My favorite books
Books that changed how I think.
I would recommend anyone to read them. When I think of them, I remember their feeling. They all changed how I think one way or another.
Biographies
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
Adventures of a Curious Character
1985
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
2002
American Prometheus
The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2005
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
2005
Einstein
His Life and Universe
2007
The Aviators
Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
2013
The Wright Brothers
2015
William Tecumseh Sherman
In the Service of My Country: A Life
2016
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
2016
Leonardo da Vinci
2017
Non-fiction
The Art of War
c. 500 BC
Meditations
c. 180 AD
Man’s Search for Meaning
1946
Endurance
Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
1959
The Guns of August
1962
The Codebreakers
The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
1967
Vehicles
Experiments in Synthetic Psychology
1984
Chaos
Making a New Science
1987
The Web of Life
A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
1996
The 48 Laws of Power
1998
Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
2001
Moneyball
2003
The Fabric of the Cosmos
Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
2004
Starting Strength
Basic Barbell Training
2005
The Singularity Is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
2005
Outliers
The Story of Success
2008
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
2011
The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
2012
Mastery
2012
Antifragile
Things That Gain from Disorder
2012
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
2014
The Obstacle Is the Way
The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
2014
The Future of the Mind
The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
2014
Never Split the Difference
Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
2016
Ego Is the Enemy
2016
Algorithms to Live By
The Computer Science of Human Decisions
2016
Radical Candor
Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
2017
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
2019
The God Equation
The Quest for a Theory of Everything
2021
A Brief History of Intelligence
Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
2023
The Singularity Is Nearer
When We Merge with AI
2024
Nexus
A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
2024
Fiction
Gilgamesh
A New English Version
c. 2100 BC
Dracula
1897
Paths of Glory
1935
I, Robot
1950
The Old Man and the Sea
1952
My Side of the Mountain
1959
Starship Troopers
1959
Catch-22
1961
Slaughterhouse-Five
1969
The Forever War
1974
Ender’s Game
1985
The Player of Games
1988
Jurassic Park
1990
Fight Club
1996
Ender’s Shadow
1999
Old Man’s War
2005