This list of 100 books to read in a lifetime will completely change the way you think, feel and live your life. They’re excellent resources on finding your true purpose, progressing on your spiritual journey and achieving your goals and dreams.
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
Andrew Carnegie
Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded): The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems
Chicken Soup for the Soul 20th Anniversary Edition: All Your Favorite Original Stories Plus 20 Bonus Stories for the Next 20 Years
Choose Yourself!
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Find a Way
First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Man’s Search for Meaning
Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Outliers: The Story of Success
Personal History
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
Siddhartha
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Steve Jobs
StrengthsFinder 2.0
Stumbling on Happiness
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!
The 48 Laws of Power
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The Alchemist
The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World (Art of Happiness Book)
The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books)
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life
The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
The Art Of War
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: “On Robustness and Fragility” (Incerto)
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Fourth Edition
The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials)
The Last Lecture
The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Prince (Dover Thrift Editions)
The Prophet (A Borzoi Book)
The Road Less Traveled, Timeless Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
The Road to Character
The Secret
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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