books recommended by Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The Tim Ferriss Show podcast has now exceeded 400 million downloads.

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The Tim Ferriss Show podcast has now exceeded 400 million downloads.

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books recommended by Tim Ferriss

Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

The Obstacle Is the Way

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

Open

Open

Andre Agassi

A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

William B. Irvine

Delivering Happiness

Delivering Happiness

Tony Hsieh

Mastery

Mastery

George Leonard

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

The Book of Five Rings

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

10% Happier

10% Happier

Dan Harris

Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Getting to Yes

Getting to Yes

Roger Fisher

Tribe

Tribe

Sebastian Junger

Letters from a Stoic

Letters from a Stoic

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

Grit

Grit

Angela Duckworth

On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

The E-Myth Revisited

The E-Myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

Lying

Lying

Sam Harris

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

Al Ries

The Origin of Species

The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

The Magic of Thinking Big

The Magic of Thinking Big

David J. Schwartz

Blue Ocean Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy

W. Chan Kim

The Gift of Fear

The Gift of Fear

Gavin De Becker

Levels of the Game

Levels of the Game

John McPhee

Wild

Wild

Cheryl Strayed

Abundance

Abundance

Peter Diamandis

Stories of Your Life and Others

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

Words That Work

Words That Work

Frank Luntz

As A Man Thinketh

As A Man Thinketh

James Allen

Awareness

Awareness

Anthony de Mello

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid

Radical Acceptance

Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

The Artist's Way

The Artist's Way

Julia Cameron

Bad Science

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

Draft No. 4

Draft No. 4

John McPhee

The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

Richard Koch

The Healing Journey

The Healing Journey

Claudio Naranjo

Don't Shoot the Dog!

Don't Shoot the Dog!

Karen Pryor

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Dale Carnegie

Poor Richard's Almanack

Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin

Unlimited Power

Unlimited Power

Anthony Robbins

About Face

About Face

David H. Hackworth

Bad Pharma

Bad Pharma

Ben Goldacre

Emergency

Emergency

Neil Strauss

Play It Away

Play It Away

Charlie Hoehn

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

We Learn Nothing

We Learn Nothing

Tim Kreider

Musicophilia

Musicophilia

Oliver Sacks

COAN The Man, The Myth, The Method

COAN The Man, The Myth, The Method

Marty Gallagher

Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

The Loom of Language

The Loom of Language

Frederick Bodmer

The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story

Michael Ende

Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis

Age of Propaganda

Age of Propaganda

Anthony R. Pratkanis

Au Contraire!

Au Contraire!

Gilles Asselin

Becoming a Category of One

Becoming a Category of One

Joe Calloway

A Geek in Japan

A Geek in Japan

Hector Garcia Puigcerver

In Praise of Shadows

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Neuromancer

Neuromancer

William Gibson

On Grief and Grieving

On Grief and Grieving

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler

Recession Proof Graduate

Recession Proof Graduate

Charlie Hoehn

Secrets of Power Negotiating

Secrets of Power Negotiating

Roger Dawson

Vagabonding

Vagabonding

Rolf Potts

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

Joel Greenblatt

Adventures in the Screen Trade

Adventures in the Screen Trade

William Goldman

13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese

13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese

Giles Murray

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

Biography of the Dollar

Biography of the Dollar

Craig Karmin

Body by Science

Body by Science

John Little & Doug McGuff

Core Archery

Core Archery

Larry Wise

Eleven Minutes

Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho

Fishes of the World

Fishes of the World

Joseph S. Nelson

Getting Past No

Getting Past No

William Ury

Gratitude

Gratitude

Oliver Sacks

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

Neil Gaiman

Happy Money

Happy Money

Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton

Healing Back Pain

Healing Back Pain

John E. Sarno

How to Make Millions with Your Ideas

How to Make Millions with Your Ideas

Dan S. Kennedy

In Other Words

In Other Words

Ellen Bialystok

Japanese Chess

Japanese Chess

Trevor Leggett

Japanese Verbs & Essentials of Grammar

Japanese Verbs & Essentials of Grammar

Rita Lampkin

Joy on Demand

Joy on Demand

Chade-Meng Tan

Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking

Edward de Bono

Less Is More

Less Is More

Goldian Vandenbroeck

Mental Toughness Training for Sports

Mental Toughness Training for Sports

James E. Loehr

More Money Than God

More Money Than God

Sebastian Mallaby

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

One Simple Idea

One Simple Idea

Stephen Key

Plants of the Gods

Plants of the Gods

Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann & Christian Rätsch

Simple & Direct

Simple & Direct

Jacques Barzun

Six Thinking Hats

Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono

Spark

Spark

John J. Ratey

The Art of Asking

The Art of Asking

Amanda Palmer

The Art of Nonfiction

The Art of Nonfiction

Ayn Rand

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Milan Kundera

The Medium is the Massage

The Medium is the Massage

Marshall McLuhan

The Mind of a Mnemonist

The Mind of a Mnemonist

Aleksandr R. Luria

The Nautilus Bulletins

The Nautilus Bulletins

Alan Stuart Radley

The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read

The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read

Daniel R. Solin

A Lycanthropy Reader

A Lycanthropy Reader

Charlotte F. Otten

Across the Universe

Across the Universe

Beth Revis

Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America

Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America

National Geographic

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The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

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Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans

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The 4-Hour Body

The 4-Hour Body

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Tribe of Mentors

Tribe of Mentors

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The 4-Hour Chef

The 4-Hour Chef

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