With books we can truly stand on the shoulders of giants and glimpse in a matter of hours what has been learned over a lifetime of mastery.
These are my recommendations as of March 2018.
Overall Top 10 Book Recommendations
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck – Mark Manson
- Philosophy as a Way of Life – Pierre Hadot
- Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? – Seth Godin
- The Art of Learning – Josh Waitzkin
- The True Believer – Eric Hoffer
- The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
- Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
Recommendations for Specific Applications
On Getting Healthy
- King – Elliott Hulse
- The 4-Hour Body – Tim Ferriss
On Learning how to Live and how to Die
- Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
- The Daily Stoic – Ryan Holiday
- Philosophy as a Way of Life – Pierre Hadot
- Letters from a Stoic – Seneca
- Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
- The Obstacle is the Way – Ryan Holiday
- Myths to Live By – Joseph Campbell
On Improving Relationships
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
- Models – Mark Manson
- The Truth – Neil Strauss
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck – Mark Manson
- Sex at Dawn – Christopher Ryan
On Learning Skills
- The Art of Learning – Josh Waitzkin
- Mastery – Robert Greene
- The 4-Hour Chef – Tim Ferriss
- The Rise of Superman – Steven Kotler
- The Brain That Changes Itself – Norman Doidge
- The Dip – Seth Godin
- Deep Work – Cal Newport
On Getting your Money Handled
- The Millionaire Master Plan – Roger James Hamilton (and accompanying Wealth Dynamics profile test)
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
- Money: Master the Game – Tony Robbins
- The Education of Millionaires – Michael Ellsberg
On Changing the Way You See the World
- The True Believer – Eric Hoffer
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Philosophy as a Way of Life – Pierre Hadot
- A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
- Waking Up – Sam Harris
- Stealing Fire – Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheel
On Success and Business
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
- Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? – Seth Godin
- Tools of Titans – Tim Ferriss
- Tribe of Mentors – Tim Ferriss
- The E-Myth Revisited – Michael Gerber
- The Dip – Seth Godin
- So Good they Can’t Ignore You – Cal Newport
- Tell to Win – Peter Guber
- Trump Style Negotiation – George Ross
- Start with Why – Simon Sinek
On Glimpsing the Future
- Bold – Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler
- The Inevitable – Kevin Kelly
- How to Create a Mind – Ray Kurzweil
Bed-time Reading: Fiction
- How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia – Mohsin Hamid
- Dune – Frank Herbert
- The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho