My favorites IN ALL CATEGORIES:

•  Dumbing Us Down by Gatto (education)

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (get this translation)

• The Courage to be Disliked

• 12 Rules for LIfe by Peterson (self-help)

• The True Believer by Eric Hoffer (philosophy)

• Ishmael by Quinn (novel)

• When Breath Becomes Air by Kalanithi (memoir)

• Hillbilly Elegy by Vance (memoir)

• The Black Swan by Taleb (philosophy)

• Skin in the Game by Taleb (philosophy)

• Boy’s Life by McCammon (sci-fi / coming of age novel)

• The 4-Hour Workweek by Ferriss (business)

•  The Underground History of American Education by Gatto (education)

• Shop Class as Soulcraft by Crawford (education / philosophy)

• The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives by Mlodinow (math / philosophy)

• Trust Me I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday (memoir)- THE BEST BOOK EVER THAT MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE MEDIA WORKS AND WHY YOU SHOULD IGNORE IT.