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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