I fully agree with Descartes when he said: “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.”
These are the books that shaped my life in some way:
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday (and all of his other books)
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
Principles by Ray Dalio
Other books worth reading:
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Society by Jaren Diamond
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces that Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Fernman
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley
Skin In the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Taleb
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
Ben Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder by Nassim Taleb