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2018 - WordSea Booklist

Choose the Life You Want

Don't Bite the Hook Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions

F*ck Feelings

How to Be Everything

2018

Matt Karamazov - Full Reading List·102 books·

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Choose the Life You Want

Choose the Life You Want

Tal Ben-Shahar

Don't Bite the Hook Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions

Don't Bite the Hook Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions

Pema Chodron

F*ck Feelings

F*ck Feelings

Michael Bennett, MD, Sarah Bennett

How to Be Everything

How to Be Everything

Emilie Wapnick

Focus

Focus

Leo Babauta

Be Love Now

Be Love Now

Ram Dass, Rameshwar Das

Elevation

Elevation

Stephen King

Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions

Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions

James E. Ryan

Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust

John Fante

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

Dan Harris, Jeffrey Warren, Carlye Adler

The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

Women

Women

Charles Bukowski

The Meaning of Happiness

The Meaning of Happiness

Alan Watts

Radical Acceptance

Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

Everything Is Obvious

Everything Is Obvious

Duncan J. Watts

Post Office

Post Office

Charles Bukowski

What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

Charles Bukowski

Utopia for Realists

Utopia for Realists

Rutger Bregman

What is Zen?

What is Zen?

Alan Watts

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Veronika Decides to Die

Veronika Decides to Die

Paulo Coelho

Some Do Care

Some Do Care

Anne Colby, William Damon

Inventing the Enemy

Inventing the Enemy

Umberto Eco

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

On Writing

On Writing

Stephen King

Change Your Brain Change Your Body

Change Your Brain Change Your Body

Daniel G. Amen

Tao of Charlie Munger

Tao of Charlie Munger

David Clark

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Ernest Hemingway on Writing

Ernest Hemingway on Writing

Larry W. Phillips

Think Like A Champion

Think Like A Champion

Donald J.Trump

Trust Me, I'm Lying

Trust Me, I'm Lying

Ryan Holiday

Assholes Finish First

Assholes Finish First

Tucker Max

Factotum

Factotum

Charles Bukowski

Unfu*k Yourself

Unfu*k Yourself

Gary John Bishop

Altered Traits

Altered Traits

Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson

High Performance Habits

High Performance Habits

Brendon Burchard

365 Days with Self-discipline 365 Life-altering Thoughts on Self-control, Mental Resilience, and Success

365 Days with Self-discipline 365 Life-altering Thoughts on Self-control, Mental Resilience, and Success

Martin Meadows

Total Freedom

Total Freedom

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Start With Why

Start With Why

Simon Sinek

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

Joseph Murphy

Mind Hacking

Mind Hacking

John Hargrave

The Existentialist's Survival Guide

The Existentialist's Survival Guide

Gordon Marino

Self-Disciplined Producer Develop a Powerful Work Ethic, Improve Your Focus, and Produce Better Results

Self-Disciplined Producer Develop a Powerful Work Ethic, Improve Your Focus, and Produce Better Results

Martin Meadows

Own the Day, Own Your Life

Own the Day, Own Your Life

Aubrey Marcus

One Small Step Can Change Your Life

One Small Step Can Change Your Life

Robert Maurer

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Richard P. Feynman

Crushing It

Crushing It

Gary Vaynerchuk

The Element

The Element

Ken Robinson

The Year of Living Virtuously

The Year of Living Virtuously

Teresa Jordan

Finish What You Start

Finish What You Start

Peter Hollins

You Are a Badass at Making Money

You Are a Badass at Making Money

Jen Sincero

Solve for Happy

Solve for Happy

Mo Gawdat

How Champions Think

How Champions Think

Bob Rotella

The Written World

The Written World

Martin Puchner

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan B. Peterson

Warrior of the Light

Warrior of the Light

Paulo Coelho

On Writing

On Writing

Charles Bukowski

Real Artists Don't Starve

Real Artists Don't Starve

Jeff Goins

Total Recall

Total Recall

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Evil

Evil

Roy F. Baumeister, Ph.D.

Existentialism Is a Humanism

Existentialism Is a Humanism

Jean-Paul Sartre

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...

Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

Chuck Klosterman X

Chuck Klosterman X

Chuck Klosterman

No Time To Spare

No Time To Spare

Ursula K. Le Guin

Enough

Enough

John C. Bogle

Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

Heaven And Hell

Heaven And Hell

Aldous Huxley

The Doors of Perception

The Doors of Perception

Aldous Huxley

What Philosophy Can Do

What Philosophy Can Do

Gary Gutting

Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

Tucker Max

Nietzsche

Nietzsche

Walter A. Kaufmann

A Slap in the Face

A Slap in the Face

William B. Irvine

Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It

Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It

Daniel Klein

Be Here Now

Be Here Now

Ram Dass

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

Selected Speeches

Selected Speeches

Demosthenes, Perfection Learning Corporation, Robin Waterfield, Chris Carey

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Eric Barker

The Road to Wigan Pier

The Road to Wigan Pier

George Orwell

The Master Key System

The Master Key System

Charles F. Haanel

Conspiracy

Conspiracy

Ryan Holiday

The News

The News

Alain de Botton

Inventing Human Rights

Inventing Human Rights

Lynn Hunt

The Happiness Track

The Happiness Track

Emma Seppala

Materialism

Materialism

Terry Eagleton

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

Alan Watts, Anne Watts

What Happy People Know

What Happy People Know

Dan Baker, Ph.D., Cameron Stauth

Side Hustle

Side Hustle

Chris Guillebeau

Perennial Seller

Perennial Seller

Ryan Holiday

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Alain De Botton

Think on These Things

Think on These Things

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

Intellectuals

Intellectuals

Paul Johnson

The art of always being right

The art of always being right

Arthur Schopenhauer

The Best Things in Life

The Best Things in Life

Thomas Hurka

Bounce

Bounce

Matthew Syed

The Dhammapada

The Dhammapada

Siddhartha Gautama

A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

William B. Irvine

Simone Weil and The Suffering of Love

Simone Weil and The Suffering of Love

Eric O. Springsted

A Bed for the Night

A Bed for the Night

David Rieff

Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

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