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Categorized by Themes & Topics
- Leadership
- People Skills, Sales & Influence
- Military
- Business, Career & Personal Success
- Business
- Career/Organizational
- Personal
- Finance & Money
- Creativity & Arts
- Marketing
- Productivity & Life-Hacks
- Habits
- Health, Nutrition, Fitness
- Dating
- Relationships & Love
- Happiness
- Spirituality
- Mindset & Psychology
- Motivation / Inspiration
- Memoir & Biographies
- Personal Memoirs
- Funny Memoirs
- Political Memoirs & Biographies
- Business Memoirs & Biographies
- Historical
- Thought-Provoking
- Fiction, Sci-fi, Fantasy
Leadership:
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
- The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
- Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
- The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker
- Winning by Jack Welch
- Tribes by Seth Godin
- The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
- The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey
- The Virgin Way by Richard Branson
- Be a People Person by John C. Maxwell
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
- Twelve and a Half by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Powerful by Patty McCord
People Skills, Sales & Influence:
- The Like Switch by Jack Schafer
- Captivate by Vanessa Van Edwards
- Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Soulful Art of Persuasion by Jason Harris
- Unlimited Sales Success by Brian Tracy
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- How to Talk to Anyone by Neil Lowndes
- Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
- TED Talks by Chris Anderson
- Influence by Robert Cialdini
- Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini
- The Secrets of Power Negotiating by Roger Dawson
- Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff
- Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
- Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang
- The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey
- How To Prospect, Sell, and Build Your Network Marketing Business with Stories by Tom “Big Al” Schreiter
- Be a People Person by John C. Maxwell
- Go for No! by Richard Fenton & Andrea Waltz
- The Art of Negotiating the Best Deal by Seth Freeman
- Twelve and a Half by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
- You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
Military:
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- Make Your Bed by William McRaven
- Never Finished by David Goggins
Business, Career & Personal Success:
Business:
- Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
- The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
- Tribes by Seth Godin
- Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life by Donald J. Trump
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
- Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
- The Startup Checklist by David S. Rose
- The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
- The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
- 40 Rules for Internet Business Success by Matthew Paulson
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
- Alibaba’s World by Porter Erisman
- The Automatic Customer by John Warrillow
- The Everything Store by Brad Stone
- #AskGaryVee by Gary Vaynerchuk
- The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Start with Why by Simon Sinek
- Entreleadership by Dave Ramsey
Career & Organizational (career/success):
- The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker
- Winning by Jack Welch
- Linchpin by Seth Godin
- Creative Calling by Chase Jarvis
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Mindset by Carol Dweck
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Give and Take by Adam Grant
- The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
- Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
- Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
- The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey
- The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
- The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone
- Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker
- Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Crushing It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker
- The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
- Twelve and a Half by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Powerful by Patty McCord
Personal (general self-improvement):
- Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
- The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Mastery by Robert Greene
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
- The Art of Exceptional Living by Jim Rohn
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang
- Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins
- The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
- The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
- The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
- The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
- Relentless by Tim S. Grover
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- How to Stay Motivated by Zig Ziglar
- Motivational Legends by Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Dennis Waitley, Chris Widener
- The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John C. Maxwell
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
- Make Your Bed by William McRaven
- Give and Take by Adam Grant
- Ultralearning by Scott Young
- Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty
- Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- Beyond Religion by the Dalai Lama
- The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins
- Act Like You Got Some Sense by Jamie Foxx
- Ikigai by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
- Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
- Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown
Finance & Money:
- Unshakeable by Tony Robbins
- The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
- Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
- The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle
- Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
- The Unemployed Millionaire by Matt Morris
- The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Creativity & Arts:
- Creative Calling by Chase Jarvis
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- Linchpin by Seth Godin
- Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
- Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Ultralearning by Scott Young
- Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
- Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
- Mastering Stand-up by Stephen Rosenfield
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- Act Like You Got Some Sense by Jamie Foxx
Marketing:
- All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries & Jack Trout
- Contagious by Jonah Berger
- Positioning by Al Ries & Jack Trout
- YouTube Marketing by Jerry Kershen
- The Conversion Code by Chris Smith
- The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
- The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
- Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
Productivity & Life-Hacks:
- Make Time by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
- Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
- The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal
- Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins
- Giant Steps by Tony Robbins
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
- The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss
- Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
- The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
- Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
- The ONE Thing by Gary Keller
- Ultralearning by Scott Young
- Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown
Habits:
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Make Your Bed by William McRaven
- The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins
