Books
Here are some good books to read when you're bored:
Biographies¶
- The 50th Law by 50 Cent and Robert Greene
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
- Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
- Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
- Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
- The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
Business & Money¶
- The 48th Laws of Power by Robert Greene
- Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
- Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
- A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
- The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
- End This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman
- Business Adventures by John Brooks
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- Eat that Frog! Brian Tracy
- The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane
- The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- 7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness by Jim Rohn
- Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. Barnum
Communication & Social Skills¶
- Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson
- How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes
- The Art of Storytelling by Great Courses
- The Like Switch by Marvin Karlins and Jack Schafer
Health¶
- How Not to Die by Michael Greger, Gene Stone
History¶
- The Lessons of History by Will, Ariel Durant
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Literature & Fiction¶
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Meditation¶
- Practicing Mindfulness by the Great Courses
Motivational¶
- The Obstacle in the Way by Ryan Holiday
- The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
- The fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz
- Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
Parenting¶
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Philosophy¶
- The Art of Living by Epictetus
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
- The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
- A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Politics & Social Sciences¶
- Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson
- Mastery by Robert Greene
- How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
- Art of Being by Erich Fromm
Psychology¶
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
- Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
- The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal
- Without Conscience by Robert D. Hare
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Relationship¶
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Science & Math¶
- What if? by Randall Munroe
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Sociology¶
- The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- Abundance by Steven Kotler and Peter H. Diamandis
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Spirituality¶
- Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle