Quite often when I have conversations with people, I find myself recommending books for even the slightest things. So I figured I will just have a long list of all the books I think are worth reading in no particular order. Those I strongly think are worth the time are listed in bold.
- Self Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Arrow of God, by Chinua Achebe
- The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout and Thrive with the New Science of Success, by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magnes.
- Deep Work, by Cal Newport
- So Good they Can’t Ignore You, by Cal Newport
- How to Win at College, by Cal Newport
- The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity, by Toby Ord
- Knowing God, by J.I. Packer
- Desiring God, by John Piper
- A Hunger for God, by John Piper
- The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren
- A Child’s History of the World, by V.M. Hillyer
- The White Man of God, by Kenjo Jumbam
- Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
- The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
- Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
- Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
- Year of No Rain, Alice Mead
- Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi
- Ready, Fire, Aim, by Micheal Masterson
- Street Smarts, by Norm Brodsky & Bo Burlingham
- Two Scoops of Django 3. X: Best Practices for the Django Web Framework, by Daniel Feldroy
- The Mentee’s Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You, by Lois. J. Zachary
- Beginning Angular with Typescript, Greg Lim
- Why I am Not a Christian, by Bertrand Russell
- A Mathematician’s Apology, by G.H. Hardy
- Rework, by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
- How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life, by Alan Lakein
- Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, by Cal Newport
- The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy
- Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon, by John Little
- Brief Answers to the Big Questions, by Stephen Hawking
- Permission Marketing, by Seth Godin
- The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
- BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World, by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
- Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think, by Peter Diamandis & Steven Kotler.
- The Intellectual Life: Its Spirits, Conditions, Methods, by A. G. Sertillanges
- Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
- Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare
- The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
- Richard III, by William Shakespeare
- King Lear, by William Shakespeare
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell
- Weep Not Child, by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
- The African Child, by Camara Laye
- Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About it, by Gary Taubes
- The 7 Habits of Effective People, by Steven Covey
- Myths of Innovation, by Scott Berkun
- The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki
- Why A Students Work for C Students and B Students Work for the Government, by Robert Kiyosaki.
- A Guide to the Good Life, by William Braxton Irvine
- Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius
- The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
- Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime, by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
- Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold, by Geoff Benge and Janet Benge
- The Enchiridion, by Epictetus
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert B. Cialdini
- Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris
- A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle, by Julian T. Jackson
- Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
- Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, by Ben Horowitz
- A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson
- The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason
- Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, by Keith Ferrazzi
- Business Model Generation, by Alexander Osterwalder
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance
- Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable, by Seth Godin
- Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
- The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What you Love, and Create a New Future, by Chris Guillebeau
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing
- Julius Ceaser, by William Shakespeare
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
- Crucial Conversations, by Ketty Patterson et al
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, by Mark Manson
- Only The Paranoid Survive, by Andy S. Grove
- The Prince, Nicollo Machiavelli
- The One Thing: The Surprising Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, by Gary W. Keller & Jay Papasan.
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr, by Ron Chernow
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Zero to One, by Blake Masters and Peter Thiel
- Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson
- Surely You are Joking, Mr Feynman, by Richard Feynman
- Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follet
- Glamorous Powers, by Susan Howatch
- The Obstacle Is The Way, by Ryan Holiday
- Ego Is The Enemy, by Ryan Holiday
- Silence Is the Key, by Ryan Holiday
- Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality, by Scott Belsky
- Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, by Steven Johnson.
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, by Steven Levy
- The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technology, by Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee
- The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
- The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World, by Jonathan Powell
- Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition - A Biography of Boris Johnson, by Sonia Purnell
- Discipline is Destiny, by Ryan Holiday.
- Skin in the Game, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Antifragile, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Same as Ever, by Morgan Housel
- Thinking in Bets, by Annie Duke
- American Prometheus, by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin
- Mastery, by George Leonard
- The Score Takes Care of Itself, by Bill Walsh
- The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin
- The Age of AI, by Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher
- High Output Management, by Andy S. Grove