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Self-CommandCan I make myself act?

The Now HabitNeil Fiore
Solving the Procrastination PuzzleTimothy Pychyl
The War of ArtSteven Pressfield
Do Hard ThingsSteve Magness
Atomic HabitsJames Clear
Tiny HabitsBJ Fogg
The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg
Dopamine NationAnna Lembke
Deep WorkCal Newport
Digital MinimalismCal Newport
IndistractableNir Eyal
Stolen FocusJohann Hari
Peak PerformanceStulberg & Magness
RestAlex Soojung-Kim Pang
The Willpower InstinctKelly McGonigal
Four Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman
EssentialismGreg McKeown
Getting Things DoneDavid Allen
Make TimeKnapp & Zeratsky
The 12 Week YearBrian Moran

Mind & Emotional ArchitectureCan I live inside my own head?

MindsetCarol Dweck
Self-CompassionKristin Neff
How to Be an ImperfectionistStephen Guise
The Gifts of ImperfectionBrené Brown
ChatterEthan Kross
The Happiness TrapRuss Harris
Rewire Your Anxious BrainPittman & Karle
Feeling GoodDavid Burns
Atlas of the HeartBrené Brown
Permission to FeelMarc Brackett
Emotional IntelligenceDaniel Goleman
Owning Your Own ShadowRobert A. Johnson
Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneLori Gottlieb
No Bad PartsRichard Schwartz
The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk
Daring GreatlyBrené Brown
The Mind IlluminatedCuladasa (John Yates)
Mindfulness in Plain EnglishBhante Gunaratana
Why Buddhism Is TrueRobert Wright
Waking UpSam Harris
10% HappierDan Harris

Body & EnergyIs the vehicle working?

Why We SleepMatthew Walker
The Circadian CodeSatchin Panda
Bigger Leaner StrongerMichael Matthews
Built to MoveKelly & Juliet Starrett
Starting StrengthMark Rippetoe
EndureAlex Hutchinson
OutlivePeter Attia
The Hungry BrainStephan Guyenet
The Complete Guide to FastingJason Fung
BreathJames Nestor
The Oxygen AdvantagePatrick McKeown
BurnoutEmily & Amelia Nagoski
Light on PranayamaB.K.S. Iyengar
Light on YogaB.K.S. Iyengar
The Heart of YogaT.K.V. Desikachar
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Thinking, Learning & DecisionsCan I get genuinely good at things?

UltralearningScott Young
Make It StickBrown, Roediger & McDaniel
PeakAnders Ericsson
A Mind for NumbersBarbara Oakley
Thinking in SystemsDonella Meadows
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman
The Great Mental Models, Vol. 1Shane Parrish
Poor Charlie's AlmanackCharlie Munger
Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke
How to DecideAnnie Duke
DecisiveChip & Dan Heath
SuperforecastingPhilip Tetlock
How to Take Smart NotesSönke Ahrens
On Writing WellWilliam Zinsser
Building a Second BrainTiago Forte
How to Read a BookAdler & Van Doren
RangeDavid Epstein
The Art of LearningJosh Waitzkin
CuriousIan Leslie

Character, Integrity & IdentityWho am I when it costs me something?

The Road to CharacterDavid Brooks
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle
The Second MountainDavid Brooks
After VirtueAlasdair MacIntyre
LyingSam Harris
The Speed of TrustStephen M.R. Covey
IntegrityStephen L. Carter
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen Covey
Immunity to ChangeKegan & Lahey
TransitionsWilliam Bridges
The Courage to Be DislikedKishimi & Koga
The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday
AntifragileNassim Taleb
Give and TakeAdam Grant
The Art of PossibilityZander & Zander

Relationships, Family & CommunicationWho do I live among?

