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101 Great Books to Read Before You Die

"Have you ever read a book that totally blew your mind? Books have the power to change your perspective on life.
How many times have you heard about some person that decided to pursue something simply because she read a book? It happens all time. Until I was 17, I believed that reading was something you had to do at school, or something that you did for entertainment. I hated reading.
But when I started reading classic books like Crime and Punishment, I realized something: Through reading, you can live a 1000 lifetimes. You can learn from other people's experiences.
Do you want to learn about happiness? Read a book. Do you want to become better at relationships? Read a book. Want to get in shape? Read a book. There's a book for everything. Books define you." -medium
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Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger (Peter Bevelin)
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
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Peter Bevelin
Screw It Lets Do It Richard Branson
Screw It Lets Do It Richard Branson
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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty (Harry Browne)
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty
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Harry Browne
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet
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Susan Cain
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie)
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
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Dale Carnegie
Influence (Robert Cialdini)
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Robert Cialdini
The Richest Man in Babylon (George S Clason)
The Richest Man in Babylon
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George S Clason
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Stephen Covey
Flow (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)
Flow
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Essays of Warren Buffet (Lawrence A. Cunningham)
The Essays of Warren Buffet
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Lawrence A. Cunningham
Daily Rituals: Women at Work (Mason Currey)
Daily Rituals: Women at Work
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Mason Currey
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
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Richard Dawkins
Awareness (Anthony De Mello)
Awareness
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Anthony De Mello
MANAGING ONESELF (PETER DRUCKER)
MANAGING ONESELF
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PETER DRUCKER
THE LESSONS OF HISTORY (WILL & ARIEL DURANT)
THE LESSONS OF HISTORY
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WILL & ARIEL DURANT
Start With No (Jim Camp)
Start With No
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Jim Camp
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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Carol Dweck
Discourses and Selected Writings (Epictetus)
Discourses and Selected Writings
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Epictetus
The Good Life Handbook (Epictetus)
The Good Life Handbook
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Epictetus
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor Frankl
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
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Sigmund Freud
The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
27
Malcom Gladwell
The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham)
The Intelligent Investor
28
Benjamin Graham
Mastery (Robert Greene)
Mastery
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Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene)
The 48 Laws of Power
30
Robert Greene
Relentless (Tim S. Grover)
Relentless
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Tim S. Grover
Mindfulness in Plain English (Henepola Gunaratana)
Mindfulness in Plain English
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Henepola Gunaratana
Made to Stick (Chip and Dan Heath)
Made to Stick
33
Chip and Dan Heath
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
34
Ernest Hemingway
The Obstacle Is the Way (Ryan Holiday)
The Obstacle Is the Way
35
Ryan Holiday
A Guide to the Good Life (William Braxton Irvine)
A Guide to the Good Life
36
William Braxton Irvine
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
37
Walter Isaacson
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (Susan Jeffers)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
38
Susan Jeffers
Wherever You Go, There You Are (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
Wherever You Go, There You Are
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Jon Kabat-Zinn
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman
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