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Books recommended by Naval

1. Total Freedom by J. Krishnamurti
2. Freedom from the Known by J. Krishnamurti
3. Think on These Things by J. Krishnamurti
4. The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti by J. Krishnamurti
5. The Great Challenge by Osho
6. Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic by Osho
7. Life has NO Goals, NO Purpose by Osho
8. The Sun Rises in the Evening by Osho
9. Courage: Joy of Living Dangerously by Osho
10. All of Jed McKenna's books - every single one
11. All of Kapil Gupta's (@KapilGuptaMD) books - every single one
12. All of Anthony De Mello's Books
13. All books by Matt Ridley (@mattwridley)
14. Incerto Series by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb): All 5 books
15. Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics by Richard Feynman (@ProfFeynman - Feynman Quotes Profile)
16. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations by Richard Feynman (@ProfFeynman - Feynman Quotes Profile)
17. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" by Richard Feynman (@ProfFeynman - Feynman Quotes Profile)
18. Surely You Must Be Joking Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman (@ProfFeynman - Feynman Quotes Profile)
19. The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman (@ProfFeynman - Feynman Quotes Profile)
20. Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant (@kamalravikant)
21. Live Your Truth by Kamal Ravikant (@kamalravikant)
22. Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli (@carlorovelli)
23. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (@carlorovelli)
24. The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli (@carlorovelli)
25. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch (@DavidDeutschOxf)
26. The Fabric of Reality b David Deutsch (@DavidDeutschOxf)
27. In Search of a Better World by Karl Popper
28. The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper
29. The Lessons of History (co-authored by Ariel Durant) by Will Durant
30. The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
31. Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War and God by Will Durant
32. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays)
33. God's Debris: A Thought Experiment by Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays)
34. The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams (@douglasadams)
35. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (@douglasadams)
36. Wind, Sand & Stars by Antoine De Saint Exupery
37. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (@harari_yuval)
38. Poor Charlie’s Almanac: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by Charlie Munger (@CharlieBot - Munger Quotes Profile)
39. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle (@EckhartTolle)
40. The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson
41. Brahma by Ralph Waldo Emerson
42. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
43. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health by Gary Taubes (@garytaubes)
44. The Law by Bastiat
45. Ashtavakra Gita - Bart Marshall Translation
46. I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj
47. Raja Yoga by Vivekananda
48. The Way to Wealth by Ben Franklin
49. Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living by Bruce Lee
50. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (@lawsofaurelius - Aurelius Quotes Profile)
51. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
52. The Bhagavad Gita - Stephen Mitchell translation
53. The Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
54. Counsels and Maxims by Schopehauer
55. Vagabond (Manga) by Takehiko Inoue
56. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini (@RobertCialdini)
57. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
58. Tao of Seneca / Letters of Seneca
59. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
60. The Way of the Superior Man by David Daida
61. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut (story)
62. The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
63. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan)
64. The Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi
65. The Macintosh Way by Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki)
66. Genius: The Life & Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
67. The Tao of Philosophy by Alan Watts
68. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
69. Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss (@tferriss)
70. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
71. Math, Better Explained: Learn to Unlock Your Math Intuition by Kalid Azad (@betterexplained)
72. The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche (@PureNietzsche - Nietzsche Quotes Profile)
73. What Is Life?: Mind & Matter by Erwin Schrödinger
74. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz)
75. Vasistha's Yoga by Swami Venkatesananda
76. Science & Method by Henri Poincare
77. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
78. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
79. The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod
80. A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
81. Economics in One Lesson by Hazlett
82. Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Science Fiction:

1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
2. Neal Stephenson (@nealstephenson) - i) Snow Crash, ii) The Diamond Age & iii) Fall by Neal Stephenson
3. Roger Zelazny - i) The Chronicles of Amber & ii) Lord of Light
4. Permutation City by Greg Egan (@gregeganSF)
5. Ted Chiang - i) Stories of Your Life and Others & ii) Exhalation

Historical Fiction:

1. A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin

Fiction as good as Non-Fiction:

1. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Fantasy Novel:

1. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
3. Jorge Luis Borges - i) Ficciones & ii) Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

Short stories:

1. All short stories by JL Borges and Ted Chiang
2. Short stories of Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury & Philip K Dick

Favourite ones - The Library of Babel & The God's Script by Borges, Understand by Ted Chiang Graphic Novels:

1. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
2. Warren Ellis (@warrenellis) - i) Planetary & ii) Transmetropolitan
3. The Unwritten by Mike Carey
4. Fables by Bill Willingham
5. The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself)
6. The Boys by Garth Ennis
7. Rick & Morty Books (Book 1,2,3 &4) by Zac Gorman (@zacgormania)

Blogs:

1. Dilbert Blog by Scott Adams
2. Melting Asphalt by Kevin Simler (@KevinSimler)
3. Elaine's Idle Mind
4. Alex St. John's blog (now defunct)
5. Unenumerated by Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)
6. John McCarthy's website (His pages on sustainability of progress)
7. https://nav.al :)