July 31, 2017

Past Reading Lists

I like to keep these reading lists to refer back to what I was reading and thinking about during the specific time. It helps me map out my journey. I rarely re-read books, but I do deep dive into authors that I resonate with and enjoy reading the back catalog of their writing.

2021

The Tree Body Problem | Cixin Liu
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon | Colin Bryar, Bill Carr
Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator | Ryan Holiday
Esoteric Psychology V. II | Alice A. Bailey
Krishnamurti Bulletin 95 | 2021
The Secret Book Of Dzyan | Zinovya Dushkova
Holding Wholeness | David Spangler
Heart | Agni Yoga
How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success From the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs | Guy Raz
Agni Yoga | Agni Yoga
Esoteric Psychology V. I | Alice A. Bailey
The Way and The Power: Secrets of Japanese Strategy | Fredrick Lovret, Joseph Simms
Almanack of Naval Ravikant | Eric Jorgenson
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness | Morgan Housel
Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life | Trevor G Blake
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma | Bessel van der Kolk
The Light of the Soul: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | Alice A. Bailey
A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload | Cal Newport
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life | Jorden Peterson
I Am That | Nisargadatta Maharaj
Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change | Beth Comstock, Tahl Raz
Seven Rays Made Visual | Helen S. Burmester
The 5 Personality Patterns | Steven Kessler
The Drama of The Gifted Child | Alice Miller
The Last Days of John Lennon | James Patterson
The Passion Paradox | Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg
The Practice: Ship Creative Work | Seth Godin‍
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness | Morgan Housel‍
The Secret Path | Paul Brunton
Who Not How | Dan Sullivan
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values | Robert M Pirsig

2020

Fiction:

All Quiet on the Western Front | Erich Maria Remarque
Kafka on the Shore | Haruki Murakami
Southpaw | Dennis Sweeney

Non Fiction:

Can’t Hurt Me | David Goggins
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Cal Newport
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | Greg McKeown
Foundations of Buddhism | Helena Roerich
Hell Yea or Hell No | Derek Sivers
How To Get Rich | Felix Dennis
Imagine It Forward | Beth Comstock
Nicholas & Helena Roerich: The Spiritual Journey of Two Great Artists and Peacemakers | Ruth A. Drayer
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World | Adam Grant
Profit First For Ecommerce Sellers | Cyndi Thomason
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind | T. Harv Eker
To Sell Is Human | Daniel H. Pink
Thinking In Bets | Annie Duke
The Artist’s Way Workbook | Julia Cameron
The Illusion of Money | Kyle Cease
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture | Scott Belsky
The Power of Moments | Chip & Dan Heath
Quest of The Overself | Paul Brunton
Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship | MJ DeMarco
Your Not Listening | Kate Murphy

2019

Non-Fiction

21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Yuval Noah Harari
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Own Life | Donald miller
As Man Thinketh | James Allen
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | Clear, James
Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality | Anthony De Mello and J. Francis Stroud
Building A StoryBrand | Donald Miller
Clockwork: Design Your Business To Run Itself | Mike Michalowicz
Digital Minimalism | Cal Newport
Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose For You and Your Team | Simon Sinek
Graphics & Packaging Production | Rob Thompson
How To Change Your Mind: What The New Science Of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness | Michale Pollan
Internal Time: Chronotypes | Till Roennegerg
Meaningful Work: a Quest to DoGreat Business, Find Your Calling and Feed Your Soul | Shawn Askinosie
Miracle Morning Millionaires | Hal Elrod, David Osborn
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It | VOSS/RAZ
On Writing Well | Willam Zinsser
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike | Phil Knight
This Is Marketing | Seth Godin
The Drama of The Gifted Child | Alice Miller
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! | MJ DeMarco
The Miracle morning” The not-so-obvious Secret Guaranteed To Transform Your Life: Hal Elrod
The Productivity Project | Chris Bailey
The Year of Magical Thinking | Joan Didion
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others | Daniel Pink

2018 Reading List

12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos| Jordan Peterson
Who | Geoff Smart
Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks | Dave Asprey
More Important Than Money, An Entrepreneurs team | Robert Kiyosaki
Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace and More | Joe Vitale
Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs | Karen Berman + Joe Knight
The Authentic Swing | Steven Pressfield
How To Thrive In A World of Too Much | Tony Crabbe
The Compound Effect | Darren Hardy
Principles | Ray Dario
Sapiens | Yuval Noah Harari
The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read | Daniel Solin
When Breath Becomes Air | Abraham Verghese
How To Fail At Almost Everything & Still Win Big | Scott Adams
Believe It To Achieve It | Brian Tracy
Open | Andre Agassi
Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals | Michael Hyatt
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | Greg McKeown
Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You | Cal Newport
The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster | Darren Hardy

2017 Reading List

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers | Tim Farriss
Deep Work | Cal Newport
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works | Dan Harris
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow | Yuval Noah Harari
Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential | Greg Crabtree &‎ Beverly Blair Harzog
Scientific Advertising | Claude C. Hopkins
Content That Converts | Laura Hanly
Traction | Gino Wickman
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck | Mark Manson
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results | Gary Keller & Jay Papasan
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage | Haruki Murakami
Anything You Want | Derek Sivers
Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert
Rework | Jason Fried
Mastery | Robert Green
Solitary | Gloria Romm
Profit First | Mike Michalowicz
Contagious | Jonah Berger