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Nobody should read this list front to back. Read it top-down: every book carries a rating, and within each theme the books are sorted by rating, so the first few titles under any heading are the reading path for that theme. For a shorter list chosen session by session, see Go Deeper by Session in this tab.

THE WHYZMEN DOZEN

If a man reads only twelve

For whoever runs the room

The Art of Gathering — Priya Parker · The Coaching Habit — Michael Bungay Stanier · The Power of Moments — Chip Heath & Dan Heath · Community: The Structure of Belonging — Peter Block · Five Essentials to Engage Today’s Men — Barna Group

This edition: 233 titles · ★★★ 34 · ★★☆ 82 · ★☆☆ 117.

PURPOSE AND CALLING

The core question the program opens with: what am I here for, and what is still mine to do?

★★★ Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation — Parker J. Palmer

★★★ The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life — Os Guinness S9 · S11

★★★ Half Time: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance — Bob Buford S9

★★★ Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?: The Path of Purposeful Aging — Richard J. Leider & David A. Shapiro

★★★ Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose — Jennifer Breheny Wallace

★★★ The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life — David Brooks S2

★★☆ Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything — Victor J. Strecher

★★☆ The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? — Rick Warren

★★☆ What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative — Jim Collins

★★☆ The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness — Arthur C. Brooks

★★☆ The Great Quest: Invitation to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning — Os Guinness

★★☆ The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life — Laurie Beth Jones S11

★★☆ Finishing Well: The Adventure of Life Beyond Halftime — Bob Buford

★★☆ Life Reimagined: Discovering Your New Life Possibilities — Richard J. Leider & Alan M. Webber

★★☆ Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl S10

★☆☆ True Purpose: 12 Strategies for Discovering the Difference You Are Meant to Make — Timothy A. Kelley

★☆☆ What's the Point? Turning Purpose Into Your Daily Superpower — Tom Rath

★☆☆ Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC — Frederick Buechner S11

★☆☆ Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action — Simon Sinek

★☆☆ Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team — Simon Sinek, David Mead & Peter Docker

★☆☆ Game Plan: Winning Strategies for the Second Half of Your Life — Bob P. Buford

★☆☆ How to Find Your Mission in Life — Richard N. Bolles

★☆☆ The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything — Ken Robinson & Lou Aronica

★☆☆ Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose — John R. Miles

★☆☆ Life in Half a Second: How to Achieve Success Before It's Too Late — Matthew Michalewicz

★☆☆ Evolutionary Work: Unleashing Your Potential in Extraordinary Times — Patricia DiVecchio

★☆☆ What Do You Want Out of Life?: A Philosophical Guide to Figuring Out What Matters — Valerie Tiberius

★☆☆ Now Purpose Manual: How to Find Your Life's Calling Today — S. Ali Myers

★☆☆ What Color Is Your Parachute? — Richard N. Bolles S11

29 titles · ★★★ 6 · ★★☆ 9 · ★☆☆ 14

RETIREMENT AND TRANSITION

The passage itself — its phases, its losses, and the shape of the life on the other side.

★★★ The Four Phases of Retirement: What to Expect When You're Retiring — Riley Moynes S1

★★★ From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life — Arthur C. Brooks S2 · S8 · S10 · S12

★★★ Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age — Bruce Feiler S3

★★★ An Uncommon Guide to Retirement: Finding God's Purpose for the Next Season of Life — Jeff Haanen

★★★ How to Live Forever — Marc Freedman S12

★★☆ Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up — James Hollis S2 · S3

★★☆ Afterwork: An Honest Discussion about the Retirement Lie — Joel Malick & Alex Lippert

★★☆ Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You — Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall & Kathy E. Kram

★★☆ Don't Retire, Rewire! (2nd Edition): 5 Steps to Fulfilling Work — Rick Miners & Jeri Sedlar

★★☆ On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old — Parker J. Palmer

★★☆ The Rewire Retirement Method: From Aimless to Amazing — Cyn Meyer

★★☆ Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes — William Bridges S2 · S3

★★☆ Joyspan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life's Second Half — Kerry Burnight S1 · S12

★★☆ A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity — Laura L. Carstensen S8 · S12

★☆☆ What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life — James Hollis

★☆☆ The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World — Bruce Feiler

★☆☆ Retirement With Purpose: The 10 R's for a Joyful Retirement — Cesar A. Aguirre

★☆☆ Retirement Starts Today: Your Non-Financial Guide to an Even Better Retirement — Benjamin Brandt

★☆☆ How to Love Your Retirement: The Guide to the Best of Your Life — Barbara F. Waxman

★☆☆ Decade by Decade: Life Is Surprisingly Predictable — Bobb Biehl

★☆☆ Primetime: A New Vision for Midlife — Margie Lachman

★☆☆ The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50 — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot S2

22 titles · ★★★ 5 · ★★☆ 9 · ★☆☆ 8

FAITH AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH

The vertical dimension — the second-half spirituality the program's Falling Upward arc depends on.

