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Reading List & Book Recommendations

This page highlights my ongoing reading list (future books) and my book recommendations (past books).

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Sloww Reading List (250+ Books) & Book Recommendations (25+ Books)

“Books are the training weights of the mind.” — Epictetus

 

250+ Books on My Reading List

To see my full reading list, check out this Google Spreadsheet or click the image below.

None of us will read every book out there in our lifetimes. The current average lifespan in the US is 79 years old. Subtract your age from 79. Then multiply that number by the average number of books you read in a year. That’s roughly how many books you have left to read in your life. But, we may not get the full 79 years. So, follow Thoreau’s advice: “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”

Sloww Full Reading List

 

 

25+ Book Recommendations

“Sit in a room and read—and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.” — Joseph Campbell

 

Intentional Living Books:

  • ⭐ Slow Living: In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore | Book Summary | 🔒 How to Apply It | Amazon
  • ⭐ Simple Living: The Quest of the Simple Life by William J. Dawson | Book Summary 1, 2 | Amazon (Public Domain)
  • ⭐ Voluntary Simplicity: Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin | Book Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Decluttering: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo | Book Summary | Amazon

 

Art of Living & Human Potential Books:

 

Meaning & Life Purpose Books:

 

Spirituality Books:

 

Psychology & Philosophy Books:

  • ⭐ Questioning Reality: This is Water by David Foster Wallace | Book Summary | 🔒 How to Apply It | Amazon
  • ⭐ Mind as a Garden: As a Man Thinketh by James Allen | Book Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Historical Learnings: The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant | Book Summary 1, 2 | 🔒 How to Apply It | Amazon
  • ⭐ Holistic Thinking: Whole Brain Living by Jill Bolte Taylor | Book Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Systems Thinking: Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows | Book Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Mental Models: Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann | Book Summary | 🔒 Premium Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Mental Models: The Great Mental Models Volume 1 by Farnam Street | Book Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Spiritual Intelligence: SQ21 by Cindy Wigglesworth | Book Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Stoicism: On The Shortness Of Life by Seneca | Book Summary | Amazon
  • ⭐ Transpersonal Psychology: Ego Development Theory by Susanne Cook-Greuter | Paper Summary 1, 2 | 🔒 How to Apply It
  • ⭐ Transpersonal Psychology: The Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham Maslow | Book Summary 1, 2, 3, 4 | 🔒 How to Apply It 1, 2 | Amazon

 

Life & Work Optimization Books:

 

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