Bookshelf
I discovered my love for books and ideas somewhat late in life (early 20s). Like Winston Churchill, I have spent the last 10 years trying to remedy my ignorance.
Below is a list of some books I have read. I flagged in green the books I wish I had read earlier. This is my benchmark for ultimate greatness. I used light blue for the ones that changed my patterns of behaviour/thinking.
- Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It
- Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
- Siddhartha
- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
- Breathe: A Life in Flow
- The Library at Mount Char: A Novel
- The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
- Poker: The Real Deal
- Conversations with Rene Girard: Prophet of Envy
- The Warren Buffett Way
- A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science, Even If You Flunked Algebra
- Principles: Life and Work
- Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve
- The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing
- Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
- Meditations: A New Translation
- Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders
- 1984
- Crime and Punishment
- Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding
- Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential
- The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
- Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology
- Gap Selling: Getting the Customer to Yes: How Problem-Centric Selling Increases Sales by Changing Everything You Know About Relationships, Overcoming Objections, Closing and Price
- Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
- Papillon: The Greatest True Story of Escape and Adventure Ever Written!
- Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
- The Screwtape Letters
- Liubiana
- Outliers: The Story of Success
- One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market
- The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment
- Man's Search for Meaning
- Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
- Brave New World
- Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
- Slaughterhouse-Five
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
- The Road to Wigan Pier
- Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
- The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
- Grit
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- The Game
- The Denial of Death
- The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk
- The Arabs: A History
- How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
- Asterix (I have not read titles 8-38)
- Poker: Bets, Bluff, and Bad Beats
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We do in Life and Business
- What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
- The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
- Ever Wonder Why?: And Other Controversial Essays
- Open: An Autobiography
- Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United
- Animal Farm
- So Good They Can't Ignore You
- How to Be Rich
- Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses
- Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
If you have recommendations, drop me a note!
Also, these are reading lists that I used for inspiration: