{"id":998,"date":"2015-09-21T01:03:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T05:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/?page_id=998"},"modified":"2021-07-09T20:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T01:01:32","slug":"my-favorite-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/my-favorite-books\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-1024x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-1024x173.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-768x130.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-600x102.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-tw-minimal\"><blockquote><p><strong>Reading is like a secret weapon against those who don&#8217;t.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In no particular order, here are some of the books I would recommend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-tw-arrow\"><li><em>The Social Animal<\/em><\/li><li><em>Predictably Irrational<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Art of Seduction<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Selfish Gene<\/em><\/li><li><em>Freakonomics<\/em><\/li><li><em>Atomic Habits<\/em><\/li><li><em>How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/em><\/li><li><em>Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking<\/em><\/li><li><em>Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marketing &amp; Business:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-tw-arrow\"><li><em>Management<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Signal and the Noise<\/em><\/li><li><em>Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind<\/em><\/li><li><em>Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012<\/em><\/li><li><em>Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting<\/em><\/li><li><em>The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!<\/em><\/li><li><em>Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How To Build the Future<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Creativity:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-tw-arrow\"><li><em>Rework\ufeff<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Art of Looking Sideways<\/em><\/li><li><em>Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity<\/em><\/li><li><em>Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality<\/em><\/li><li><em>The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Personal Philosophy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-tw-arrow\"><li><em>The Prophet<\/em><\/li><li><em>Meditations<\/em><\/li><li><em>On the Shortness of Life<\/em><\/li><li><em>Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning<\/em><\/li><li><em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finance, Home &amp; Life Planning:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-tw-arrow\"><li><em>Tools of Titans\ufeff<\/em><\/li><li><em>The 4-Hour Workweek<\/em><\/li><li><em>The New Buffettology<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Automatic Millionaire<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up<\/em><\/li><li><em>Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success<\/em><\/li><li><em>Stop Acting Rich And Start Living Like a Real Millionaire<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-tw-arrow\"><li><em>The Pearl<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Hobbit<\/em><\/li><li><em>Ender&#8217;s Game<\/em><\/li><li><em>Once a Runner<\/em><\/li><li>The Alchemist<\/li><li><em>Catcher in the Rye<\/em><\/li><li>To Have and Have Not<\/li><li><em>The Old Man and the Sea<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Essays, Transcripts, Videos, etc:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-tw-arrow\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.ics.purdue.edu\/~drkelly\/DFWKenyonAddress2005.pdf\">This is Water by David Foster Wallace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Alan-watts-the-real-you-annotated\">The Real You by Alan Watts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bE6mRYypmJY\">The Tao of Philosophy by Alan Watts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/tetw.org\/David_Foster_Wallace\">Almost any essay by David Foster Wallace<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading is like a secret weapon against those who don&#8217;t. In no particular order, here are some of the books I would recommend. Social: The Social Animal Predictably Irrational The Art of Seduction The Selfish Gene Freakonomics Atomic Habits How to Win Friends and Influence People Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Little Red&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/my-favorite-books\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Favorite Books<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nathanbrooksthompson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}