Health, Nutrition, Fitness:
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
- Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness
- The Warrior Diet by Ori Hofmekler
- The Obesity Code by Jason Fung, MD
- The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss
- Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink, PhD
- Trauma by Paul Conti, MD
- Ikigai by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
Dating:
- Models by Mark Manson
- The Dating Playbook For Men by Andrew Ferebee
- Mystery Method by Mystery
- The Game by Neil Strauss
- The Truth by Neil Strauss
- The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
- No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert Glover
- Atomic Attraction by Christopher Canwell
Relationships & Love:
- Let Love Have the Last Word by Common
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
- Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
- Where Should We Begin by Esther Perel
- Models by Mark Manson
- The Dating Playbook For Men by Andrew Ferebee
- The Truth by Neil Strauss
- Kick Ass with Mel Robbins
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- Give and Take by Adam Grant
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Boundaries by John Townsend & Henry Cloud
- Trauma by Paul Conti, MD
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- The Gift by Edith Eger
- Will by Will Smith
- No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert Glover
- The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins
- Act Like You Got Some Sense by Jamie Foxx
- Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
- You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
Happiness:
- Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat
- You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Everything Is F*cked by Mark Manson
- The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- 10% Happier by Dan Harris
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- The Tao of Seneca by Seneca
- Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Take Control of Your Life by Mel Robbins
- Kick Ass with Mel Robbins
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
- Laugh It Up! by Candace Payne
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang
- The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
- The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
- Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty
- Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
- Awareness by Anthony de Mello
- Trauma by Paul Conti, MD
- The Gift by Edith Eger
- Will by Will Smith
- Beyond Religion by the Dalai Lama
- Ikigai by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
- Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Spirituality:
- Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
- Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- Awareness by Anthony de Mello
- Boundaries by John Townsend & Henry Cloud
- Beyond Religion by the Dalai Lama
Mindset & Psychology:
- Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop
- Mindset by Carol Dweck
- Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Take Control of Your Life by Mel Robbins
- Kick Ass with Mel Robbins
- The Decision by Kevin Hart
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- The Tao of Seneca by Seneca
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
- Relentless by Tim S. Grover
- The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
- As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
- Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
- Trauma by Paul Conti, MD
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- The Gift by Edith Eger
- Will by Will Smith
- Never Finished by David Goggins
Motivation / Inspiration:
- The Power of Ambition by Jim Rohn
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- The Decision by Kevin Hart
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- The Secret to Success by Eric Thomas
- Relentless by Tim S. Grover
- How to Stay Motivated by Zig Ziglar
- Motivational Legends by Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Dennis Waitley, Chris Widener
- Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins
- Never Finished by David Goggins
Memoirs & Biographies:
Personal Memoirs:
- Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Memoirs and Misinformation by Jim Carrey
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- The Secret to Success by Eric Thomas
- So Much I Want to Tell You by Anna Akana
- Showboat by Roland Lazenby
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Open by Andre Agassi
- When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead by Jerry Weintraub
- Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
- The Gift by Edith Eger
- Will by Will Smith
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
- Never Finished by David Goggins
Funny Memoirs:
- Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
- The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
- I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart
- Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
- Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang
- Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
- Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
- Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
- Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
- Mixed Plate by Jo Koy
- Act Like You Got Some Sense by Jamie Foxx
Political Memoirs & Biographies:
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg
- This Is What America Looks Like by Ilhan Omar
- Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
- The Dictator’s Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- A Higher Loyalty by James Comey
- Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- Make Change by Shaun King
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
Business Memoirs & Biographies:
- Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
- Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life by Donald J. Trump
- The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
- Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
- Alibaba’s World by Porter Erisman
- The Everything Store by Brad Stone
- The Virgin Way by Richard Branson
Historical:
- The Dictator’s Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- Stamped From The Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
- Tribe by Sebastian Junger
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Thought-provoking:
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Stamped From The Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- Freakonomics by Steven D Levitt
- The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo
- Everything Is F*cked by Mark Manson
- Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
- Tribe by Sebastian Junger
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- The Dictator’s Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Make Change by Shaun King
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
- Trauma by Paul Conti, MD
- Ikigai by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
- Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
- Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
- Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Fiction, Sci-fi, Fantasy:
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
- Eleanor Elephant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Thug Notes by Sparky Sweets PhD
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
- For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
- All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor
- Heaven’s River by Dennis E. Taylor
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Artemis by Andy Weir
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- Lock In by John Scalzi
- Recursion by Blake Crouch
- Head On by John Scalzi
- Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer
- Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Armada by Ernest Cline
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