Books

Recommended reading.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich

Duane Elgin

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

E. F. Schumacher

Stillness Is the Key
Stillness Is the Key

Ryan Holiday

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Ryan Holiday

The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient

William B. Irvine

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Steven Pressfield

Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Peace Is Every Breath: A Practice for Our Busy Lives
Peace Is Every Breath: A Practice for Our Busy Lives

Thich Nhat Hanh

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Thich Nhat Hanh

The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

Pema Chödrön

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Marie Kondo

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

Peter F. Drucker

The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance
The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance

Jim Whitehurst

Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

Nadia Eghbal

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Greg McKeown

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Chris Voss

Art of War
Art of War

Sun Tzu

The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power

Ryan Holiday

The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

Dan Charnas

On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter

Sherwin B. Nuland

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Sogyal Rinpoche

No Logo
No Logo

Naomi Klein

Silent Spring
Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

Natural Capitalism
Natural Capitalism

Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Paul Hawken

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

William McDonough, Michael Braungart

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design

Kat Holmes

Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life
Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life

Amy E. Herman

Good Services: How to Design Services that Work
Good Services: How to Design Services that Work

Louise Downe

This Is Service Design Doing: Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World
This Is Service Design Doing: Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World

Marc Stickdorn, Markus Edgar Hormess

This Is Service Design Methods: A Companion to This Is Service Design Doing
This Is Service Design Methods: A Companion to This Is Service Design Doing

Marc Stickdorn, Markus Edgar Hormess

Into the Wild
Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air
Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

T. Colin Campbell

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

Michael Greger MD and Gene Stone

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Why We Swim
Why We Swim

Bonnie Tsui

The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage
The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage

Kelly McGonigal

The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer

Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Dr. Elissa Epel

Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Black Like Me
Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

How to Be Black
How to Be Black

Baratunde Thurston

Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley and Attallah Shabazz Malcolm X

Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk
Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk

Palden Gyatso

My Land and My People: The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
My Land and My People: The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth
An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth

M. K. Gandhi

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

My Cross to Bear
My Cross to Bear

Gregg Allman

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance

Is That It?
Is That It?

Bob Geldof

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story

Dave Eggers

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Philip Gourevitch

Ishmael: A Novel
Ishmael: A Novel

Daniel Quinn

Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

The Alchemist
The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Siddartha
Siddartha

Hermann Hesse

God of Small Things
God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Color Purple
Color Purple

Alice Walker

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

What Is the What
What Is the What

Dave Eggers

The Circle
The Circle

Dave Eggers

Thank You for Smoking
Thank You for Smoking

Christopher Buckley

Little Green Men
Little Green Men

Christopher Buckley

Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch

Nick Hornby

High Fidelity
High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

Life of Pi
Life of Pi

Yann Martel

The Road
The Road

Cormac McCarthy

A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill

John Grisham