Nonviolent CommunicationMarshall Rosenberg
Crucial ConversationsPatterson, Grenny, McMillan & Switzler
Difficult ConversationsStone, Patton & Heen
SupercommunicatorsCharles Duhigg
You're Not ListeningKate Murphy
Set Boundaries, Find PeaceNedra Glover Tawwab
Not NiceAziz Gazipura
The Book of BoundariesMelissa Urban
It Didn't Start with YouMark Wolynn
The Dance of ConnectionHarriet Lerner
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature ParentsLindsay Gibson
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will TalkFaber & Mazlish
The Whole-Brain ChildSiegel & Bryson
Hunt, Gather, ParentMichaeleen Doucleff
The Gardener and the CarpenterAlison Gopnik
QuietSusan Cain
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
PlatonicMarisa Franco
The Art of GatheringPriya Parker

Love, Attraction & PartnershipWho do I build a life with?

The Art of LovingErich Fromm
The Course of LoveAlain de Botton
Essays in LoveAlain de Botton
AttachedLevine & Heller
Hold Me TightSue Johnson
How to Not Die AloneLogan Ury
The Defining DecadeMeg Jay
Models: Attract Women Through HonestyMark Manson
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage WorkJohn Gottman
The All-or-Nothing MarriageEli Finkel
Eight DatesJohn & Julie Gottman
Mating in CaptivityEsther Perel
Come As You AreEmily Nagoski
She Comes FirstIan Kerner

Career, Craft & LeadershipHow do I contribute?

So Good They Can't Ignore YouCal Newport
The Almanack of Naval RavikantEric Jorgenson
The Staff Engineer's PathTanya Reilly
Designing Your LifeBurnett & Evans
The Manager's PathCamille Fournier
High Output ManagementAndy Grove
An Elegant PuzzleWill Larson
The Making of a ManagerJulie Zhuo
Team TopologiesSkelton & Pais
AccelerateForsgren, Humble & Kim
Radical CandorKim Scott
Turn the Ship Around!David Marquet
MultipliersLiz Wiseman
The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni
Leaders Eat LastSimon Sinek
Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss
Getting to YesFisher & Ury
The Laws of Human NatureRobert Greene
MasteryRobert Greene
Shop Class as SoulcraftMatthew Crawford
The CraftsmanRichard Sennett
The Coming WaveMustafa Suleyman
Co-IntelligenceEthan Mollick
Chip WarChris Miller
AI 2041Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan
Power and PredictionAgrawal, Gans & Goldfarb

Entrepreneurship & BusinessWhat do I build?

The Mom TestRob Fitzpatrick
Zero to OnePeter Thiel
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
The Lean StartupEric Ries
To Sell Is HumanDaniel Pink
Obviously AwesomeApril Dunford
$100M OffersAlex Hormozi
TractionWeinberg & Mares
InspiredMarty Cagan
HookedNir Eyal
Shape UpRyan Singer
The E-Myth RevisitedMichael Gerber
Buy Back Your TimeDan Martell
Built to SellJohn Warrillow
Company of OnePaul Jarvis
Good Strategy Bad StrategyRichard Rumelt
7 PowersHamilton Helmer
The Personal MBAJosh Kaufman

Money & WealthHow free am I?

The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel
Your Money or Your LifeRobin & Dominguez
Die With ZeroBill Perkins
The Richest Man in BabylonGeorge Clason
The Millionaire Next DoorStanley & Danko
I Will Teach You to Be RichRamit Sethi
The Little Book of Common Sense InvestingJohn Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall StreetBurton Malkiel
The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham
One Up On Wall StreetPeter Lynch
PrinciplesRay Dalio
How Asia WorksJoe Studwell
The Changing World OrderRay Dalio
Poor EconomicsBanerjee & Duflo
Debt: The First 5,000 YearsDavid Graeber

Presence, Style & ExpressionHow do I show up?

TED TalksChris Anderson
Confessions of a Public SpeakerScott Berkun
The Charisma MythOlivia Fox Cabane
CaptivateVanessa Van Edwards
PresenceAmy Cuddy
Dressing the ManAlan Flusser
True StyleG. Bruce Boyer
What Every BODY Is SayingJoe Navarro
Goodbye, ThingsFumio Sasaki
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo
In Praise of ShadowsJun'ichirō Tanizaki
A Pattern LanguageChristopher Alexander

Joy, Nature & Lived ExperienceHow does life actually feel?

