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Business
- $100M OffersAlex Hormozi
- Good to GreatJim Collins
- ReworkJason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
- Start with WhySimon Sinek
- The $100 StartupChris Guillebeau
- The E-Myth RevisitedMichael E. Gerber
- The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
- The Lean StartupEric Ries
- The Mom TestRob Fitzpatrick
- The Personal MBAJosh Kaufman
- The Right ItAlberto Savoia
- Zero to OnePeter Thiel with Blake Masters
Career
- Designing Your LifeBill Burnett and Dave Evans
- Lean InSheryl Sandberg
- Never Eat AloneKeith Ferrazzi with Tahl Raz
- RangeDavid Epstein
- So Good They Can't Ignore YouCal Newport
- The Defining DecadeMeg Jay
- The First 90 DaysMichael D. Watkins
- The Good Enough JobSimone Stolzoff
- What Color Is Your ParachuteRichard N. Bolles
- Working IdentityHerminia Ibarra
Communication
- Crucial ConversationsKerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler
- Difficult ConversationsDouglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
- How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
- Nonviolent CommunicationMarshall Rosenberg
- SupercommunicatorsCharles Duhigg
- Talk Like TEDCarmine Gallo
- TED TalksChris Anderson
- Thanks for the FeedbackDouglas Stone and Sheila Heen
- Think Faster, Talk SmarterMatt Abrahams
- You're Not ListeningKate Murphy
Finance
- A Random Walk Down Wall StreetBurton G. Malkiel
- Against the GodsPeter L. Bernstein
- AntifragileNassim Nicholas Taleb
- Bad BloodJohn Carreyrou
- Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough and John Helyar
- Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyThomas Piketty
- Common Stocks and Uncommon ProfitsPhilip Fisher
- Corporate FinanceStephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield and Jeffrey Jaffe
- Den of ThievesJames B. Stewart
- Devil Take the HindmostEdward Chancellor
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsCharles Mackay
- Financial IntelligenceKaren Berman and Joe Knight
- Financial ModelingSimon Benninga
- Financial ShenanigansHoward Schilit
- Financial Statement AnalysisMartin Fridson and Fernando Alvarez
- Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb
- Investment ValuationAswath Damodaran
- Liar's PokerMichael Lewis
- Lords of FinanceLiaquat Ahamed
- Manias, Panics, and CrashesCharles Kindleberger
- Margin of SafetySeth Klarman
- Mastering the Market CycleHoward Marks
- MisbehavingRichard Thaler
- Narrative and NumbersAswath Damodaran
- One Up On Wall StreetPeter Lynch
- Poor Charlie's AlmanackCharlie Munger, edited by Peter Kaufman
- Principles for Dealing with the Changing World OrderRay Dalio
- Principles of Corporate FinanceRichard Brealey, Stewart Myers and Franklin Allen
- Principles: Life and WorkRay Dalio
- Quality of EarningsThornton O'Glove
- Red CapitalismCarl Walter and Fraser Howie
- Security AnalysisBenjamin Graham and David Dodd
- The Alchemy of FinanceGeorge Soros
- The Ascent of MoneyNiall Ferguson
- The Big ShortMichael Lewis
- The Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb
- The End of AccountingBaruch Lev and Feng Gu
- The Essays of Warren BuffettWarren Buffett, edited by Lawrence Cunningham
- The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham
- The Interpretation of Financial StatementsBenjamin Graham
- The Little Book of ValuationAswath Damodaran
- The Little Book That Still Beats the MarketJoel Greenblatt
- The Most Important ThingHoward Marks
- The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel
- The Smartest Guys in the RoomBethany McLean and Peter Elkind
- The Warren Buffett Accounting BookStig Brodersen and Preston Pysh
- Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman
- Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of CompaniesTim Koller, Marc Goedhart and David Wessels
- When Genius FailedRoger Lowenstein
- Why Moats MatterHeather Brilliant and Elizabeth Collins
Habits
- Atomic HabitsJames Clear
- Better Than BeforeGretchen Rubin
- Good Habits, Bad HabitsWendy Wood
- High Performance HabitsBrendon Burchard
- Mini HabitsStephen Guise
- The 5 AM ClubRobin Sharma
- The Compound EffectDarren Hardy
- The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg
- Tiny HabitsBJ Fogg
- WillpowerRoy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
