books recommended by Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The Tim Ferriss Show podcast has now exceeded 400 million downloads.

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. The Tim Ferriss Show podcast has now exceeded 400 million downloads.

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Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Richard P. Feynman

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will & Ariel Durant

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

The Obstacle Is the Way

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

The E-Myth Revisited

The E-Myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber

Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

The Book of Five Rings

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

William B. Irvine

Mastery

Mastery

George Leonard

Open

Open

Andre Agassi

Tribe

Tribe

Sebastian Junger

10% Happier

10% Happier

Dan Harris

Delivering Happiness

Delivering Happiness

Tony Hsieh

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

Getting to Yes

Getting to Yes

Roger Fisher

Lying

Lying

Sam Harris

Letters from a Stoic

Letters from a Stoic

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Stories of Your Life and Others

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

Grit

Grit

Angela Duckworth

The Magic of Thinking Big

The Magic of Thinking Big

David J. Schwartz

The Artist's Way

The Artist's Way

Julia Cameron

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Wild

Wild

Cheryl Strayed

Blue Ocean Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy

W. Chan Kim

The Gift of Fear

The Gift of Fear

Gavin De Becker

The Origin of Species

The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

Abundance

Abundance

Peter Diamandis

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

Al Ries

About Face

About Face

David H. Hackworth

The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

Richard Koch

As A Man Thinketh

As A Man Thinketh

James Allen

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid

Radical Acceptance

Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

Levels of the Game

Levels of the Game

John McPhee

Awareness

Awareness

Anthony de Mello

Words That Work

Words That Work

Frank Luntz

Poor Richard's Almanack

Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin

The Healing Journey

The Healing Journey

Claudio Naranjo

Emergency

Emergency

Neil Strauss

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

Joel Greenblatt

Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

We Learn Nothing

We Learn Nothing

Tim Kreider

Draft No. 4

Draft No. 4

John McPhee

Don't Shoot the Dog!

Don't Shoot the Dog!

Karen Pryor

Bad Pharma

Bad Pharma

Ben Goldacre

Unlimited Power

Unlimited Power

Tony Robbins

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Dale Carnegie

Play It Away

Play It Away

Charlie Hoehn

Bad Science

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Neuromancer

Neuromancer

William Gibson

Adventures in the Screen Trade

Adventures in the Screen Trade

William Goldman

On Grief and Grieving

On Grief and Grieving

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler

Vagabonding

Vagabonding

Rolf Potts

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

Age of Propaganda

Age of Propaganda

Anthony R. Pratkanis

Au Contraire!

Au Contraire!

Gilles Asselin

Healing Back Pain

Healing Back Pain

John E. Sarno

Recession Proof Graduate

Recession Proof Graduate

Charlie Hoehn

Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking

Edward de Bono

The Mind of a Mnemonist

The Mind of a Mnemonist

Aleksandr R. Luria

Becoming a Category of One

Becoming a Category of One

Joe Calloway

The Loom of Language

The Loom of Language

Frederick Bodmer

Musicophilia

Musicophilia

Oliver Sacks

COAN The Man, The Myth, The Method

COAN The Man, The Myth, The Method

Marty Gallagher

Devotions

Devotions

Mary Oliver

In Praise of Shadows

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Secrets of Power Negotiating

Secrets of Power Negotiating

Roger Dawson

Gratitude

Gratitude

Oliver Sacks

The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story

Michael Ende

Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

A Geek in Japan

A Geek in Japan

Hector Garcia Puigcerver

Happy Money

Happy Money

Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton

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Spark

Spark

John J. Ratey

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Across the Universe

Across the Universe

Beth Revis

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Japanese Chess

Japanese Chess

Trevor Leggett

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The Medium is the Massage

The Medium is the Massage

Marshall McLuhan

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Getting Past No

Getting Past No

William Ury

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The Nautilus Bulletins

The Nautilus Bulletins

Alan Stuart Radley

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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Milan Kundera

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Japanese Verbs & Essentials of Grammar

Japanese Verbs & Essentials of Grammar

Rita Lampkin

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Plants of the Gods

Plants of the Gods

Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann & Christian Rätsch

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Biography of the Dollar

Biography of the Dollar

Craig Karmin

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Less Is More

Less Is More

Goldian Vandenbroeck

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Core Archery

Core Archery

Larry Wise

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Body by Science

Body by Science

John Little & Doug McGuff

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The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read

The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read

Daniel R. Solin

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The Art of Nonfiction

The Art of Nonfiction

Ayn Rand

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Mental Toughness Training for Sports

Mental Toughness Training for Sports

James E. Loehr

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The Art of Asking

The Art of Asking

Amanda Palmer

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More Money Than God

More Money Than God

Sebastian Mallaby

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A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

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Six Thinking Hats

Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono

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One Simple Idea

One Simple Idea

Stephen Key

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How to Make Millions with Your Ideas

How to Make Millions with Your Ideas

Dan S. Kennedy

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Eleven Minutes

Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho

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A Lycanthropy Reader

A Lycanthropy Reader

Charlotte F. Otten

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Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

Neil Gaiman

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Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America

Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America

National Geographic

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13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese

13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese

Giles Murray

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Joy on Demand

Joy on Demand

Chade-Meng Tan

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In Other Words

In Other Words

Ellen Bialystok

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Fishes of the World

Fishes of the World

Joseph S. Nelson

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Simple & Direct

Simple & Direct

Jacques Barzun

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The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

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Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

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The 4-Hour Body

The 4-Hour Body

Timothy Ferriss

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Tribe of Mentors

Tribe of Mentors

Tim Ferriss

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The 4-Hour Chef

The 4-Hour Chef

Tim Ferriss

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