Multifamily Book Club: 2025 Roundup

Each week on the Multifamily Grit Podcast, our guests share a book that has influenced how they think, lead, or grow, both professionally and personally. One of our favorite segments, the Multifamily Book Club, highlights these meaningful recommendations. Below is a complete roundup of every book shared this year.

The 2025 Book Recommendations

• Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
  Recommended by Zachary Guerin, Vice President of Residential Property Management at Seldin Company

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
  Recommended by Alex Westad, President of Ad-West Realty Services
• The Fearless Organization by Amy Edmondson
  Julie Runyan, Compliance Director at Ad-West Realty Services
• Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza
  Carlyle Swafford, Chief Operating Officer at Apartment Dynamics
• The Blue Zones Kitchen One Pot Meals: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 by Dan Buettner
  Sydne Garchik, Founder of MRK Partners
• Purposeful Performance: The Secret Mix of Connecting, Leading, and Succeeding by Jonathan Stanley and Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen
  Kathleen Raffinello, Founder and President of Latitude Property Management and Real Estate Services
• Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
  Diane Yensen, Chief Operating Officer at Lexington Partners
• The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
  Cindy Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of the Chester Housing Authority
• Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss
  Jayson Yoss, President and Managing Broker of GoldenWest Management
• Great Leaders Make Sure Monday Morning Doesn’t Suck: How To Get, Keep & Grow Talent by Eric Harkins
  Stacy Ekholm, Vice President of Operations at Schafer Richardson
• Let Them Be: From Overwhelmed to Empowered, Find Peace and Strength by Focusing on What You Can Control by William G. Moroney
  Lindsay Duffy, Vice President of Operations at Asset Living
• The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick M. Lencioni and Atomic Habits by James Clear
  Alison Turner, Senior Vice President of Talent Acquisition at RangeWater Real Estate
• Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World by Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani
  Tiffany Tillotson, Director of Special Projects and Collaborations at New Hope Housing
• Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
  Gladys Stephenson, Senior Director of Compliance and Asset Management at Devon Management
• Eat That Frog - 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
  Alex LaFlam, National Account Executive at WithMe
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek
  Kevin Owens, President of Property Management at RKW Residential
• The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute
  Mitzi Hoag, Vice President of Compliance at Gateway Management Company
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
  Ryan Calhoun, Regional Director of Operations at Landmark Properties
• What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence by Stephen A. Schwarzman
  and Investing in Real Estate Private Equity by Sean Cook
  Marc Hershberg, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Topaz Capital Group
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
  Donald Davidoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Real Estate Business Analytics (REBA)
• Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
  Steve Boyack, Chief Operating Officer of JVM Realty
• Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
  and Atomic Habits by James Clear
  Patti Higgins, Director of Property Management at Park Town Living
• CEO Excellence by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra
  Ben Nollola, Vice President of Operations at Gables Residential
• Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second by Joseph Grenny
  Issa Mider- Martinez, Vice President of Operations at Mountain States Property Management
• Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life by Ira Byock MD
  Nate Thompson, Director of Screening at Morgan Properties
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
  and Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara and Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz
  Barry Slaymaker, Jr., President and CFO of ATC Development
• Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin and The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
  and Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
  Jason Miller, Business Consulting Director at Dean Dorton
• The Alchemist: A Modern Classic of Magic and Mysticism. A Great Christmas Gift by Paulo Coelho
  Latrice Leake, Learning & Development Specialist at Mission Rock Residential, LLC
• Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
  David Keinert, Executive Vice President of Operations at Aeon