History
- 1776David McCullough
- A People's History of the United StatesHoward Zinn
- Guns, Germs, and SteelJared Diamond
- Salt: A World HistoryMark Kurlansky
- SapiensYuval Noah Harari
- SPQRMary Beard
- The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichWilliam L. Shirer
- The Silk RoadsPeter Frankopan
- The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson
- The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough
Leadership
- Dare to LeadBrené Brown
- Extreme OwnershipJocko Willink and Leif Babin
- Leaders Eat LastSimon Sinek
- MultipliersLiz Wiseman
- Radical CandorKim Scott
- The 5 Levels of LeadershipJohn C. Maxwell
- The Culture CodeDaniel Coyle
- The Fearless OrganizationAmy Edmondson
- The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni
- The Making of a ManagerJulie Zhuo
Marketing
- Building a StoryBrandDonald Miller
- ContagiousJonah Berger
- HookedNir Eyal
- Made to StickChip Heath and Dan Heath
- Obviously AwesomeApril Dunford
- One Hundred Million Dollar LeadsAlex Hormozi
- PositioningAl Ries and Jack Trout
- Pre-SuasionRobert Cialdini
- Purple CowSeth Godin
- This Is MarketingSeth Godin
- TractionGabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
Mindfulness
- 10: HappierDan Harris
- IkigaiHéctor García and Francesc Miralles
- Stillness Is the KeyRyan Holiday
- The Book of JoyDalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams
- The Happiness AdvantageShawn Achor
- The Happiness ProjectGretchen Rubin
- The Headspace GuideAndy Puddicombe
- The Power of NowEckhart Tolle
- The Wisdom of InsecurityAlan Watts
- Wherever You Go, There You AreJon Kabat-Zinn
Philosophy
- A Guide to the Good LifeWilliam B. Irvine
- Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday
- How to Live a Good LifeMassimo Pigliucci, Skye C. Cleary and Daniel A. Kaufman, editors
- Letters from a StoicSeneca
- Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. Frankl
- MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
- The Daily StoicRyan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
- The EnchiridionEpictetus, compiled by Arrian
- The Good LifeRobert Waldinger and Marc Schulz
- The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday
Psychology
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingMalcolm Gladwell
- DeterminedRobert Sapolsky
- FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert Cialdini
- Predictably IrrationalDan Ariely
- QuietSusan Cain
- Stumbling on HappinessDaniel Gilbert
- Talking to StrangersMalcolm Gladwell
- The Paradox of ChoiceBarry Schwartz
Relationship
- All About Love: New Visionsbell hooks
- AttachedAmir Levine and Rachel Heller
- Come as You AreEmily Nagoski
- Hold Me TightSue Johnson
- Men Are from MarsJohn Gray
- ModelsMark Manson
- Set Boundaries, Find PeaceNedra Glover Tawwab
- The 5 Love LanguagesGary Chapman
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage WorkJohn Gottman with Nan Silver
- The State of Affairs: Rethinking InfidelityEsther Perel
Science
- A Brief History of TimeStephen Hawking
- A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson
- Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil deGrasse Tyson
- BehaveRobert Sapolsky
- CosmosCarl Sagan
- The Elegant UniverseBrian Greene
- The Emperor of All MaladiesSiddhartha Mukherjee
- The GeneSiddhartha Mukherjee
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksRebecca Skloot
- The Selfish GeneRichard Dawkins
Self-Improvement
- 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You ThinkBrianna Wiest
- 12 Rules for LifeJordan B. Peterson
- Beyond OrderJordan B. Peterson
- Everything Is F'ckedMark Manson
- MindsetCarol S. Dweck
- The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen R. Covey
- The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F'ckMark Manson
- Think and Grow RichNapoleon Hill
Technology
- AI 2041Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan
- Digital MinimalismCal Newport
- Homo DeusYuval Noah Harari
- Life 3.0Max Tegmark
- SuperintelligenceNick Bostrom
- The Age of AIHenry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Daniel Huttenlocher
- The InnovatorsWalter Isaacson
- The Second Machine AgeErik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
- The ShallowsNicholas Carr
- Weapons of Math DestructionCathy O'Neil