This is a list of books that can expand your mind & completely change the way you think!
Lately, I have been sharing a lot of book recommendations on my social media and I have received a pretty good feedback. It seems that like me, all my reader and social media buddies are bent on reading all the awesome books within their lifetime.
That’s actually one of my goals. On the day I die, I want to have the satisfaction of knowing that I consumed ever good book ever written.
In life as you go down new paths, it’s nice to have a mentor. Reading a book is like downloading 20-30 years of life experience. If you read more non-fiction than fiction, it’s like having a mentor guiding your choices. If you’re a fiction reader, life is just one adventure after another.
Mostly, I invest my time into non-fiction now, but for the first 22 years of my life, I have only read fiction. So, In this list of recommendations, you will find books of every kind. I have sectioned them off based on category and type.
This will save me having to create separate blog posts because I can’t see myself ever not recommending books that I love. If you would like for me to add reviews, let me know in the comments section.
As I listed my favourites, the list kept growing. I made myself think of what I would recommend to someone if that person could read only one book – That was tough, you should try doing that. So, I watered down the list to the best of the best – Entertaining, Intriguing, and Mind-altering!
I had to take out most of the fiction titles so if you guys want fiction recommendations, let me know. I really do hope this list helps.
Also, based on my list, if you want to recommend books to me, please, please do! I am always looking for good book recommendations.
Pick up any list of book recommendations, best-selling books, book of the month, yada, yada – you’ll find these books on it! So, grab a copy and get reading!
Non-fiction/Self-help Book Recommendations
Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnman
Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Rising Strong by Brene Brown
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The power of Awareness by Neville Goddard
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Originals by Adam Grant
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
You can Heal your Life by Louise Hay
Everything Happens for a Reason and other lies I’ve loved by Kate Bowler
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda
Principles by Ray Dalio
Flow : The Classic Work on how to Achieve Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Fiction Book Recommendations
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
We the Living by Ayn Rand
Fountain Head by Ayn Rand
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Bhagvad-Gita As It Is by Swami Prabhupada
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Exodus by Leon Uris
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
If you want to read a detailed review of some of the books linked above, go to the following posts –
5 must-read books that redefine Success and Growth
5 must-read books for courage and inspiration
If you have any recommendations, do share! Also, if you want me to share a detailed review of any of the books above, let me know. If I can’t do a separate review, I’ll share a brief one with whoever needs it.