Thread by @AlexAndBooks_

Looking for an awesome book to read?

Here are my 5 favorite books in 10+ different genres.

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Autobiography:

• Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
• Straight From the Gut by Jack Welch
• Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger
• The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart
• Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Business:

• Zero To One by Peter Thiel
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco
• The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
• The Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

Creativity:

• Letters of Note by Shaun Usher
• Steal Like An Artist b Austin Kleon
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
• The Creative Curve by Allen Gannett
• How To Fight A Hydra by Josh Kaufman

Classic Fiction:

• 1984 by George Orwell
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Concentration Camps/POWs:

• Unit 731 by Hal Gold
• Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart
• The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-hwan
• The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Productivity:

• Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
• Deep Work by Cal Newport
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
• The One Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

Psychology:

• Mindset by Carol Dweck
• Grit by Angela Duckworth
• Influence by Robert Cialdini
• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
• Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Self-development:

• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
• Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink
• How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Understanding Dating:

• Models by Mark Manson
• How To Not Die Alone by Logan Ury
• How To Be A 3% Man by Corey Wayne
• What Women Want by Tucker Max & Geoffrey Miller
• The Man's Guide to Women by John & Julie Gottman

Writing:

• On Writing by Stephen King
• On Writing Well by William Zinsser
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
• Ernest Hemingway on Writing by Larry Phillips

What other genres should I cover?

PS:

You can find more books recs on my website here:

alexandbooks.com/bestbooks