📚 Read 100 books in 2024
+ Books of 2023 | Wisdom Letter 223
The right idea from the right book at the right time can literally change your life.
I’ve seen this with so many books over the years. Books have significantly improved my personal and professional life.
That’s why I can’t stop emphasising the value of books in our lives.
I think everyone should read at least 10 books every year.
If you think that goal is too far fetched, you will like this video from Ali Abdaal, he shares some great tips on how to read more books -
How to Actually Read 100 Books in 2024 -
Here are the 10 tips here shares, but watch the video for more context.
Read what you love, until you love to read
You can quit books
Always buy the book
Read multiple books
Listen to audiobooks
Shape your environment
Use a Kindle
Gamify goodreads
Change your identity
Stop caring about the numbers 🤷♂️
Books of the year 2023
I read a lot of books this year, didn’t finish most of them. Only read key ideas from each of them.
These are the ones that I liked the most, the ones I got the most value out of -
Self Help and Biography -
Elon Musk - Walter Isaacson
Same as Ever - Morgan Housel
Clear Thinking - Shane Parrish
Everything is F*cked - Mark Manson
The 4 Hour Body - Tim Ferris
Essentialism - Greg Mckeown
Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
So good they can’t ignore you - Cal Newport
Hell Yeah of No - Derek Sivers
Building a Second Brain - Tiago Forte
The Productivity Project - Chris Bailey
The 2 hour cocktail party - Nick Gray
Can’t Hurt Me - David Goggins
Business -
The SaaS Playbook - Rob Walling
The Cold Start Problem - Andrew Chen
$100M Leads - Alex Hormozi
The Brain Audit - Sean D’Souza
Tribes - Seth Godin
Product Led Growth - Wes Bush
How to get Rich - Felix Dennis
Smart Cuts - Shane Snow
No Rules Rules - Reed Hastings
Philosophy and Spirituality -
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
Complete Works - Swami Vivekanada
The Book of Life - J Krishnamurthy
The Bhagvad Gita - Eknath Easwaran
Fiction -
Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz
Moonflower Murders - Anthony Horowitz
The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
Moriarty - Anthony Horowitz
Again, I didn’t read most of these books cover to cover, only cherry picked the key ideas I wanted to apply to my life or my business at a particular moment in time. So don’t get overwhelmed by the long list.
I did read the 4 fictions books completely though, big fan of mystery novels 😅
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Cheers,
Ayush & Aditi