A list of Great Books. Books that have been and continue to be influential teachers in my life. I am one of those people that always buys a book when I am learning something new or taking on a new project. My wife knows me well and more than once has said when she notices I am behaving peculiarly, “what book are you reading now?!” A great book inspires me to renew myself in some way. A great book takes me to a new world that I don’t want to leave when the book is over. That is why I include works of fiction in my list.
I would love to read your comments and book recommendations below. Here is my continuously growing list of great books by category (click on the image for a link to the book):
Latest Additions to the List:
Still Writing, Dani Shapiro (Creativity)
The Permanent List:
Philosophy
The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday
Creativity
The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert
Innovation
Zero to One – Peter Thiel
Health and Fitness
Why we get fat – Gary Taubes
Younger Next Year – Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge
Personal Effectiveness
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven R. Covey
Personal Financial Management
Total Money Makeover – Dave Ramsey
Investing
Buffetology, Mary Buffet
The 4 hour work week, Tim Ferris
Vagabonding, Rolf Potts (see my blog post about this book here)
(link http://www.jordibaizan.com/writings/how_to_quit_your_job_and_become_a_vagabond…../ )\
Fiction – Realist
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
Fiction – Self Discovery/h4>
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
Fiction – Christian
The Shack– William P. Young
Non-Fiction – Biography
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris
Geopolitics
The next 100 years, George Friedman
Fiction – Mystery
The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Fiction – Kunstlerrroman (Artist’s Novel)
My Name is Asher Lev – Chaim Potok
Fiction – Crime
Cuckoo’s Calling, Robert Galbraith
Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
Spiritual Development
The Bible (I read The Daily Readings of the Mass found at this link: usccb.org)