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

  1. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
  3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck – Mark Manson
  4. Philosophy as a Way of Life – Pierre Hadot
  5. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? – Seth Godin
  6. The Art of Learning – Josh Waitzkin
  7. The True Believer – Eric Hoffer
  8. The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
  9. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
  10. Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl

 

Recommendations for Specific Applications

On Getting Healthy

  1. King – Elliott Hulse
  2. The 4-Hour Body – Tim Ferriss

 

On Learning how to Live and how to Die

  1. Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
  2. The Daily Stoic – Ryan Holiday
  3. Philosophy as a Way of Life – Pierre Hadot
  4. Letters from a Stoic – Seneca
  5. Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
  6. The Obstacle is the Way – Ryan Holiday
  7. Myths to Live By – Joseph Campbell

 

On Improving Relationships

  1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
  2. Models – Mark Manson
  3. The Truth – Neil Strauss
  4. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck – Mark Manson
  5. Sex at Dawn – Christopher Ryan

 

On Learning Skills

  1. The Art of Learning – Josh Waitzkin
  2. Mastery – Robert Greene
  3. The 4-Hour Chef – Tim Ferriss
  4. The Rise of Superman – Steven Kotler
  5. The Brain That Changes Itself – Norman Doidge
  6. The Dip – Seth Godin
  7. Deep Work – Cal Newport

 

On Getting your Money Handled

  1. The Millionaire Master Plan – Roger James Hamilton (and accompanying Wealth Dynamics profile test)
  2. Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
  3. Money: Master the Game – Tony Robbins
  4. The Education of Millionaires – Michael Ellsberg

 

On Changing the Way You See the World

  1. The True Believer – Eric Hoffer
  2. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  3. Philosophy as a Way of Life – Pierre Hadot
  4. A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
  5. Waking Up – Sam Harris
  6. Stealing Fire – Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheel

 

On Success and Business

  1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
  2. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? – Seth Godin
  3. Tools of Titans – Tim Ferriss
  4. Tribe of Mentors – Tim Ferriss
  5. The E-Myth Revisited – Michael Gerber
  6. The Dip – Seth Godin
  7. So Good they Can’t Ignore You – Cal Newport
  8. Tell to Win – Peter Guber
  9. Trump Style Negotiation – George Ross
  10. Start with Why – Simon Sinek

 

On Glimpsing the Future

  1. Bold – Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler
  2. The Inevitable – Kevin Kelly
  3. How to Create a Mind – Ray Kurzweil

 

Bed-time Reading: Fiction

  1. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia – Mohsin Hamid
  2. Dune – Frank Herbert
  3. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho