Top 100 books of all time

These are the top 100 most recommended 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

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

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

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

The War of Art

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

1984

1984

George Orwell

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Measure What Matters

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

The Obstacle Is the Way

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

Start with Why

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

How Not to Die

How Not to Die

Dr. Michael Greger

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Becoming Steve Jobs

Becoming Steve Jobs

Brent Schlender

Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

The Singularity Is Near

The Singularity Is Near

Ray Kurzweil

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Rise of Superman

The Rise of Superman

Steven Kotler

The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ego Is the Enemy

Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday

Quiet

Quiet

Susan Cain

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

The Talent Code

The Talent Code

Daniel Coyle

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

Range

Range

David Epstein

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

Open

Open

Andre Agassi

A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

William B. Irvine

The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

Finite and Infinite Games

Finite and Infinite Games

James Carse

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