Personality

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  • Personality Course

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 – Crime and Punishment

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor – The Brothers Karamazov

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

Maclean, Norman – A River Tuns Through It

Steinbeck, John – Of Mice and Men

Twain, Mark – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

General Non-Fiction

Gladwell, Malcolm – The Bomber Mafia

Gladwell, Malcolm – Outliers

Gladwell, Malcolm – Tipping Point

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

Huxley, Aldous – Brave New World

Kosinski, Jerzy – The Painted Bird

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

Orwell, George – Animal Farm

Orwell, George – The Road to Wigan Pier

Shirer, William L. – The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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

Jung, Carl – Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Nietzsche, Friedrich – Beyond Good and Evil

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

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

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

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 – Owning Your Shadow

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 – The Red Book

Kahneman, Daniel – Thinking, Fast and Slow

Lukianoff, Greg & Haidt, Jonathan – The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Neumann, Eric – The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype

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

Rogers, Carl – On Becoming a Person

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/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)

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