When it comes to reading, my rule is life is too short to finish a boring book. My strategy is to read as many books as I can but finish a few of them. Not every single book you initially found interesting is worth finishing. Don’t let the sunk costs guilt you into wasting your time on a crappy book; otherwise, you will never truly enjoy reading and discovering those great books that change your life. Books that I found worth finishing are usually worth reading repeatedly because they stand the test of time. Below are some of them.
Personal Development
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There
Sales & Marketing
The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd
$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No
$100M Leads: How To Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff
Lunch: How to Sell Almost Anything Online, Build a Business You Love
Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat
Building A Story Brand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
Money & Investing
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
The Intelligent Investor
Principles: Life and Work
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
Leadership & Management
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of Command
Design & Creativity
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
Emotion By Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
Spirituality & Philosophy
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
Man’s Search for Meaning
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
The Complete Conversations with God
Autobiographies
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
A Promised Land
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Elon Musk
Sports & Biological Science
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle
The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your Limits
Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men
Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To
History & Science
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
A Brief History of Time
The Lessons of History
Lessons For Life 