I picked up my book reading habit only in the last 3-4 years. I am still catching-up for all the lost years during which I read almost no books.

I list down below some of my favourite books. I have also compiled a list of books that didn’t make it into my favourite book’s category but I like and would highly recommend.

My favourite books

  • Black Box Thinking — by Matthew Syed
  • Boron Letters — by Gary Halbert
  • Influence — by Robert B. Cialdini
  • Refactoring UI — by Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger
  • Richer, Wiser, Happier — by William Green
  • Shoe Dog — by Phil Knight
  • The Body — by Bill Bryson
  • The Psychology of Money — by Morgan Housel
  • The Sketchbook of Wisdom — by Vishal Khandelwal
  • The Difficulty of Being Good — by Gurcharan Das
  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant — by Eric Jorgenson
  • Traction — by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
  • When Breath Becomes Air — by Paul Kalanithi

Other books that I like

  • Bad Blood — by John Carreyrou
  • Deep Work — by Cal Newport
  • Don’t Make Me Think — by Steve Krug
  • Factfulness — by Hans Rosling
  • How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big — by Scott Adams
  • Never Split the Difference — by Chris Voss & Tahl Raz
  • Of Long Term Value And Wealth Creation — by Bharat Shah
  • Sprint — by Jake Knapp
  • Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! — by Richard P. Feynman
  • Tuesdays with Mori — by Mitch Albom
  • The Go-Giver — by Bob Burg & John David Mann
  • The Man Who Solved the Market — by Gregory Zuckerman
  • The Pmarca Blog Archives — by Marc Andreessen
  • The Ride of a Lifetime — by Robert Iger
  • The Checklist Manifesto — by Atul Gawande
  • The Everything Store — by Brad Stone
  • What it Takes — by Stephen Schwarzman
  • Zero to One — by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters

If you are looking for more book recommendations, head over to goodbooks.io. If you have any book recommendations of your own, I would love to hear them. Message me on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Book reading philosophy

My book reading philosophy continues to evolve. I share 2 high-level ideas that I believe in:

  • When reading books, the most important thing is to read books that you enjoy. If you don’t, you’ll always procrastinate reading. Don’t feel compelled to finish a book that you have started. Move on. It is ok to stop reading a book midway for any reason. Personally, I have come to accept the fact that more than half of the books that I will buy will go unread.
  • Books are an investment. I don’t worry about the cost of a book when buying one. You shouldn’t too. A good book can materially change your life.