Best advice I’ve got in my life: “Read the classics.” You really cannot navigate and understand this world without them. (Unless you’re painfully intuitive and sensitive to our toxic environment; but even then, read, for a pain shared is a pain partially relieved).
I have attached a list of great books with their respective hyperlinks where you can find them. Also, there are many great used-books stores everywhere.
ead what I read:
Philosophy
- Poem of Parmenides (free online version).
- Metaphysics by Aristotle.
- Nicomachean Ethis by Aristotle.
- Dialogues by Plato.
- Plato’s Republic.
- Confessions of Saint Augustine.
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
- Epictetus’ Discourses and Selected Writings.
- Cicero: Selected Works.
- The Prince by Niccolo Machiaveli.
- Two Treatises of Government by John Locke.
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke.
- Leviathan by Hobbes.
- Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings (including The Social Contract).
- Emile: or On Education by J.J. Rousseau.
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra by F. Nietzsche.
- The Will to Power by F. Nietzsche.
- Beyond Good and Evil by F. Nietzsche.
- The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner by Nietzsche.
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo by Nietzsche.
- The Gay Science by Nietzsche.
- The Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ by Nietzsche.
- Either/Or: A Fragment of Life by Soren Kierkegaard.
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume.
- On Liberty and Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill.
Classics
- The Epic of Gilgamesh.
- History of the Peloponnesian Wars by Thucydides.
- The Illiad by Homer.
- The Odyssey by Homer.
- Hesiod’s Theogony & Works and Days (free pdf).
- The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
- Aesop’s Fables.
- The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian.
- The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
- The Devils (The Possessed) by F. Dostoyevsky.
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
- Voltaire Collection: Micromegas, Candide, and Zadig.
- The Count of Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas.
- The Three Musketeers by A. Dumas.
Miscelaneous
- A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbart (free pdf).
- Sapiens by Yuval Harari.
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Harari.
- 1984 by Orwell.
- The Constitution of the United States (free online).
- Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs.
- Astrology, Karma & Transformation by S. Arroyo.
- Astrology for Beginners by William Hewitt (free online).
- The Authobiography of Geronimo.
- The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- Reveries of The Solitary Walker by J.J. Rousseau.
Fitness & Wellness
- Body by Science by Dr. Doug McGuff, MD and John Little.
- The Body by Science, Question and Answer Book by Dr. Doug McGuff, MD and John Little.
- Deep Nutrition (Why your Genes Need Traditional Food) by Catherine (MD) and Luke Shanahan.
- Joint-Friendly Fitness by Bill DeSimone.
- Breath by James Nestor.
- The Concise Book of Muscles by Chris Jarmey.
Sacred Texts
- THE HOLY BIBLE (free online version).
- The Gathas: The Hymns of Zarathushtra (free pdf version).
- Bhagavad-gita (“As It Is” pdf version).
- The Upanishads.
- Manusmriti or The Laws of Manu (free online version).
- The Dharmasutras.
- The Arthasastra of Kautilya.
- Chanakya Neeti of Kautilya.
- The Kamasutra.
- Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana.
- The Yogasutras of Patanjali.
- The Samkhya-Karika of Ishvara Krishna (free pdf).
- The Samkhya Philosophy translated by Nandalal Sinha (containing Samkhya-pravachanasutram, Tatvasamasa, Samkhya-karika, Panchasikhasutram).
Psychology
- Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.
- The Ego and The Id by S. Freud.
- Beyond the Pleasure Principle by S. Freud.
- Civilization and its Discontents by S. Freud.
- Totem and Taboo by S. Freud.
- Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego by Freud.
- The Future of an Illusion by Freud.
- The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Freud.
- The Ego and Its Mechanisms of Defence by Anna Freud.
- Moses and Monotheism by Freud.
- The Undiscovered Self: With Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams by Carl Jung.
- Modern Man In Search of a Soul by Jung.
- Synchronicity by Jung.
- Memories, Dreams, Reflections of Carl Jung.
- Dreams by Carl Jung.
- Four Archetypes by Jung.
- The Red Book by Carl Jung.
- The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga by Carl Jung.
- The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.
- Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.
- Man’s Seacrh for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
- The Will to Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
- The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm.
- Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm.
- Man for Himself by Eric Fromm.
- The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Eric Fromm.
- Psychoanalysis and Religion by Eric Fromm.
- The Sane Society by Eric Fromm.
- The Heart of Man by Eric Fromm.
- Marx’s concept of Man by Eric Fromm.
- The Revolution of Hope by Eric Fromm.
- To Have or To Be? by Eric Fromm
- Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B. F. Skinner.
- The Art of Trauma Relief by Kayleen Wright.
Finance & Investing
- Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver by Mike Maloney.
- Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed or Fail by Ray Dalio.
- Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio.
- The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstorm.
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel.
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.
- The Bitcoin Whitepaper of Satoshi Nakamoto.
Personal Growth & Sales
- The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino.
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
- The Richest Man in Babylon by G. Clason.
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
- The Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar.
- The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump.
- The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz.
- The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy.
- The Art of Closing the Sale by Brian Tracy.
These are the books that have shaped my understanding of the world, of life. The list above is not exhaustive, for I may have forgotten one or two books that escaped my memory. Also, it does not take into account all the other resources of my formative years as a student of Engineering, as an ex-Financial Advisor or the countless hours of web search on topics of history, biographies, commentaries, etc.
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