Reading List

Non-Fiction

  1. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
    Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

  2. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
    Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

  3. The 48 Laws of Power
    Robert Greene

  4. The Laws of Human Nature
    Robert Greene

  5. The 33 Strategies of War
    Robert Greene

  6. The Art of Seduction
    Robert Greene

  7. Mastery
    Robert Greene

  8. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage
    Ryan Holiday

  9. Ego Is the Enemy
    Ryan Holiday

  10. Stillness Is the Key
    Ryan Holiday

  11. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
    Ryan Holiday

  12. Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favours the Brave
    Ryan Holiday

  13. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
    Greg McKeown

  14. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change
    Charles Duhigg

  15. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
    Cal Newport

  16. The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
    Josh Waitzkin

  17. Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us about the Business of Life
    James Kerr

  18. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    James Clear

  19. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
    Bronnie Ware

  20. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
    Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer

  21. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
    Gurcharan Das

  22. The War of Art
    Steven Pressfield

  23. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
    James Nestor

  24. Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
    Tim Ferriss

  25. Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
    Tim Ferriss

  26. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
    Jordan B. Peterson

  27. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
    Jordan B. Peterson

  28. The Lessons of History
    Will & Ariel Durant

  29. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
    Brian Tracy

  30. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Yuval Noah Harari

  31. The Way of the SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed
    Mark Divine

  32. Rich Dad, Poor Dad
    Robert T. Kiyosaki

  33. Think and Grow Rich
    Napoleon Hill

  34. Winners
    Alastair Campbell

  35. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
    Mark Manson

  36. Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
    Mark Manson


Biography / Autobiography

  1. The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
    Rich Cohen

  2. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
    Ron Chernow

  3. Andrew Carnegie
    David Nasaw

  4. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
    Alfred Lansing

  5. Sam Walton: Made in America — My Story
    Sam Walton

  6. Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel
    Sam Zell

  7. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
    Danny Meyer

  8. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
    Brad Stone

  9. How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
    Brad Jacobs

  10. Man's Search for Meaning
    Viktor E. Frankl

  11. The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry
    Robert Tolf

  12. Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
    Joshua M. Greene

  13. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
    David Goggins

  14. Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
    David Goggins

  15. Napoleon: A Life
    Andrew Roberts

  16. Greenlights
    Matthew McConaughey

  17. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
    Arnold Schwarzenegger

  18. Undisputed Truth
    Mike Tyson

  19. Michael Jordan: The Life
    Roland Lazenby

  20. American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
    Ronald C. White

  21. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
    Jack Weatherford


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