The famous speaker Charlie “Tremendous” Jones had a great tagline, “We will be the same person in 5 years that we are today except for 2 things: the people we meet and the books we read”. I have made an extra effort to increase the number of books I am reading (paper-based, electronically and audio formats).
Here is a list of many books I have read/listened to in the past 15 years (albeit continually evolving) which represents some of the best reading I have come across categorized by area. Enjoy!
Financial
- Think and Grow Rich – Napolean Hill
- The Richest Man In Babylon – George S. Clason
- Crash of the Titans – Greg Farrell
- The Millionaire Next Door – Thomas J. Stanley
- The Millionaire Mind – Thomas J. Stanley
- Networking With Millionaires – Thomas J. Stanley
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Thou Shall Prosper – Rabbi Daniel Lapin
- Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money
- The Lazy Mans’ Way To Riches – Joe Karbo
- Unshakeable – Tony Robbins
Observational/Study
- Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
- Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
- The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
- What the Dog Saw – Malcolm Gladwell
- David And Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell
- Art of War – Sun Tzu
- Bounce – Matthew Syed
- The Dip – Seth Godin
- Purple Cow – Seth Godin
- Tribes – Seth Godin
- Poke the Box – Seth Godin
- The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin
- The Gap and the Gain – Dan Sullivan, Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Self-Development / Motivational
- Crush It! – Gary Vaynerchuk
- Better Than Good – Zig Ziglar
- Becoming A Person Of Influence – John C. Maxwell
- Start Where You Are – Chris Gardner
- The Magic Of Thinking Big – David J. Schwartz
- No Excuses – Brian Tracy
- The TenX Rule – Grant Cardone
- Living an Exceptional Life – Jim Rohn
- The Strangest Secret – Earl Nightingale
- The Power Of Habit – Charles Duhigg
- Essentialism – Greg McKeown
- Halftime – Bob Buford
- Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
- Be Obsessed or Be Average – Grant Cardone
- High Performance Habits – Brendon Burchard
- Your Best Year Ever – Michael Hyatt
- Choose Yourself – James Altucher
- Mindset – Carol Dweck
- From Paycheck to Purpose – Ken Coleman
- Skip the Line – James Altucher
Career / Business
- Entreleadership – Dave Ramsey
- The e-Myth Revisited – Michael Gerber
- Linchpin – Seth Godin
- The Speed of Trust – Stephen M. R. Covey
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind – T. Harv Eker
- Managing In the Next Society – Peter F. Drucker
- Who Moved My Cheese – Spencer Johnson
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
- The 4-hour Workweek – Timothy Ferriss
- 48 Days to The Work You Love – Dan Miller
- No More Dreaded Mondays – Dan Miller
- Wisdom Meets Passion – Dan Miller
- Quitter – Jon Acuff
- QBQ: The Question Behind The Question – John Miller
- Good To Great – Jim Collins
- Platform – Michael Hyatt
- Lean In – Sheryl Sandberg
- Start – Jon Acuff
- Leading Digital – George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, Andrew McAfee
- Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter – Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future – Peter Thiel
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It – Chris Voss
- Side Hustle – Chris Guillebeau
- Life After Google – George Gilder
- The Effective Executive – Peter Drucker
Spiritual
- It’s Your Time – Joel Osteen
- Your Best Life Now – Joel Osteen
- Wishes Fulfilled – Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
- The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? – Rick Warren
- Love Does – Bob Goff
- The Stranger in the Lifeboat – Mitch Albom
Family / Personal / Relationships / Health
- Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters – Meg Meeker
- Wild At Heart – John Eldridge
- Boundaries – Dr. Henry Cloud
- Wheat Belly – William David
- Thrive – Arianna Huffington
- Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood – Lisa D’Amour
- The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
Other Books I Have Read
- The Everything Store – Brad Stone
- Awaken the Giant Within – Tony Robbins
- Becoming a Person Of Influence – John C. Maxwell
- Drive – Daniel Pink
- Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG – Ronald Shelp
- Financial Independence – Jim Rohn
- Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success – Brian Tracy
- The Go-Getter – Peter B. Kyne
- The Greatest Salesman in the World – Og Mandino
- How the Mighty Fall – Jim Collins
- How to Use a Journal – Jim Rohn
- Integrity – Henry Cloud
- Jarhead – Anthony Swofford
- Managing in the Next Society – Peter Drucker
- Motivation: The Key To Accomplishments – Zig Ziglar
- No Excuses – Brian Tracy
- The One Minute Entrepreneur – Ken Blanchard
- Outstanding! – John Miller
- Rich Dad’s Before You Quit Your Job – Robert Kiyosaki
- Rich Dad’s Guide To Investing – Robert Kiyosaki
- Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich – Robert Kiyosaki
- Rich Dad’s Success Stories – Robert Kiyosaki
- Rich Like Them – Ryan D’Agostino
- The Science of Getting Rich – Wallace Wattles
- The Speed of Trust – Stephen M. R. Covey
- The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire – Deepak Chopra
- Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World – Zig Ziglar
- Stop Acting Rich – Thomas J. Stanley
- Success Equations/Personal Development – Jim Rohn
- The Travelers Gift – Andy Andrews
- An Uncluttered Mind – Eknath Easwaran
- What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend – Laura Vanderkam
- A Whole New Mind – Daniel Pink
- The Zombie Survival Guide – Max Brooks
- The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People – Stephen R. Covey
- 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think – Laura Vanderkam
- The Automatic Millionaire – David Bach
- Getting Things Done – David Allen
- Law Of Happiness – Henry Cloud
- Start with Why – Simon Sinek
- The Science of Success – Charles G. Koch
- EDGY Conversations: How Ordinary People Can Achieve Outrageous Success – Daniel Waldschmidt
- Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age, It’s a Financial Number – Chris Hogan
- Become an Idea Machine: Because Ideas Are the Currency of the 21st Century – Claudia Azula Altucher
- You Are A Badass – Jen Sincero
- The Prosperous Coach – Rich Litvin, Steve Chandler
- Million Dollar Consulting – Alan Weiss
- The Big Leap – Gay Hendricks
- How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci – Michael Gelb