The Book of DelightsRoss Gay
PlayStuart Brown
WinteringKatherine May
The Comfort CrisisMichael Easter
The Nature FixFlorence Williams
WaldenHenry David Thoreau
Wanderlust: A History of WalkingRebecca Solnit
The Snow LeopardPeter Matthiessen
Into Thin AirJon Krakauer
Himalaya: A Human HistoryEd Douglas
Touching My Father's SoulJamling Tenzing Norgay
AnnapurnaMaurice Herzog
The Art of TravelAlain de Botton
VagabondingRolf Potts
The SonglinesBruce Chatwin
How to Do NothingJenny Odell
In Praise of SlownessCarl Honoré
The Art of Simple LivingShunmyō Masuno

Philosophy, Meaning & SpiritualityWhy do I live?

MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
Letters from a StoicSeneca
Discourses and Selected WritingsEpictetus
The Practicing StoicWard Farnsworth
A Guide to the Good LifeWilliam Irvine
Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl
The Myth of SisyphusAlbert Camus
When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi
Being MortalAtul Gawande
The Denial of DeathErnest Becker
The Bhagavad Gita
The Upanishads
Vivekachudamani / Self-KnowledgeAdi Shankaracharya
I Am ThatNisargadatta Maharaj
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You AreAlan Watts
What the Buddha TaughtWalpola Rahula
The Dhammapada
Old Path White CloudsThich Nhat Hanh
Monk, Householder, and Tantric PriestDavid N. Gellner
Rebuilding BuddhismSarah LeVine & David N. Gellner
Freedom from the KnownJ. Krishnamurti
Think on These ThingsJ. Krishnamurti
The First and Last FreedomJ. Krishnamurti
Tao Te Ching
The Way of Chuang TzuThomas Merton
Trying Not to TryEdward Slingerland
The Demon-Haunted WorldCarl Sagan
The Guru PapersKramer & Alstad
Sophie's WorldJostein Gaarder
The Problems of PhilosophyBertrand Russell
Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche
Existentialism Is a HumanismJean-Paul Sartre

Teaching, Contribution & LegacyWhat remains?

On WritingStephen King
Bird by BirdAnne Lamott
Show Your WorkAustin Kleon
Steal Like an ArtistAustin Kleon
The Coaching HabitMichael Bungay Stanier
Co-Active CoachingKimsey-House et al.
The Art of ExplanationLee LeFever
Get TogetherRichardson, Huynh & Bailey
Community: The Structure of BelongingPeter Block
Doing Good BetterWilliam MacAskill
Let My People Go SurfingYvon Chouinard
Building a StoryBrandDonald Miller
Perennial SellerRyan Holiday

Story, Literature & LivesWhat can't be argued, only shown?

SiddharthaHermann Hesse
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceRobert Pirsig
The AlchemistPaulo Coelho
Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
Karnali BluesBuddhisagar
Palpasa CaféNarayan Wagle
Seto DhartiAmar Neupane
Arresting God in KathmanduSamrat Upadhyay
The Tutor of HistoryManjushree Thapa
A Fine BalanceRohinton Mistry
Midnight's ChildrenSalman Rushdie
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky
East of EdenJohn Steinbeck
The Brothers KaramazovDostoevsky
Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami
One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel García Márquez
A Man Called OveFredrik Backman
The Midnight LibraryMatt Haig
Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
Shoe DogPhil Knight
EducatedTara Westover
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Story of My Experiments with TruthM.K. Gandhi
Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela
Steve JobsWalter Isaacson

Roots, Context & My CenturyWhere am I actually standing?

A History of NepalJohn Whelpton
Battles of the New RepublicPrashant Jha
The Nepal NexusSudheer Sharma
Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for DemocracyManjushree Thapa
The Rise of the House of GorkhaLudwig F. Stiller
Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu ValleyMary Shepherd Slusser
KathmanduThomas Bell
India After GandhiRamachandra Guha
Age of AmbitionEvan Osnos
FactfulnessHans Rosling