sebastian Junger

An Old Pre-1900s Fire Chief's Handbook

Going Pro

Tony Kern

Mind on Fire

The Book of Search

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)

William H. McRaven

Think Like a Monk

Jay Shetty

Dare to Lead

Brené Brown

Fighter Pilot

Robin Olds

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

The Mission, The Men, and Me

Pete Blaber

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Upstream

Dan Heath