“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest,” – BF
This reading list is composed of what I’ve found to be the most inspirational, worthwhile, and actionable, from all that I’ve read these last few years (which you can view here).
On living well, growing, and achieving:
Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck – Mark Manson
The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
The Compound Effect – Darren Hardy
Mastery – Robert Greene
The 4-Hour Work Week – Tim Ferriss
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
The Millionaire Next Door – Thomas Stanley and William Danko
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – BF
Show Your Work – Austin Kleon
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students – Robert Kiyosaki
Fake – Robert Kiyosaki
Zero to One – Peter Thiel
The Inevitable – Kevin Kelly
How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie
How to Talk to Anyone – Leil Lowndes
On Writing – Stephen King
On Writing Well – William Zinsser
The Art of Non-Conformity – Chris Guillebeau
Thus Spoke Zarathustra – Friedrich Nietzsche
Civilization and Its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Great Fiction that’s shaped some of my strongest opinions upon things, in philosophy, investing, and in matters of human nature:
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand
The Giver – Lois Lowry
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm – George Orwell
1984 – George Orwell
Hunger Games Trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay) – Suzanne Collins