Books recommended by Ryan Holiday

- Man's Search for Meaning: (by Viktor E. Frankl).
Recommended by Aniela Gregorek , Bryan Johnson , Chelsea Handler , Chip Conley , Daniel Pink , Dave Elitch , David Blaine , Dustin Moskovitz , Emma Watson , Esther Perel , Ev Williams , Fedor Holz , Jim Kwik , Jimmy Fallon , Jocko Willink , Jordan Peterson , Lex Fridman , Maria Popova , Michael Gervais , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Simon Sinek , Terry Crews , Tony Robbins , Turia Pitt , PewDiePie , Shane Parrish , Mark Manson , Phil Jackson , Tom Bilyeu , Michael Hyatt , Alastair Humphreys , Steve Kerr , Robin Black
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (by David J. Epstein).
Recommended by Bill Gates , Daniel Pink , Keith Rabois , Ryan Holiday , Vinod Khosla , Changpeng Zhao , Michael Mauboussin
- Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (by Paul Graham).
Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Derek Sivers , Ev Williams , Keith Rabois , Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- Fragments: (by Heraclitus).
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- Up from Slavery: (by Booker T. Washington).
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- Ulysses S. Grant: (by Brooks D. Simpson).
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- Selected Epigrams: (by Martial).
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- Memoirs of Hadrian: (by Marguerite Yourcenar).
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- The Harder They Fall: (by Budd Schulberg).
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- Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation (by Tyler Cowen).
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- Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer (by Fred Kaplan).
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- Edison: A Biography (by Matthew Josephson).
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- Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (by Austin Kleon).
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- My Life and Battles: (by Jack Johnson).
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- You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (by Jaron Lanier).
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- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: (by Mordecai Richler).
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- Reveille for Radicals: (by Saul D. Alinsky).
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- Xenophon's Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War (by Xenophon).
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- The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism (by Matt Mason).
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- Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American (by B. H. Liddell Hart).
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- The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (by Elaine Weiss).
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- Sixteen Satires: (by Juvenal).
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- No Hiding Place: An Autobiography (by William Seabrook).
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- The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects: (by Giorgio Vasari).
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- Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams (by Rich Cohen).
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- Asylum: (by William Seabrook).
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- Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (by Robert Kurson).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- Empire State of Mind: How Jay Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office (by Zack O'Malley Greenburg).
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- The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (by Eric S. Raymond).
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- Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness (by Joshua Wolf Shenk).
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- The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom (by Evgeny Morozov).
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- President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman (by William Lee Miller).
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- Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (by Deborah Blum).
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- Essays and Aphorisms: (by Arthur Schopenhauer).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- Fight Club: A Novel (by Chuck Palahniuk).
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- Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography (by William Lee Miller).
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- The 33 Strategies of War: (by Robert Greene).
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- The Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (by Plutarch).
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- Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi).
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- The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (by John Vaillant).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- My Bondage and My Freedom: (by Frederick Douglass).
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- The Strategy Paradox: Why Committing to Success Leads to Failure (And What to do About It) (by Michael E. Raynor).
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- The Moral Sayings Of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave (1855) (by Publius Syrus).
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- Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (by Robert Coram).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman: (by The Earl of Chesterfield).
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- Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans (by T. R. Fehrenbach).
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- What Makes Sammy Run?: (by Budd Schulberg).
Recommended by Brian Koppelman , Ryan Holiday
- Essays: (by Plutarch).
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- Fishing For Fun: And To Wash Your Soul (by Herbert Hoover).
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- Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son: (by George Horace Lorimer).
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- On Sparta: (by Plutarch).
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- Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (by John Robb).
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- The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (by David Brooks).
Recommended by Hugh Jackman , Ryan Holiday
- Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (by Don Tapscott).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tyler Cowen
- Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (by Clay Shirky).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tyler Cowen
- Fahrenheit 451: A Novel (by Ray Bradbury).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tim Ferriss
- Invisible Man: (by Ralph Ellison).
Recommended by Jacqueline Novogratz , Ryan Holiday , Maya Angelou , Dan Barreiro
- Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar (by Cheryl Strayed).
Recommended by Emma Watson , Kathryn Minshew , Ryan Holiday , Shane Parrish , Mark Manson
- Hamlet: (by William Shakespeare).
Recommended by Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday
- The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are (by Robert Wright).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tom Bilyeu
- The Library Book: (by Susan Orlean).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Celeste Ng
- The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (by Candice Millard).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Saagar Enjeti
- The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership (by Bill Walsh).
Recommended by Jack Dorsey , Keith Rabois , Noah Kagan , Ron Conway , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Vinod Khosla , Justin Kan
- Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (by Saul D. Alinsky).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Balaji Srinivasan
- Plutarch's Lives Volume 1: (by Plutarch).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Mark Twain
- Letters from a Stoic: (by Lucius Seneca).
