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Books recommended by Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Fragments: (by Heraclitus). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  5. Up from Slavery: (by Booker T. Washington). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  6. Ulysses S. Grant: (by Brooks D. Simpson). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  7. Selected Epigrams: (by Martial). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  8. Memoirs of Hadrian: (by Marguerite Yourcenar). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  9. The Harder They Fall: (by Budd Schulberg). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  10. Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation (by Tyler Cowen). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  11. Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer (by Fred Kaplan). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  12. Edison: A Biography (by Matthew Josephson). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  13. Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (by Austin Kleon). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  14. My Life and Battles: (by Jack Johnson). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  15. You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (by Jaron Lanier). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  16. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: (by Mordecai Richler). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  17. Reveille for Radicals: (by Saul D. Alinsky). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  18. Xenophon's Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War (by Xenophon). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  19. The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism (by Matt Mason). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  20. Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American (by B. H. Liddell Hart). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  21. The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (by Elaine Weiss). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  22. Sixteen Satires: (by Juvenal). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  23. No Hiding Place: An Autobiography (by William Seabrook). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  24. The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects: (by Giorgio Vasari). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  25. Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams (by Rich Cohen). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  26. Asylum: (by William Seabrook). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  27. 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
  28. Empire State of Mind: How Jay Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office (by Zack O'Malley Greenburg). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  29. The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (by Eric S. Raymond). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  30. Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness (by Joshua Wolf Shenk). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  31. The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom (by Evgeny Morozov). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  32. President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman (by William Lee Miller). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  33. Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (by Deborah Blum). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  34. Essays and Aphorisms: (by Arthur Schopenhauer). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  35. Fight Club: A Novel (by Chuck Palahniuk). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  36. Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography (by William Lee Miller). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  37. The 33 Strategies of War: (by Robert Greene). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  38. The Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (by Plutarch). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  39. Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  40. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (by John Vaillant). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  41. My Bondage and My Freedom: (by Frederick Douglass). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  42. The Strategy Paradox: Why Committing to Success Leads to Failure (And What to do About It) (by Michael E. Raynor). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  43. The Moral Sayings Of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave (1855) (by Publius Syrus). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  44. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (by Robert Coram). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  45. Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman: (by The Earl of Chesterfield). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  46. Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans (by T. R. Fehrenbach). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  47. What Makes Sammy Run?: (by Budd Schulberg). Recommended by Brian Koppelman , Ryan Holiday
  48. Essays: (by Plutarch). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  49. Fishing For Fun: And To Wash Your Soul (by Herbert Hoover). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  50. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son: (by George Horace Lorimer). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  51. On Sparta: (by Plutarch). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  52. Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization (by John Robb). Recommended by Ryan Holiday
  53. The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (by David Brooks). Recommended by Hugh Jackman , Ryan Holiday
  54. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (by Don Tapscott). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tyler Cowen
  55. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (by Clay Shirky). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tyler Cowen
  56. Fahrenheit 451: A Novel (by Ray Bradbury). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tim Ferriss
  57. Invisible Man: (by Ralph Ellison). Recommended by Jacqueline Novogratz , Ryan Holiday , Maya Angelou , Dan Barreiro
  58. 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
  59. Hamlet: (by William Shakespeare). Recommended by Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday
  60. The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are (by Robert Wright). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Tom Bilyeu
  61. The Library Book: (by Susan Orlean). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Celeste Ng
  62. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (by Candice Millard). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Saagar Enjeti
  63. 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
  64. Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (by Saul D. Alinsky). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Balaji Srinivasan
  65. Plutarch's Lives Volume 1: (by Plutarch). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Mark Twain
  66. Letters from a Stoic: (by Lucius Seneca). Recommended by Jerzy Gregorek , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday , Tim Ferriss
  67. 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
  68. Plutarch's Lives Volume 2: (by Plutarch). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Mark Twain
  69. 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
  70. Leadership: In Turbulent Times: (by Doris Kearns Goodwin). Recommended by LeBron James , Ryan Holiday , Scott Belsky
  71. Mastery: (by Robert Greene). Recommended by Aubrey Marcus , Mark Hart , Ryan Holiday , Tom Bilyeu , Rollo Tomassi , Robin Black , Robin Sharma
  72. Candide: (by Voltaire). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , James Clear
  73. 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
  74. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story (by Michael Lewis). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Kevin Systrom , Ryan Holiday , Austen Allred
  75. 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
  76. Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 (by Taylor Branch). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Christopher Hitchens
  77. Aeneid: (by Virgil). Recommended by Mark Zuckerberg , Ryan Holiday
  78. Status Anxiety: (by Alain de Botton). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Andrew Wilkinson , Garry Tan
  79. 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
  80. Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World (by Charles Koch). Recommended by Marc Andreessen , Mike Rowe , Ryan Holiday
  81. The Epic of Gilgamesh: (by Anonymous). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Stewart Brand
  82. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt, Book 1 (by Edmund Morris). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Jamie Dimon
  83. The Moviegoer: (by Walker Percy). Recommended by Ryan Holiday , Walter Isaacson
  84. History of the Peloponnesian War: (by Thucydides). Recommended by Matt Mullenweg , Ryan Holiday , Steven Pressfield
  85. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 (by William Manchester). Recommended by Elon Musk , Ryan Holiday
  86. On War: (by Carl von Clausewitz). Recommended by Dave Camarillo , Elon Musk , Ryan Holiday , Nelson Mandela
  87. 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
  88. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 (by Taylor Branch). Recommended by Barack Obama , Cory Booker , Ryan Holiday , Christopher Hitchens
  89. The Road: (by Cormac McCarthy). Recommended by Aubrey Marcus , Charlize Theron , Jocko Willink , Joel McHale , Lex Fridman , Oprah Winfrey , Ryan Holiday , Sam Hinkie
  90. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (by Jessica Livingston). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Ev Williams , Paul Graham , Ron Conway , Ryan Holiday
  91. The Book of Five Rings: (by Miyamoto Musashi). Recommended by Jocko Willink , Joe Rogan , Lex Fridman , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday , PewDiePie
  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. The 48 Laws of Power: (by Robert Greene). Recommended by Alice Little , Aubrey Marcus , DJ Vlad , Neil Strauss , Ryan Holiday , Rollo Tomassi
  95. The Prince: (by Niccolò Machiavelli). Recommended by Eric Ripert , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Ryan Holiday , Ryan Shea , Stewart Brand , Fred Wilson , Garry Tan
  96. 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
  97. 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