Books are critical to our growth. Most great people are great readers. At the end of the day the books we read end up making us who we become. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said:
I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
Our quest for a better self is a perennial endeavor and a great book is an incredible companion while we are on our journey to make a better self.
Here are few books that might help you to become a better you.
Note: This is an evolving list. You may add your favorite books in the comment.
1. On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
2. The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
3. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl
4. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
5. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
6. How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds by Earl Nightingale
7. Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
8. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
9. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
10. Contagious by Jonah Berger
11. Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson
13. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
14. Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
15. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
16. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkin