I have compiled and categorized a list of more than 80 books which I am certain will improve some aspect of your personal or professional life at some point of your life just as they have changed mine. Some of these books will challenge, reshape, and make you reflect upon your ideas, habits, relationships, or ambitions. They will also provide you with invaluable knowledge whether you are an aspiring or seasoned entrepreneur or intrapreneur.
While a good book is perhaps one of the best gifts someone could ask for, a trusted book recommendation comes very close, especially when such a book has a transformative impact on your life. Nowadays, I discover more and more books from computer algorithms created by Amazon, however I still find that the best books in my e-library are those that someone else shares with me.
Life (Re)Design
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Full Permission Living: The Journey from 3rd to 5th Dimensional Consciousness Peter Loffredo
Think Like a Monk Jay Shetty
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Elizabeth Gilbert
The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work Vishen Lakhiani
The Almanack of Naval Rivikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness Eric Jorgenson
The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
Algorithms to Live By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl
Habits and Success
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change Charles Duhigg
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results James Clear
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Steven Covey
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career Scott Young
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell
Public Speaking and Interpersonal Relationships
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds Carmine Gallo
Never Eat Alone and Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time Keith Ferrazzi
Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal Oren Klaff
The Culture Map Erin Meyer
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters Priya Parker
The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connection and Courage Brené Brown
How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie
The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
Love and Relationships
The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Gary Chapman
The Mastery of Love Don Miguel Ruiz
Sleep and Mindfulness
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Matthew Walker
Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time Arianna Huffington
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art James Nestor
Innovation
The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton Christensen
The Startup Way Eric Ries
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp
The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovations Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty Clayton Christensen, Efosa Ojomo, and Karen Dillon
Startup Nation: The Story Behind Israel's Economic Miracle Dan Senor and Saul Singer
Stories on Entrepreneurship
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Phil Knight
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Ben Horowitz
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days Jessica Livingston
Super Founders Ali Tamaseb
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Ashlee Vance
Start Something That Matters Blake Mycoskie
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Tony Hsieh
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman Yvon Couinard (Patagonia Founder)
Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
The Virgin Way: If It’s Not Fun, It’s Not Worth Doing Richard Branson
Leadership and Company Culture
The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential John C. Maxwell
What You Do is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture Ben Horowitz
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Sheryl Sandberg
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't Simon Sinek
Co-Founding
Slicing Pie Handbook: Perfect Equity Splits for Bootstrapped Startups Mike Moyer
Co-Founding the Right Way Jana Nevrlka
The Founder's Dilemmas Noam Wasserman
Venture Capital
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer an Venture Capitalist Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
Secrets of Sandhill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It Scott Kupor
Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups - Timeless Advice From an Angel Investor Who Turned Jason Calacanis
Startup Frameworks and Playbooks
Where to Play: 3 Steps for Discovering Your Most Valuable Market Opportunities Mark Gruber and Sharon Tal
The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steve Blank
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Greg Bernarda, and Alan Smith
Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs John Doerr
The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything Guy Kawasaki
Nail it Then Scale it: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation Paul Ahlstrom and Nathan Furr
The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers and Learn if Your Business is a Good Idea When Everyone is Lying to You Rob Fitzpatrick
The $100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better to Live More Chris Guillebeau
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Tim Ferris
The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to Join The Ride Darren Hardy
Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company's Future - and What to Do About It Tien Tzuo and Gabe Weisert
The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transactions, and Build Recurring Revenue Robbie Kellman Baxter
Business Scaling
Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It ... and Why the Rest Don't Verne Harnish
Blitzcaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies Ried Hoffman, Chris Yeh
Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Startups Companies Drive Breakout Success Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Other Don't Jim Collins
Exponential Organizations: Why New Organizations Are Ten Times Better, Faster, and Cheaper Than Yours (And What to Do About It) Salim Ismail, Michael Malone, Yuri Van Geest
Zero to One: Notes on Startups or How to Build the Future Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Sales, Negotiation, and Marketing
How to Master the Art of Selling Tom Hopkins
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It Chris Voss with Tabi Raz
Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products Nir Eyal
The Art of War Sun Tzu
Past, Present, and Future of Human-Kind and Technology
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Shoshana Zuboff
Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Businesses, Industries, and Our Lives Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari
Books Waiting to be Read In My Audible or Kindle Library
Last updated: March 2023
The Desire Map Experience: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul Danielle LaPorte
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam Grant, Sheryl Sandberg
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love Marty Cagan
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Safi Bahcall
The Untethered Soul Michael A. Singer
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Joe Dispenza
Tracking Wonder Jeffrey Davis
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Daniel Kahneman
The World for Salle Javier Blas, Jack Farchy
Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond
Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely
The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume Josh Kaufman
Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game Walker Deibel
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success Darren Hardy
Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Walter Isaacson
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company Robert Iger
Dare to Lead Brené Brown
After having gone through this list think about what are books that have most influenced you or transformed your life? What are you currently reading or planning to read soon? I'm always happy to learn about the books that others can recommend!
Read my blog post on 10 Things You Can Do to Start Reading More Books