Book Recommendations
Last Updated: Nov 2021
I picked up my book reading habit only in the last 3-4 years. I am still catching-up for all the lost years during which I read almost no books.
I list down below some of my favourite books. I have also compiled a list of books that didn't make it into my favourite book's category but I like and would highly recommend.
My favourite books
- Black Box Thinking — by Matthew Syed
- Boron Letters — by Gary Halbert
- Influence — by Robert B. Cialdini
- Refactoring UI — by Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger
- Richer, Wiser, Happier — by William Green
- Shoe Dog — by Phil Knight
- The Body — by Bill Bryson
- The Psychology of Money — by Morgan Housel
- The Sketchbook of Wisdom — by Vishal Khandelwal
- The Difficulty of Being Good — by Gurcharan Das
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant — by Eric Jorgenson
- Traction — by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
- When Breath Becomes Air — by Paul Kalanithi
Other books that I like
- Bad Blood — by John Carreyrou
- Deep Work — by Cal Newport
- Don't Make Me Think — by Steve Krug
- Factfulness — by Hans Rosling
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big — by Scott Adams
- Never Split the Difference — by Chris Voss & Tahl Raz
- Of Long Term Value And Wealth Creation — by Bharat Shah
- Sprint — by Jake Knapp
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! — by Richard P. Feynman
- Tuesdays with Mori — by Mitch Albom
- The Go-Giver — by Bob Burg & John David Mann
- The Man Who Solved the Market — by Gregory Zuckerman
- The Pmarca Blog Archives — by Marc Andreessen
- The Ride of a Lifetime — by Robert Iger
- The Checklist Manifesto — by Atul Gawande
- The Everything Store — by Brad Stone
- What it Takes — by Stephen Schwarzman
- Zero to One — by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters
If you are looking for more book recommendations, head over to goodbooks.io
If you have any book recommendations of your own, I would love to hear them.
Book reading philosophy
My book-reading philosophy continues to evolve, but here is what I believe
The most important thing is to read books that you enjoy. If you don't, you'll always procrastinate reading. I have come to accept that close to half of the books that I will buy will go unread.
Books are an investment. I don't worry about the cost of a book when buying one. You shouldn't too. A good book can materially change your life.