In 2020 I got the chance to explore more into the non-fiction category of books. I went from personal improvement and explorative genre to more philosophical genre. I found the bolded book titles below to be very profound in how they resonate with my thinking, so much so that I read them twice at times. The book titles are listed in the order I read them.
- 22 Immutable laws of marketing – Al Ries & Jack Trout
- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Did not finish)
- The 5 Second Rule – Mel Robbins
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** – Mark Manson
- You are a bad ass – Jen Sincero (Read twice)
- The power of your subconscious mind – Joseph Murphy
- The life changing magic of tidying up – Marie Kondo (Did not finish)
- The Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
- How to talk to anyone – Leil Lowndes
- The 5 love languages – Gary Chapman
- Make your bed – Admiral William H. McRaven
- The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
- Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
- The power of Now – Elkhart Tolle
- Don’t sweat the small stuff – Richard Charlson
- The factfulness – Hans Rosling
- A new earth – Elkhart Tolle
- Heal your body – Louise Hay
- The art of living – Thich Nhat Hanh (Read Twice)
- The man who sold his ferrari – Robin Sharma
- Siddhartha – Herman Hesse
- Peace is every step – Thich Nhat Hanh
- The art of happiness – Dalai Lama
- Tame the tiger – Thich Nhat Hanh
- The heart of Buddhas teachings – Thich Nhat Hanh
- Bury my heart at wounded knee – Dee brown (Did not finish)
- Sapiens – Yuval Noah Harari
- Chakra healing – Margarita Alcantara (Did not finish)
- 21 lessons for 21st century – Yuval Noah Harari
- Why buddhism is true – Robert Wright
- AI Superpowers – Kai-Fu Lee
- Daring Greatly – Brene Brown
- Quite: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking – Susan Cain
- Home Deus: A brief history of tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari
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