--- title: Introducing the InsNerds Bookshelf - InsNerds.com description: “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” — Harry S. Truman Carly and Tony are both big readers and we are big believers that reading is one of the most effective ways to grow as a professional and a human being. Reading is the best way to learn from other's experiences and --- [Insurance Nerds - Insuring Tomorrow ](https://insnerds.com/insights) # [Introducing the InsNerds Bookshelf - InsNerds.com](https://insnerds.com/insights/introducing-insnerds-bookshelf) Written by [Antonio Canas](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/antonio-canas) | Oct 20, 2016 4:00:00 AM # Introducing the InsNerds Bookshelf by Antonio Canas # “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” — Harry S. Truman Carly and Tony are both big readers and we are big believers that reading is one of the most effective ways to grow as a professional and a human being. Reading is the best way to learn from other’s experiences and arm yourself to become a leader early in your career. Whenever we chat with people about their insurance careers and where they want to go we’re happy to recommend some books to them, but until now we hadn’t had a way to do that at a bigger level. That’s why today we’re very excited to announce the InsNerds Bookshelf, a hand chosen collection of our favorite books, that from today on is easily accessible from the top menu as a permanent feature at InsNerds. We plan to continue updating and growing over time as new awesome books come out. [Click here to check out the new InsNerds Bookshelf](https://insnerds.com/bookshelf/). ### About Antonio Canas Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. Tony is a co-founder of InsNerds.com and a passionate speaker. - - - ##### [ Antonio Canas](https://insnerds.com/author/tony-canas/) + posts Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. 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