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

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

Influence

Influence

Robert B. Cialdini, PhD

Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

The War of Art

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

Range

Range

David Epstein

The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

The Courage to Be Disliked

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi

Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

The Obstacle Is the Way

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

Start with Why

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Ego Is the Enemy

Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday

Digital Minimalism

Digital Minimalism

Cal Newport

Seeking Wisdom

Seeking Wisdom

Peter Bevelin

High Growth Handbook

High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil

Blitzscaling

Blitzscaling

Reid Hoffman

Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

Lifespan

Lifespan

David Sinclair

The ONE Thing

The ONE Thing

Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

How Not to Die

How Not to Die

Dr. Michael Greger

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

Quiet

Quiet

Susan Cain

Can't Hurt Me

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins

Only the Paranoid Survive

Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew Grove

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

Measure What Matters

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

The Sovereign Individual

The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

Sex at Dawn

Sex at Dawn

Christopher Ryan

The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done

David Allen

The Outsiders

The Outsiders

William N. Thorndike

The Singularity Is Near

The Singularity Is Near

Ray Kurzweil

Becoming Steve Jobs

Becoming Steve Jobs

Brent Schlender

The Rise of Superman

The Rise of Superman

Steven Kotler

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

Superforecasting

Superforecasting

Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner

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