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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

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

The War of Art

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

Traction

Traction

Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares

The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

Finite and Infinite Games

Finite and Infinite Games

James Carse

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

Digital Minimalism

Digital Minimalism

Cal Newport

Seeking Wisdom

Seeking Wisdom

Peter Bevelin

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

The Sovereign Individual

The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

The Book of Five Rings

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

The Rise of Superman

The Rise of Superman

Steven Kotler

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell

The Power of Myth

The Power of Myth

Joseph Campbell

Mastery

Mastery

Robert Greene

Endurance

Endurance

Alfred Lansing

The Talent Code

The Talent Code

Daniel Coyle

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

The Elephant in the Brain

The Elephant in the Brain

Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson

10% Happier

10% Happier

Dan Harris

How to Lie with Statistics

How to Lie with Statistics

Darrell Huff

The Art of Learning

The Art of Learning

Josh Waitzkin

Let My People Go Surfing

Let My People Go Surfing

Yvon Chouinard

The Dip

The Dip

Seth Godin

Getting to Yes

Getting to Yes

Roger Fisher

The Inner Game of Tennis

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

The Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita

Eknath Easwaran

Lying

Lying

Sam Harris

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

Letters from a Stoic

Letters from a Stoic

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

The Way of the Superior Man

The Way of the Superior Man

David Deida

The Fish That Ate the Whale

The Fish That Ate the Whale

Rich Cohen

East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Shunryu Suzuki

The Willpower Instinct

The Willpower Instinct

Kelly Mcgonigal

The Magic of Thinking Big

The Magic of Thinking Big

David J. Schwartz

Waking Up

Waking Up

Sam Harris

decisive

decisive

Chip & Dan Heath

Awaken the Giant Within

Awaken the Giant Within

Tony Robbins

The Most Important Thing Illuminated

The Most Important Thing Illuminated

Howard Marks

Walden

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

The Goal

The Goal

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

Al Ries

As A Man Thinketh

As A Man Thinketh

James Allen

Managing Oneself

Managing Oneself

Peter Drucker

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

Caroll Tavris

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid

The Enchiridion

The Enchiridion

Epictetus

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

The Game

The Game

Neil Strauss

The Monk and the Riddle

The Monk and the Riddle

Randy Komisar

Fight Club

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

This Is Water

This Is Water

David Foster Wallace

The Sales Acceleration Formula

The Sales Acceleration Formula

Mark Roberge

Words That Work

Words That Work

Frank Luntz

Who

Who

Geoff Smart

Emergency

Emergency

Neil Strauss

Self Reliance

Self Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Bed of Procrustes

The Bed of Procrustes

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Seeing Like a State

Seeing Like a State

James C. Scott

The Defining Decade

The Defining Decade

Meg Jay

A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

Money Master the Game

Money Master the Game

Tony Robbins

Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

How to Take Smart Notes

How to Take Smart Notes

Sönke Ahrens

Peak

Peak

Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool

Modern Romance

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Daniel Dennett

The 50th Law

The 50th Law

Robert Greene

What Every BODY is Saying

What Every BODY is Saying

Joe Navarro

Vagabonding

Vagabonding

Rolf Potts

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In Praise of Idleness

In Praise of Idleness

Bertrand Russell

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Hello, My Name Is Awesome

Hello, My Name Is Awesome

Alexandra Watkins

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The Millionaire Fastlane

The Millionaire Fastlane

M.J. DeMarco

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Energy and Civilization

Energy and Civilization

Vaclav Smil

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Smartcuts

Smartcuts

Shane Snow

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The 4-Hour Chef

The 4-Hour Chef

Tim Ferriss

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Excellent Sheep

Excellent Sheep

William Deresiewicz

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Discourses

Discourses

Epictetus

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What Makes Sammy Run?

What Makes Sammy Run?

Budd Schulberg

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Built to Sell

Built to Sell

John Warrillow

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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide

James Fadiman

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Striking Thoughts

Striking Thoughts

Bruce Lee

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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

Scott Adams

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Different

Different

Youngme Moon

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Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

Gordon Livingston

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Maxims and Reflections

Maxims and Reflections

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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How to Think More About Sex

How to Think More About Sex

Alain de Botton

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The Myth of Sisyphus

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus

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Confessions of a Public Speaker

Confessions of a Public Speaker

Scott Berkun

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The Art of Worldly Wisdom

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Baltasar Gracián

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Design Your Work

Design Your Work

Tiago Forte

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The Art Science and Craft of Great Landscape Photography

The Art Science and Craft of Great Landscape Photography

Glenn Randall

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Why Don't We Learn From History

Why Don't We Learn From History

B.H. Liddell Hart

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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World

How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World

Harry Browne

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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

Andy Hunt

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The Photographer's Eye

The Photographer's Eye

Michael Freeman

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Models

Models

Mark Manson

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The CIO’s Guide to Breakthrough Portfolio Project Management

The CIO’s Guide to Breakthrough Portfolio Project Management

Michael Hannan et al.

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The Trusted Advisor

The Trusted Advisor

David H. Maister

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Training the Best Dog Ever

Training the Best Dog Ever

Larry Kay & Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz

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Extended Massive Orgasm

Extended Massive Orgasm

Steve Bodansky

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Hiroshima Diary

Hiroshima Diary

Michihiko Hachiya

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The Dialogues of Socrates

The Dialogues of Socrates

Socrates

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The Way of Zen

The Way of Zen

Alan Watts

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The War on Normal People

The War on Normal People

Andrew Yang

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Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus

Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus

Publilius Syrus

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Fluent Forever

Fluent Forever

Gabriel Weinberg

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The Truth

The Truth

Neil Strauss

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Obviously Awesome

Obviously Awesome

April Dunford

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The Blue Zones

The Blue Zones

Dan Buettner

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The Nicomachean Ethics

The Nicomachean Ethics

Artistotle

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The Boron Letters

The Boron Letters

Gary Halbert

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Accelerando

Accelerando

Charles Stross

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Extraordinary Everyday Photography

Extraordinary Everyday Photography

Brenda Tharp & Jed Manwaring

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The Art of Seduction

The Art of Seduction

Robert Greene

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Getting Results the Agile Way

Getting Results the Agile Way

J.D. Meier

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Work Clean

Work Clean

Dan Charnas

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