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

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

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

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

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

1984

1984

George Orwell

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Range

Range

David Epstein

The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

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

The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

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 Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

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

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

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

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

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

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

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

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

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

Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

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

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

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

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

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

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