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 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

Influence

Influence

Robert B. Cialdini, PhD

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

The War of Art

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

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

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

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

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

Richard P. Feynman

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

Range

Range

David Epstein

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

The Courage to Be Disliked

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

High Growth Handbook

High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil

Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

Traction

Traction

Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares

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 Almanack of Naval Ravikant

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

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

Finite and Infinite Games

Finite and Infinite Games

James Carse

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

The E-Myth Revisited

The E-Myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber

How Not to Die

How Not to Die

Dr. Michael Greger

Digital Minimalism

Digital Minimalism

Cal Newport

Seeking Wisdom

Seeking Wisdom

Peter Bevelin

Blitzscaling

Blitzscaling

Reid Hoffman

Can't Hurt Me

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

Measure What Matters

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

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

Freakonomics

Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt

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

Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now

Steven Pinker

Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

The True Believer

The True Believer

Eric Hoffer

The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

The Power of Now

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

Titan

Titan

Ron Chernow

Quiet

Quiet

Susan Cain

Only the Paranoid Survive

Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew Grove

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