Reading is a gift we give ourselves
From as early as I can remember, there was nothing more significant to me than an amazing book. Below is a curated collection of some of the most formative books I’ve read over the years.
Make Yourself
Self-development is the number one reason to start reading, and continues to be one of the categories of books I read most frequently. I am constantly enthralled by the new voices and viewpoints that visionary authors share about how we can take a little time each day to become a better version of ourselves.
The categories that I read most
Business & Entrepreneuriship
I like money, and the best way to build it is by starting, owning, and operating businesses, something they just don’t teach in school!
Philosophy & Theology
As a proud Aspie, I need to read to understand how people think, and I’ve found philosophy (particularly Objectivism) key, along with reading about the world’s religions.
History & World Affairs
The oft-said saying about being doomed to repeat history is not strictly true; however, history does tend to have recurrent patterns and reflections that can lead to great insight into the future.
My Bookshelf
| Title | Author | Category | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manifest: 7 steps to living your best life | Roxie Nafousie | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Confidence: THE ESSENTIAL NEW BOOK TO EMPOWER YOUR MINDSET | Roxie Nafousie | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance | Matthew Syed | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking | Malcolm Gladwell | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers | Geoffrey Moore | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything | Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application | 37signals, Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, Matthew Linderman | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Good to Great | Jim Collins | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Like A Virgin: Secrets They Won’t Teach You at Business School | Sir Richard Branson | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Our Iceberg Is Melting: The anniversary edition of the bestselling business fable | John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Outliers: The Story of Success | Malcolm Gladwell | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Remote: Office Not Required | David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| ReWork | David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons In Life | Sir Richard Branson | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action | Simon Sinek | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Talent is Overrated 2nd Edition: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else | Geoff Colvin | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| That’s Not How We Do It Here!: A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall – and Can Rise Again | John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People | Stephen R. Covey, Sean Covey | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Beermat Entrepreneur, The: Turn Your good idea into a great business | Mike Southon | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It | Michael E. Gerber | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| The Innovator’s Dilemma, with a New Foreword: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail | Clayton M. Christensen, Marc Benioff | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband | David Finch | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference | Malcolm Gladwell | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Think and Grow Rich: The Original Classic | Napoleon Hill (Author), Tom Butler-Bowdon (Introduction) | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Weird Ideas That Work | Robert Sutton | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon | Colin Bryar, Bill Carr | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| THE REPUBLIC: Complete Edition with Focus Notes, Concept Maps and Illustrations | Plato (Author), Umberto Caffaro (Illustrator, Contributor), Benjamin Jowett (Translator) | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| NICOMACHEAN ETHICS: Complete Edition with Focus Notes, Concept Maps and Illustrations | Aristotle (Author), Umberto Caffaro (Illustrator, Contributor), Drummond Percy Chase (Translator) | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| The Prince | Niccolò Machiavelli | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| The Art of War Sun Tzu – Complete Edition | Sun Tzu (Author), Timeless Lore (Editor), Nathan Cole (Translator), Joseph-Marie Amiot (Translator) | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| Meditations: Marcus Aurelius | Marcus Aurelius (Author), Diskin Clay (Introduction), Martin Hammond (Translator) | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| Beyond Good And Evil (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) | Friedrich Nietzsche | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fountainhead | Ayn Rand | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| The Virtue of Selfishness | Ayn Rand (Author), Nathaniel Branden (Contributor) | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years | Jared Diamond | History | Buy on Amazon |
| Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive | Jared Diamond | History | Buy on Amazon |
| China: A History | John Keay | History | Buy on Amazon |
| Fall of Civilizations: The Sunday Times Bestseller: Stories of Greatness and Decline | Paul Cooper | History | Buy on Amazon |
| Churchill: History in an Hour: A Concise WWII Biography of Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister | Andrew Mulholland | History | Buy on Amazon |
| The Enlightenment: An Enthralling Guide to a Period of Scientific, Political, and Philosophical Discourse in European History | Billy Wellman | History | Buy on Amazon |
| EARLY GREECE | Oswyn Murray | History | Buy on Amazon |
| Atomic Habits | James Clear | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About | Mel Robbins | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon | Joe Dispenza | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life: Living The Wisdom Of The Tao | Dr. Wayne W. Dyer | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way | Dr. Wayne W. Dyer | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |
| Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future | Blake Masters, Peter Thiel | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lean Startup: The Million Copy Bestseller Driving Entrepreneurs to Success | Eric Ries | Business | Buy on Amazon |
| Tao Te Ching | Lao Tzu (Author), Dwight Goddard (Translator) | Philosophy | Buy on Amazon |
| Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! | Robert T. Kiyosaki | Self-Development | Buy on Amazon |