★★★ Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life — Richard Rohr S2 · S3 · S9

★★★ Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ — Dallas Willard S9

★★★ Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community — Dietrich Bonhoeffer S10

★★★ Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End — David Gibson

★★★ Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way — Stephen A. Macchia S4

★★★ Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best — Eugene H. Peterson

★★☆ A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life — Parker J. Palmer S11

★★☆ Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most — Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz

★★☆ Signals of Transcendence: Listening to the Promptings of Life — Os Guinness

★★☆ We Who Wrestle with God — Jordan B. Peterson

★★☆ Believing Is Seeing: A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism — Michael Guillen

★★☆ Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony — Richard Bauckham

★★☆ Zondervan NIV Study Bible: Updated Edition — Various Authors

★★☆ Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning — James W. Fowler

★★☆ Confessions — Saint Augustine

★★☆ The Stories We Live By: Seven Cultural Myths That Fail Us and the Story That Never Will — Timothy Keller & Michael Keller

★★☆ A Life of Meaning: Relocating Your Center of Spiritual Gravity — James Hollis

★★☆ Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God — Jamie Winship

★☆☆ The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself — Michael A. Singer

★☆☆ Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality — Donald Miller

★☆☆ Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human — Judah Smith

★☆☆ Amazing Truths: How Science and the Bible Agree — Michael Guillen

★☆☆ The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life — Frederick Buechner

★☆☆ How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture — Francis A. Schaeffer

★☆☆ Escape from Reason — Francis A. Schaeffer

★☆☆ Flourish: Finding Purpose in the Unknown and Unexpected Seasons of Life — Grace Wabuke Klein & Bob Goff

★☆☆ Follow Me — J. Lee Grady

27 titles · ★★★ 6 · ★★☆ 12 · ★☆☆ 9

MANHOOD, FATHERHOOD AND BROTHERHOOD

Fathers, sons and brothers: the male-specific shelf, and staying in the race.

★★★ Gun Lap: Staying in the Race with Purpose — Robert Wolgemuth

★★★ The Blessing: Giving the Gift of Unconditional Love and Acceptance — Gary Smalley & John Trent S15

★★★ Five Essentials to Engage Today's Men — Barna Group

★★☆ Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging — Sebastian Junger

★★☆ Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness — Eric Metaxas

★★☆ Notes on Being a Man — Scott Galloway

★☆☆ The Intentional Father: A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Courage and Character — Jon Tyson

★☆☆ Surfing for God: Discovering the Divine Desire Beneath Sexual Struggle — Michael John Cusick

★☆☆ A Man at Arms (novel) — Steven Pressfield

9 titles · ★★★ 3 · ★★☆ 3 · ★☆☆ 3

RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATION

Friendship, marriage, and the conversational skill a men's circle runs on.

★★★ How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen — David Brooks S10

★★★ Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues — David Bradford & Carole Robin S10

★★☆ Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection — Charles Duhigg S10

★★☆ Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High — Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler

★★☆ Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World — Vivek H. Murthy S10

★★☆ Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships — Caroline Fleck

★★☆ Married to Distraction: How to Restore Intimacy and Strengthen Your Partnership in an Age of Interruption — Edward M. Hallowell & Sue Hallowell

★★☆ Vibe: The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World — Adam Grant

★★☆ Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships — Robin Dunbar S10

★★☆ The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness — Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz S10

★★☆ We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships — Kat Vellos S10

★★☆ The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World — Allison J. Pugh S10

★★☆ The Four Loves — C. S. Lewis S10

★★☆ Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? — Gary Thomas S4

★☆☆ Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections — Anna Goldfarb

★☆☆ Unlocking the Art of Making Friends: A Complete Guide to Meaningful Adult Friendships — Athena Harmonia

★☆☆ Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong — Eric Barker S10

★☆☆ The Mindful Path to Intimacy: Cultivating a Deeper Connection with Your Partner — James V. Cordova

★☆☆ No One Understands You and What to Do About It — Heidi Grant Halvorson

★☆☆ Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It — Chris Voss & Tahl Raz S10

★☆☆ The Science of Likability: 27 Studies to Master Charisma and Attract Friends — Patrick King

★☆☆ How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community — Mia Birdsong

★☆☆ Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides — Geoffrey L. Cohen

★☆☆ The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement — David Brooks

★☆☆ Relationship, Relationship, Relationship: The Heart of a Mature Society — Tony Humphreys & Helen Ruddle

★☆☆ We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter — Celeste Headlee S10

★☆☆ We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends — Billy Baker S10

★☆☆ Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends — Marisa G. Franco S10

★☆☆ Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness — Shasta Nelson S10

★☆☆ The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier and Happier — Susan Pinker S10

★☆☆ Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves — Alison Wood Brooks S10

★☆☆ The Relationship Cure — John Gottman

★☆☆ Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community — Robert D. Putnam S10

★☆☆ Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection — John T. Cacioppo & William Patrick S10

★☆☆ Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking — Susan Cain S10

35 titles · ★★★ 2 · ★★☆ 12 · ★☆☆ 21

CHARACTER AND WISDOM

Stoic and virtue-formation material — what a man becomes, not what he accomplishes.

