Updated January 2021
Here are some of my favorite books arranged by topic. Some of my notes for these books can be found on GoodReads.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson, Naval Ravikant View Notes
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness by Kishimi, Ichiro
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers
Your Music and People: creative and considerate fame by Derek Sivers
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy
The Millionaire Fastlane by M.J. DeMarco View Notes
The Greatest Salesman In The World by Mandino, Og
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream by James Altucher
Startup Playbook by Sam Altman
Dotcom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online with Sales Funnels by Russell Brunson
The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand out From The Crowd by Allan Dib
This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See by Seth Godin
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig (Contributor), Warren Buffett (Contributor)
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon View Notes
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull & Amy Wallace
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers
As a Man Thinketh by Allen, James
Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
The Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life by Tim Ferriss
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts by Ryan Holiday
Learn JavaScript VISUALLY with Interactive Exercises: The Beautiful New Way to Learn a Programming Language by Ivelin Demirov
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by Flanagan, David
Learning JavaScript: Add Sparkle and Life to Your Web Pages by Ethan Brown
Learning Php, MySQL & JavaScript: With Jquery, CSS & Html5 by Robin Nixon
Minimalist Website Strategy: Why Most Professional Firms Fail To Attract Ideal Clients With Their Website by Justin Page Wood
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by Eagleman, David
Journey to the Center (Asgard, #1) by Brian M. Stableford
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll