Ryan Holiday on Tiny Beautiful Things
"Contains some of the most cogent insights on life, pain, loss, love, success, youth that I have ever seen."
Ryan Holiday on The Moral Animal
"The definitive beginner text on evolutionary psychology and one of the easiest to get into."
Ryan Holiday on How to Live
"A series of essays about Montaigne, who invented the essay."
Ryan Holiday on The Library Book
"[One of] the best books I read [in 2019]."
Ryan Holiday on Here Comes Everybody
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on Memoirs of Hadrian
"[One of] the best books I read [in 2019]."
Ryan Holiday on Fahrenheit 451
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Ryan Holiday on Keep Going
"[One of] the best books I read [in 2019]."
Ryan Holiday on The Tiger
"Holy shit, this book is good. Just holy shit."
Ryan Holiday on Sixteen Satires
"Bitter, sarcastic attacks on Rome."
Ryan Holiday on Boyd
"Probably the greatest post-WWII military strategist; he developed the F-15 and F-16, revolutionized ground tactics in war and covertly designed the US battle plans for the Gulf War."
Ryan Holiday on The Harder They Fall
"About boxing and loosely based on the Primo Carnera scandal."
Ryan Holiday on Aeneid
"There’s no other way to put: the story is AMAZING. Better than the Odyssey, better than Juvenal’s Satires. Inspiring, beautiful, exciting, and eminently readable, I loved this."
Ryan Holiday on The 48 Laws of Power
"Critical for anyone trying to accomplish anything."
Ryan Holiday on My Bondage and My Freedom
"[One] of the most inspiring men of the last 150 years."
Ryan Holiday on The Score Takes Care of Itself
"Even if you’ve never watched a down of football, you’ll get something out of this book."
Ryan Holiday on Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
"The (supposedly) preserved correspondence between Old Gorgon Graham, a self-made millionaire in Chicago, and his son who is coming of age and entering the family business."
Ryan Holiday on Edison
"A really good biography."
Ryan Holiday on American Caesar
"[One of] the best books I read [in 2019]."
Ryan Holiday on Mastery
"Read [this book] so that you can figure your life’s task and how to dedicate yourself to it."
Ryan Holiday on You Are Not a Gadget
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on Shadow Divers
"A work of art."
Ryan Holiday on Fragments
"A bit poetic. But those beautiful lines are really the same direct advice and timeless, perspective-changing observations."
Ryan Holiday on The Second Mountain
"[One of] the best books I read [in 2019]."
Ryan Holiday on Hackers & Painters
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on On War
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Ryan Holiday on The Prince
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Ryan Holiday on Endurance
"This book (and his life) were living proof of his family motto: 'Fortitudine vincimus' (By endurance we conquer)."
Ryan Holiday on The River of Doubt
"I thought I knew about Theodore Roosevelt."
Ryan Holiday on Sex on the Brain
"One of the better books on evolutionary biology that focuses almost entirely on the biological and psychological differences between men and women."
Ryan Holiday on Letters from a Stoic
"After Marcus Aurelius, this is one of my favorite books."
Ryan Holiday on Status Anxiety
"Every ambitious young person should read."
Ryan Holiday on Titan
"I found Rockefeller to be strangely stoic, incredibly resilient, and, despite his reputation as a robber baron, humble and compassionate."
Ryan Holiday on Candide
"A light hearted satire that pokes fun at optimism, philosophy, politics, and power."
Ryan Holiday on Asylum
"I actually ended up helping get [this book] back in print."
Ryan Holiday on The Cathedral & the Bazaar
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on Reveille for Radicals
"This is the '48 Laws of Power' written in more of an idealist, activist tone."
Ryan Holiday on The Moviegoer
"The novel that every young kid stuck in their own head needs to read."
Ryan Holiday on The Great Gatsby
"I’ve read and re-read many times."
Ryan Holiday on The War of Art
One of Ryan Holiday's 2 answers to "what book are you most likely to give out as a gift?"
Ryan Holiday on The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"[One] of the most inspiring men of the last 150 years."
Ryan Holiday on The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus
"A Syrian slave in the first century BC, Publius Syrus is a fountain of quick, helpful wisdom that you cannot help but recall and apply to your life."
Ryan Holiday on Sherman
"This was someone I knew little about before I read the book, and by the end of it found myself referencing and thinking of him constantly."
Ryan Holiday on Essays and Aphorisms
"A brilliant composer of quick thoughts that will help us with our problems."
Ryan Holiday on The Fish That Ate the Whale
"Sucked me in completely. Everyone I’ve recommended it to loves it."
Ryan Holiday on History of the Peloponnesian War
"An obligation for every student of history."
Ryan Holiday on No Hiding Place
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
"What a book."
Ryan Holiday on Founders at Work
"Interviews with technology founders from one of the best investors of all time."
Ryan Holiday on The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
"A friend and peer of Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael Titian and all the other great minds of the Renaissance sat down in 1550 and wrote biographical sketches of the people he knew or had influenced him."
Ryan Holiday on The Book of Five Rings
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Ryan Holiday on Ulysses S. Grant
"I loved [this book] a lot."
Ryan Holiday on Average Is Over
"Changes how you see the future and help explain real pain points in our new economy–both good and bad."
Ryan Holiday on The Power Broker
"One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read."
Ryan Holiday on Brave New War
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Ryan Holiday on Wikinomics
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Ryan Holiday on The Epic of Gilgamesh
"I read this on my honeymoon (probably the only person on the beach reading it, if I had to guess)."
Ryan Holiday on Rules for Radicals
"This is the '48 Laws of Power' written in more of an idealist, activist tone."
Ryan Holiday on The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Spectacular. He’s my favorite president."
Ryan Holiday on Bird by Bird
"Ostensibly about the art of writing, but really it too is about life and how to tackle the problems, temptations and opportunities life throws at us."
Ryan Holiday on Tough Jews
"Amazing book [...] about Jewish gangsters."
Ryan Holiday on Selected Epigrams
"Hilarious. I have one hanging on the gate in front of my house."
Ryan Holiday on Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
"[The author] wrote his letters to his illegitimate son, tutoring him on how to learn, how to think, how to act, how to deal with important people. I don’t agree with all his advice but most of it is great."
Ryan Holiday on Essays
"I strongly recommend [this book]."
Ryan Holiday on My Life and Battles
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on What Makes Sammy Run?
"Ari Gold before Ari Gold existed"
Ryan Holiday on Up from Slavery
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on Totto-Chan
"Has sold something like 5 million copies in Japan alone (an insane number). Totto-Chan is a special figure in modern Japanese culture—she is a celebrity on par with Oprah or Ellen."
Ryan Holiday on Man's Search for Meaning
"Looks at how we find purpose by dedicating ourselves to a cause, learning to love and finding a meaning to our suffering."
Ryan Holiday on Range
"[One of] the best books I read [in 2019]."
Ryan Holiday on Hamlet
"Philosophy runs through this play."
Ryan Holiday on Fight Club
"I’m amazed how many young people haven’t read this book. Truly life-changing."
Ryan Holiday on Lincoln
"[One of] my three favorite books about [Lincoln]."
Ryan Holiday on The Pirate's Dilemma
Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.
Ryan Holiday on The Net Delusion
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Ryan Holiday on The New New Thing
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