38 books, read with one question: what still holds up? Not what inspires — what survives contact with the evidence published after the book came out.
Read it the book does the work · Notes a few ideas, buried in padding · Skip misleading or superseded — the review says why. Every book links out, including the ones we tell you to skip.
Nothing matches. Try the author’s surname.
SkipRich Dad Poor DadRobert Kiyosaki · 1997
SkipWhy We SleepMatthew Walker
NotesGetting Things DoneDavid Allen
SkipThe 8th HabitStephen Covey
NotesFlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Read itHow to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
Read itThe Willpower InstinctKelly McGonigal
SkipTribesSeth Godin
Read itReworkJason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Read itSolving the Procrastination PuzzleTimothy Pychyl
SkipSoaring with EaglesBill Newman
SkipMaking the Brain Body ConnectionSharon Promislow
Read itLosing My VirginityRichard Branson
NotesPersonal Development for Smart PeopleSteve Pavlina
NotesMatsushita's Principles of SuccessKonosuke Matsushita
SkipThe Power of FocusJack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Les Hewitt
SkipMaking TimeSteve Taylor
SkipScrew It, Let's Do ItRichard Branson
NotesThe Personal Efficiency ProgramKerry Gleeson
NotesGet Out of Your Own Way at WorkMark Goulston
NotesFive Minds for the FutureHoward Gardner
SkipThe Rules of WealthRichard Templar
NotesNotes from a FriendTony Robbins
NotesCatching the Big FishDavid Lynch
SkipThe Rules of LifeRichard Templar
SkipToxic PeopleLillian Glass
NotesManagingHenry Mintzberg
SkipEveryone Communicates, Few ConnectJohn C. Maxwell
NotesHow to Read a BookMortimer Adler
NotesYour Brain at WorkDavid Rock
NotesHappierTal Ben-Shahar
NotesThe Now HabitNeil Fiore
SkipBrain MakerDavid Perlmutter
NotesJust ListenMark Goulston
NotesThe Introvert AdvantageMarti Olsen Laney
NotesTotal ImmersionTerry Laughlin
SkipSecrets of the Millionaire MindT. Harv Eker
Read itThe Dhammapada