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Reading Log & Document
Here is the document where I’ll keep track of all the books I’ve read!
A comprehensive archive of every book that has informed my thinking, philosophy, discipline, engineering mindset, and worldview.
Life-Changing Non-Fiction & Self-Help
Mindset, Personal Growth & Philosophy
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness — Eric Jorgenson
- Atomic Habits — James Clear
- Deep Work — Cal Newport
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment — Eckhart Tolle
- Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman
- The Odyssey — Homer
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen Covey
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance — Angela Duckworth
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom — Don Miguel Ruiz
- Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life — Francesc Miralles & Héctor García
- Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
- The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World — Haemin Sunim
- The Courage to Be Disliked — Fumitake Koga & Ichiro Kishimi
- Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day — Jay Shetty
- Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl
- The Secret — Rhonda Byrne
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson
- Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds — David Goggins
- The Art of Being Alone: Loneliness Was My Cage, Solitude Is My Home — Renuka Gavrani
Productivity, Focus & Discipline
- Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time — Brian Tracy
- The Compound Effect — Darren Hardy
- Dopamine Detox: A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things — Thibaut Meurisse
- Powerful Focus: A 7-Day Plan to Develop Mental Clarity and Build Strong Focus — Thibaut Meurisse
Communication, Influence & Human Psychology
- How to Win Friends and Influence People — Dale Carnegie
- How to Talk to Anyone — Leil Lowndes
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion — Robert Cialdini
- The Art of Thinking Clearly — Rolf Dobelli
- The 48 Laws of Power — Robert Greene
- The Art of Seduction — Robert Greene
Wealth, Money & Success
- The Richest Man in Babylon — George S. Clason
- Rich Dad Poor Dad — Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon Lechter
- The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel
- Think and Grow Rich — Napoleon Hill
- Principles — Ray Dalio
Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Building
- Rework — David Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action — Simon Sinek
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future — Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
Biographies, Stories & Lessons from Great Builders
- Steve Jobs — Walter Isaacson
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike — Phil Knight
- The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success — Eric Jorgenson
Science, History & Big Ideas
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Yuval Noah Harari
- A Brief History of Time — Stephen Hawking
World Classics
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) — George Orwell
- To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee
- The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Moby-Dick — Herman Melville
- Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Anna Karenina — Leo Tolstoy
- Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
- The Odyssey — Homer
- The Iliad — Homer
- Hamlet — William Shakespeare
- Macbeth — William Shakespeare
- Les Misérables — Victor Hugo
- The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas & Auguste Maquet
- The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
- The Lord of the Rings — J. R. R. Tolkien
World Literature & Modern Fiction
- The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini
- The Stranger — Albert Camus
- Life of Pi — Yann Martel
- The Old Man and the Sea — Ernest Hemingway
- The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
- Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
- The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka