Hand selected books to help explore Financial Independence, Early Retirement, growing a business, and enjoying life
These are the best books that I have personally read. Given the wealth of books available to us this day in age, no one can possibly read enough to be able to make a definitive list and I’ll never be able to read everything I want to read.
Here is my best shot at organizing the books that I have read, changed my life, influenced my thoughts and have helped to put me in the position that I am today.
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Without further adieu, here are my recommended books:
Best Books on Investing and Wealth Creation
- The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, by John Bogle
- The Millionaire Next Door, by William D. Danko
- The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need, by Andrew Tobias
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Best Books on Business and Entrepreneurship
- The Four Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferris
- The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
- Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
- Who: The A Method for Hiring, by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
- The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
- Anything You Want, by Derek Sivers
- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
- The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
- Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall
- Good to Great Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, by Jim Collins
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
- Managing Oneself, by Peter F. Drucker
- Steve Jobs The Exclusive Biography, by Walter Isaacson
- The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, by Walter Isaacson
- World is Flat (A Brief History of the Twenty- first Century) by Thomas L. Friedman
Best Books on Real Estate
- The Book on Rental Property Investing, by Brandon Turner
- Crushing it in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate, by Brian Murray
Best Books on Happiness and Enjoying Life
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
- The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
- The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
- Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony De Mello
- Rediscovering Life: Awaken to Reality by Anthony De Mello
- Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
- Getting to Yes with Yourself: (and Other Worthy Opponents) by William Ury
- Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan
- Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Books on Artificial Intelligence
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
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My reading list now often comes from The Tim Ferriss Podcast. His interviews and book recommendations by guests, have given me a wealth of new knowledge to explore over the course of the past few years. I highly urge you to give his podcast a listen.