Top 100 non-fiction books

These are the top 100 most recommended non-fiction books from the world's most successful and interesting people.

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Influence

Influence

Robert B. Cialdini, PhD

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

The War of Art

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Richard P. Feynman

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Range

Range

David Epstein

The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

The Courage to Be Disliked

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

High Growth Handbook

High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil

Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

Measure What Matters

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

Only the Paranoid Survive

Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew Grove

Can't Hurt Me

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins

Blitzscaling

Blitzscaling

Reid Hoffman

Seeking Wisdom

Seeking Wisdom

Peter Bevelin

Digital Minimalism

Digital Minimalism

Cal Newport

How Not to Die

How Not to Die

Dr. Michael Greger

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

The E-Myth Revisited

The E-Myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

Finite and Infinite Games

Finite and Infinite Games

James Carse

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

Start with Why

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

The Obstacle Is the Way

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

Traction

Traction

Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares

Play Nice But Win

Play Nice But Win

Michael Dell

The Book of Five Rings

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

The Sovereign Individual

The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

Quiet

Quiet

Susan Cain

Titan

Titan

Ron Chernow

The Power of Now

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

The True Believer

The True Believer

Eric Hoffer

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now

Steven Pinker

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

Freakonomics

Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt

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