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Books Derek Sivers recommends

Public list compiled from their own recommendations. Writer and entrepreneur; founder of CD Baby.

Compiled by Kaffe from public sources, with a link to each one. Derek Sivers is not affiliated with Kaffe.

  1. Waste Books by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; 18th-century aphorisms on thinking for yourself source
  2. You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; must-read classic: everything is negotiable source
  3. The Listening Book by W. A. Mathieu: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; says everyone should read these essays on listening source
  4. The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; Adlerian philosophy dialogue; finished in a day source
  5. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; 40 short fables about the afterlife; reread and loved more source
  6. The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; required reading for every parent source
  7. Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; his top parenting book source
  8. On Writing Well by William Zinsser: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; blunt, inspiring nonfiction writing advice source
  9. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; on beating Resistance source
  10. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; research on happiness that changes how you see the world source
  11. The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber: rated 10/10 on his book-notes page; says every entrepreneur needs it source
  12. Arabs: A 3,000-Year History by Tim Mackintosh-Smith: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; thorough, poetic history source
  13. The Vagabond's Way by Rolf Potts: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; best travel book he has read source
  14. Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; abstract, thought-provoking source
  15. How Religion Evolved by Robin Dunbar: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; anthropology of religion and friendship source
  16. The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; brilliant on moral intuition source
  17. Wild Problems by Russ Roberts: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; making huge life decisions source
  18. Relationship Handbook by George Pransky: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; best philosophy of romantic relationships he found source
  19. Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; calls it his bible; formed most of his beliefs source
  20. How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; read three times, gifted often source
  21. Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; radical sentence-focused writing advice source
  22. Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; gems about real-world consequences source
  23. Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; bold, unusual, wise source
  24. Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches by Marvin Harris: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; mind-blowing anthropology source
  25. Au Contraire: Figuring Out the French by Gilles Asselin, Ruth Mastron: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; best book on a country's mindset source
  26. Happy by Derren Brown: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; entertaining practical philosophy source
  27. When Cultures Collide by Richard D. Lewis: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; masterpiece of cultural observation source
  28. Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; life lessons from a psychiatrist source
  29. A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; his intro to Stoicism source
  30. The Time Paradox by Philip Zimbardo, John Boyd: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; time-focus types; still thinks about it source
  31. The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chödrön: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; on not running from difficulty source
  32. Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions by Batja Mesquita: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; cultural psychology of emotion source
  33. Nothing & Everything by Val N. Tine: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; joyful nihilism; read the first half source
  34. How Minds Change by David McRaney: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; psychology of belief and persuasion source
  35. The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; how nations build origin stories source
  36. City of Gold: Dubai by Jim Krane: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; page-turner history of Dubai source
  37. This Is Marketing by Seth Godin: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; must-read for entrepreneurs source
  38. Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; wishes everyone would read it; rereads yearly source
  39. Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; would you bet on your belief source
  40. Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina: rated 9/10 on his book-notes page; his favorite baby book; recommended 100+ times source

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