★★★ The Power of Character Strengths: Appreciate and Ignite Your Positive Personality — Ryan M. Niemiec & Robert E. McGrath S7

★★☆ Meditations — Marcus Aurelius

★★☆ The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph — Ryan Holiday

★★☆ Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing — Barry Schwartz & Kenneth Sharpe

★★☆ Entrepreneurs of Life: Faith and the Venture of Purposeful Living — Os Guinness, Ginger Koloszyc & Karen Lee-Thorp

★★☆ Dare to Lead — Brené Brown S6 · S7

★☆☆ Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat. — Ryan Holiday

★☆☆ Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All the Difference — Laurence Endersen

★☆☆ QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life — John G. Miller

★☆☆ The 23 Principles of a Stoic — Alan Tessier

★☆☆ The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World — Brad Stulberg

★☆☆ Humble Power: Less Ego. More Impact. Better Results. — Ethan Willis

★☆☆ Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification — Christopher Peterson & Martin Seligman S8

★☆☆ What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?: Unpublished Writings and Diaries — Edwin H. Friedman

★☆☆ The Integrity Moment: Making Powerful Choices in Life — Tobey

15 titles · ★★★ 1 · ★★☆ 5 · ★☆☆ 9

SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND RESILIENCE

The interior work — seeing yourself clearly and staying upright under load.

★★☆ 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos — Jordan B. Peterson

★★☆ Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential — Shirzad Chamine

★★☆ StrengthsFinder 2.0 — Tom Rath S8

★☆☆ Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control — Albert Bandura S11

★☆☆ Principles: Life and Work — Ray Dalio

★☆☆ The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self — Carl R. Trueman

★☆☆ Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender — David R. Hawkins

★☆☆ Getting to Yes with Yourself (and Other Worthy Opponents) — William Ury

★☆☆ A Guide to The Present Moment: How to Dissolve Your Unwanted Emotions — Noah Elkrief

★☆☆ Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It — Kamal Ravikant

★☆☆ Live Your Truth — Kamal Ravikant

★☆☆ Reinvent Yourself — James Altucher

★☆☆ Choose Yourself! — James Altucher

★☆☆ The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness — James Altucher & Claudia Altucher

★☆☆ Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth — Steve Pavlina

★☆☆ Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results — Nir Eyal & Julie Li

★☆☆ Wisdom Untethered: The Time for Questions — Michael A. Singer

★☆☆ The Overthinker's Guide to Happiness: Rewiring Your Mind for Joyful Living — Michael Erikson

18 titles · ★★★ 0 · ★★☆ 3 · ★☆☆ 15

LEGACY, STORY AND WRITING

Your story, told and handed on: memoir, narrative identity and ethical wills.

★★★ To Be Told: Know Your Story, Shape Your Future — Dan B. Allender S4 · S5

★★★ Ethical Wills: Putting Your Values on Paper — Barry K. Baines S14

★★☆ Telling Secrets: A Memoir — Frederick Buechner

★★☆ Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past — William Zinsser

★★☆ Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man — Kent Nerburn

★★☆ The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self — Dan P. McAdams S5

★★☆ So That Your Values Live On: Ethical Wills and How to Prepare Them — Jack Riemer & Nathaniel Stampfer S14

★★☆ The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By (Revised and Expanded) — Dan P. McAdams

★★☆ Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables — Phil Vischer

★★☆ The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing — Bronnie Ware S8 · S14

★☆☆ Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be — Steven Pressfield

★☆☆ The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life — Ann Patchett

★☆☆ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — Benjamin Franklin

★☆☆ Opening Up by Writing It Down — James W. Pennebaker & Joshua M. Smyth S5

14 titles · ★★★ 2 · ★★☆ 8 · ★☆☆ 4

LIFE DESIGN AND CONTRIBUTION

Building the next chapter deliberately, and aiming it at someone other than yourself.