Recommended by Jerzy Gregorek , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday , Tim Ferriss
- Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (by Anne Lamott).
Recommended by Brian Koppelman , Daniel Pink , Mark Bittman , Matt Mullenweg , Mike Birbiglia , Ramit Sethi , Ryan Holiday , Susan Cain , Tim Ferriss , Matt Haig
- Plutarch's Lives Volume 2: (by Plutarch).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Mark Twain
- How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (by Sarah Bakewell).
Recommended by Anthony Bourdain , Marc Andreessen , Ryan Holiday
- Leadership: In Turbulent Times: (by Doris Kearns Goodwin).
Recommended by LeBron James , Ryan Holiday , Scott Belsky
- Mastery: (by Robert Greene).
Recommended by Aubrey Marcus , Mark Hart , Ryan Holiday , Tom Bilyeu , Rollo Tomassi , Robin Black , Robin Sharma
- Candide: (by Voltaire).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , James Clear
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (by Steven Pressfield).
Recommended by Aubrey Marcus , Brian Koppelman , Daniel Pink , Derek Sivers , Joe Rogan , Lex Fridman , Marie Forleo , Ryan Holiday , Seth Godin , Soman Chainani , Russell Moore , Jen Sincero , Jodie Cook , Danny Miranda , Michael Hyatt , James Clear
- The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story (by Michael Lewis).
Recommended by Keith Rabois , Kevin Systrom , Ryan Holiday , Austen Allred
- The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (by Robert A. Caro).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Sam Hinkie , Shane Parrish , Trung Phan
- Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 (by Taylor Branch).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Christopher Hitchens
- Aeneid: (by Virgil).
Recommended by Mark Zuckerberg , Ryan Holiday
- Status Anxiety: (by Alain de Botton).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Andrew Wilkinson , Garry Tan
- The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King (by Rich Cohen).
Recommended by Jason Calacanis , Ryan Holiday , Andrew Wilkinson , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Trung Phan
- Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World (by Charles Koch).
Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Mike Rowe , Ryan Holiday
- The Epic of Gilgamesh: (by Anonymous).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Stewart Brand
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt, Book 1 (by Edmund Morris).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Jamie Dimon
- The Moviegoer: (by Walker Percy).
Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Walter Isaacson
- History of the Peloponnesian War: (by Thucydides).
Recommended by Matt Mullenweg , Ryan Holiday , Steven Pressfield
- American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 (by William Manchester).
Recommended by Elon Musk , Ryan Holiday
- On War: (by Carl von Clausewitz).
Recommended by Dave Camarillo , Elon Musk , Ryan Holiday , Nelson Mandela
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (by Malcolm X).
Recommended by Brian Koppelman , Casey Neistat , Jason Calacanis , Jerrod Carmichael , Ryan Holiday , Steve Aoki
- Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 (by Taylor Branch).
Recommended by Barack Obama , Cory Booker , Ryan Holiday , Christopher Hitchens
- The Road: (by Cormac McCarthy).
Recommended by Aubrey Marcus , Charlize Theron , Jocko Willink , Joel McHale , Lex Fridman , Oprah Winfrey , Ryan Holiday , Sam Hinkie
- Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (by Jessica Livingston).
Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Ev Williams , Paul Graham , Ron Conway , Ryan Holiday
- The Book of Five Rings: (by Miyamoto Musashi).
Recommended by Jocko Willink , Joe Rogan , Lex Fridman , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday , PewDiePie
- The Great Gatsby: (by F. Scott Fitzgerald).
Recommended by Bill Gates , Daniel Pink , Ev Williams , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Ryan Holiday , Ta-Nehisi Coates , Taylor Swift , Christopher Hitchens , Jim Carrey
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (by Ron Chernow).
Recommended by Charlie Munger , Jason Calacanis , Ray Dalio , Ryan Holiday , Anthony Pompliano , Austen Allred , David Friedberg
- The 48 Laws of Power: (by Robert Greene).
Recommended by Alice Little , Aubrey Marcus , DJ Vlad , Neil Strauss , Ryan Holiday , Rollo Tomassi
- The Prince: (by Niccolò Machiavelli).
Recommended by Eric Ripert , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Ryan Holiday , Ryan Shea , Stewart Brand , Fred Wilson , Garry Tan
- Meditations: (by Marcus Aurelius).
Recommended by Adam Robinson , Anna Kendrick , Arianna Huffington , Chip Conley , Jack Dorsey , Joe Rogan , Lex Fridman , Naval Ravikant , Neil Strauss , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Stewart Brand , Tobi Lütke , Austen Allred , Shane Parrish , Mark Manson , James Clear , Ankur Warikoo
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (by Alfred Lansing).
Recommended by Bryan Johnson , Dominic D’Agostino , Jason Fried , Jordan Peterson , Max Levchin , Ray Dalio , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Scott Belsky , Fred Wilson