Book List
I have compiled a list of books that can help you do some serious thinking about various topics, which I have categorized for you.
General Fiction
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor – The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor – Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor – The Idiot
Dumas, Alexandre – The Count of Monte Cristo
Fitzgerald, F Scott – The Great Gatsby
Hemingway, Ernest – For Whom the Bell Tolls
Hemingway, Ernest – The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway, Ernest – The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Lowry, Lois – The Giver
Maclean, Norman – A River Tuns Through It
Steinbeck, John – Of Mice and Men
Tolstoy, Leo – War & Peace
Twain, Mark – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Vonnegut, Kurt – Slaughterhouse Five
General Non-Fiction
Gladwell, Malcolm – The Bomber Mafia
Gladwell, Malcolm – Outliers
Gladwell, Malcolm – Tipping Point
Lansing, Alfred – Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Journey by Alfred Lansing
Levitt, Steven – Freakonomics
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas – The Black Swan
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas – Antifragile
Wrangham, Richard – Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
History/War/Totalitarianism
Browning, Christopher R. – Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Chang, Iris – The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Gray, John – Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
Greene, Robert – 33 Strategies of War
Golding, William – Lord of the Flies
Huxley, Aldous – Brave New World
Kosinski, Jerzy – The Painted Bird
Orwell, George – Animal Farm
Orwell, George – The Road to Wigan Pier
Russell, Jeffrey Burton – The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity
Russell, Jeffrey Burton – Satan: The Early Christian Tradition
Russell, Jeffrey Burton – Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages
Russell, Jeffrey Burton – Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World
Shirer, William L. – The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr – The Gulag Archipelago (Abridged w/ forward by Jordan B. Peterson – UK Amazon)
Thoreau, Henry David – On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Tzu, Sun – The Art of War
Meaning/Philosophy
Becker, Ernest – The Denial of Death
Camus, Albert – The Stranger
Frankl, Viktor – Man’s Search for Meaning
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von – Faust
Hicks, Stephen – Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
Jung, Carl – Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Nietzsche, Friedrich – Beyond Good and Evil
Nietzsche, Friedrich – The Gay Science
Nietzsche, Friedrich – Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Paine, Thomas – The Age of Reason
Pirsig, Robert M – Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Quinn, Daniel – Ishmael: A Novel
Routledge, Clay – Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World
Voltaire – Candide
Men
Bly, Robert – Iron John
Carnegie, Dale – How to Win Friends and Influence People
Deida, David – The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire
Donovan, Jack - The Way of Men
Glover, Robert A – No More Mr. Nice Guy
Hafner, Quentin – Black Belt Husband: A Marriage Book for Men
Hutton, George – Frame Control: Subconscious Conversational Dominance
Kay, Athol – The Mindful Attraction Plan: Your Practical Roadmap to Creating the Life, Love and Success You Want
Kay, Athol – Married Man Sex Life Primer 2011
Moore, Robert & Gillette, Douglas – King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
Nissen, Ed – Song of the Hero: A Book for Men to Develop Redemptive and Heroic Relationship Skills
Tomassi, Rollo – The Rational Male
Youngblood, G. S. – The Masculine in Relationship: A Blueprint for Inspiring the Trust, Lust, and Devotion of a Strong Woman
Psychology/Human Nature
Buss, David – The Evolution of Desire
Buss, David – The Murder Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
Buss, David and Meston, Cindy – Why Women Have Sex
Campbell, Joesph – The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Greene, Robert – The 48 Laws of Power
Greene, Robert – The Art of Seduction
Greene, Robert – The Laws of Human Nature
Greene, Robert – Mastery
Haidt, Jonathan – The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Hallowell M.D., Edward M. & Ratey M.D., John J. – Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
Johnson, Robert – He: Understanding Masculine Psychology
Johnson, Robert – She: Understanding Feminine Psychology
Johnson, Robert – Owning Your Shadow
Jung, Carl – The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1)
Jung, Carl – Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 2)
Jung, Carl – Man and His Symbols
Jung, Carl – Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Jung, Carl – Psychology and Alchemy
Jung, Carl – The Red Book
Jung, Emma – Anima and Animus: Two Essays
Kahneman, Daniel – Thinking, Fast and Slow
Kastrup, Bernardo – Decoding Jung’s Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe
Lukianoff, Greg & Haidt, Jonathan – The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
McGilchrist, Iain – Master and His Emissary
Neumann, Eric – The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype
Neumann, Eric – The Origins and History of Consciousness
Peterson, Jordan B. – 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Peterson, Jordan B. – Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
Peterson, Jordan B. – Maps of Meaning
Peterson, Jordan B. – We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine
Rogers, Carl – On Becoming a Person
Rosling, Hans – Factfulness
Szasz, Thomas – The Myth of Mental Illness
Sowell, Thomas – Black Rednecks and White Liberals
Wilson, Kelly – Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong
Relationships
Buss, David – The Evolution of Desire
Makai, Michael – The Domination and Submission Handbook: The BDSM Relationship Handbook
de Botton, Alain – The Course of Love: A Novel
Sofer, Oren Jay – Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent
Smith, Manuel J. – When I Say No, I Feel Guilty
Spirituality/Religion/Mindfulness
Boyle, Gregory – Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
Brown, Brené – Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Chodron, Pema – When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Coelho, Paulo – The Alchemist
Dalai Lama – The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Deepak Chopra – The Soul in Love
Gibran, Kahlil – The Prophet
Gottlieb, Lori – You Might Want to Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Hurnard, Hannah – Hinds Feet on High Places
Kornfield, Jack. – After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
Millman, Dan – Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Ruiz, Don Miguel – The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
Russell, Jeffrey Burton – Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World (I recommend first reading the first three volumes)
Sanford, John A. – Evil: The Shadow Side of Reality
Singer, Michael A. – The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Tzu, Lao – Tao Te Ching
Walsch, Neale Donald – Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
Women
Doyle, Laura – The Empowered Wife: Six Surprising Secrets for Attracting Your Husbands Time, Attention, and Affection
Qualls-Corbett, Nancy – The Sacred Prostitute
Gottlieb, Lori – Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
Work/Professional
Newport, Cal – Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Heath, Chip & Heath, Dan – Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Scott, Kim – Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Phillips, Donald T. – Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times
Koch, Richard – The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
Pressfield, Steven – The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Clear, James – Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Fried, Jason & Hansson, David Heinemeier – Rework
Rosenzweig, Phil – The Halo Effect: …and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers
Sinek, Simon – The Infinite Game
Sparks, William L. – Actualized Leadership: Meeting Your Shadow and Maximizing Your Potential
Voss, Chris – Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It