Art
- Kleon, Austin: Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad*
- Kleon, Austin: Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered*
- Kleon, Austin: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative*
Christianity
- Lewis, C.S.: Mere Christianity
Classics
- Machiavelli, Niccolò: The Prince*
- Dostoyevsky. Fyodor: The Brothers Karamazov*
- Unknown: Gilgamesh*
Fiction
Satire
- Palahniuk, Chuck: Fight Club
Dystopia
- McCarthy, Cormac: The Road*
History
- Beard, Mary: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
- Davies, Norman: Europe: A History*
- Harari, Yuval Noah: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Leadership
- Godin, Seth: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
- Willink, Jocko: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Mythology
- Campbell, Joseph: The Hero with a Thousand Faces*
Philosophy
- Harris, Annaka: Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
- Holiday, Ryan: Ego Is the Enemy*
- Holiday, Ryan: The Obstacle is the Way*
- Holiday, Ryan: Stillness Is the Key*
- Musashi, Miyamoto: The Book of Five Rings*
- Sandel, Michael J.: The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?
- Tsunetomo, Yamamoto: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Politics
- Alinsky, Saul D.: Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Psychology
- Cialdini, Robert: Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
- DeSteno, David: Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion and Pride
- Duhigg, Charles: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
- Frankl, Viktor E.: Man’s Search for Meaning*
- Gladwell, Malcolm: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
- Gladwell, Malcolm: Outliers: The Story of Success
- Junger, Sebastian: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
- Peterson, Jordan B.: Maps of Meaning
- Peterson, Jordan B.: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Running
- Maffetone, Philip: The Maffetone Method: The Holistic, Low-Stress, No-Pain Wathe Maffetone Method: The Holistic, Low-Stress, No-Pain Way to Exceptional Fitness y to Exceptional Fitness
- Murakami, Haruki: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Science
- Flores, Dan: Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
- Metzl, Jamie: Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
Self-help
- Carnegie, Dale: How to Win Friends & Influence People*
Writing
- Palahniuk, Chuck: Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different*
- Pressfield, Steven: The War of Art*
*Essential Reading