★★★ Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life — Bill Burnett & Dave Evans S2 · S6 · S11

★★☆ Life's Great Question: Discover How You Best Contribute to the World — Tom Rath S7 · S8

★★☆ How to Live a Meaningful Life — Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

★★☆ The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters — Peter Block

★☆☆ Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide — Caroline Adams Miller & Michael B. Frisch

★☆☆ Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things — Adam Grant

★☆☆ Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life You Want — Barbara Sher

★☆☆ The Connection Algorithm: Take Risks, Defy the Status Quo, and Live Your Passions — Jesse Tevelow

8 titles · ★★★ 1 · ★★☆ 3 · ★☆☆ 4

FACILITATION, GROUPS AND GATHERING

For the man who leads a group, hosts a gathering or runs a room.

★★★ The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters — Priya Parker S10

★★★ The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact — Chip Heath & Dan Heath S14

★★★ The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever — Michael Bungay Stanier S10

★★★ Community: The Structure of Belonging (3rd Edition) — Peter Block S10

★★☆ Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation — Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Liz Korabek-Emerson & Jim White

★★☆ The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever — Michael Bungay Stanier

★★☆ A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World — and How It Can Save Us — Bruce Feiler

★★☆ The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging — Charles Vogl S10

★★☆ Designing Experiences — J. Robert Rossman & Mathew D. Duerden

★★☆ Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction — Margaret Guenther

10 titles · ★★★ 4 · ★★☆ 6 · ★☆☆ 0

QUESTIONS AND REFLECTION TOOLS

Raw material for good questions and honest self-inquiry.

★★☆ The Book of Questions — Gregory Stock

★★☆ How to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty — Elizabeth Weingarten

★☆☆ Self-Discovery Questions: 155 Breakthrough Questions to Accelerate Massive Action — Barrie Davenport

★☆☆ Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills — James H. Gilmore

4 titles · ★★★ 0 · ★★☆ 2 · ★☆☆ 2

PRODUCTIVITY AND HABITS

The mechanics of change — how a new intention actually survives contact with a Tuesday.

★★★ Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones — James Clear S4

★★★ The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results — Gary Keller & Jay Papasan S11

★★★ Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman

★★☆ Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less — Greg McKeown S13

★★☆ Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything — BJ Fogg S4 · S13

★☆☆ Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most — Adam Alter

★☆☆ How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science — Caroline Webb

★☆☆ Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts — Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter

★☆☆ Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength — Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney

★☆☆ Nine Things Successful People Do Differently — Heidi Grant Halvorson

★☆☆ The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life — Hal Elrod

★☆☆ Find What You Were Born For — Zoe McKey

★☆☆ Tools of Titans: A Comprehensive Guide to High-Performance Tools and Tactics — Timothy Ferriss

★☆☆ Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance — Laura Vanderkam

★☆☆ The Power of Action: Do It Now — Daniel Walter

15 titles · ★★★ 3 · ★★☆ 2 · ★☆☆ 10

THINKING AND INNOVATION

Mental models and the discipline of being wrong on purpose.

★★☆ Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know — Adam Grant

★★☆ The Great Mental Models, Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts — Shane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien

★★☆ Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me), Third Edition — Carol Tavris & Elliot Aronson

★★☆ Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries — Peter Sims

★★☆ Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World — David Epstein S13

★☆☆ Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World — Adam Grant

★☆☆ The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology — Shane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien

★☆☆ The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights — Thomas Gilovich & Lee Ross

★☆☆ The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us — Christopher F. Chabris

★☆☆ What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite — David DiSalvo

★☆☆ Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less — Leidy Klotz S10 · S13

★☆☆ Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future — Leonard A. Schlesinger & Charles F. Kiefer

★☆☆ Poke the Box — Seth Godin

★☆☆ Non-Obvious 2017: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas and Predict the Future — Rohit Bhargava

★☆☆ Agency: The Psychological History of Human Progress — Martin E. P. Seligman

★☆☆ The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource — Chris Hayes

★☆☆ Creators on Creating: Awakening and Cultivating the Imaginative Mind — Frank Barron & Alfonso Montuori

17 titles · ★★★ 0 · ★★☆ 5 · ★☆☆ 12

HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND VITALITY

The flourishing side of a long second half: mind, body and well-being.

★★★ Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being — Martin E. P. Seligman S12

★★☆ Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down — Corey Keyes

★☆☆ The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression — Alex Korb

★☆☆ Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster — Jim Kwik

★☆☆ Healthy to 100: How Strong Social Ties Lead to Long Lives — Ken Stern

5 titles · ★★★ 1 · ★★☆ 1 · ★☆☆ 3

SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY

Wonder for its own sake — the antidote to a narrowing world.

★★☆ The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman — Richard P. Feynman

★★☆ The Body: A Guide for Occupants — Bill Bryson

★☆☆ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Yuval Noah Harari

★☆☆ The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History — Elizabeth Kolbert

★☆☆ Alchemy: The Art of Knowing — C. J. McKnight

5 titles · ★★★ 0 · ★★☆ 2 · ★☆☆ 3

Wise Men Seek, Knowing Their Why’s