“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” // Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you read someone’s book, you are engaging with the best part of them.” // Keith Craft
These aren’t all the books i’ve read, just the best ones This list is continually updated based on new books I read and new things I learn.
TOP 10 + 1
0) The Bible
1) Your Divine Fingerprint
2) Mindset - Carol Dweck
3) Grit - Angela Duckworth
4) The Discourses - Epictetus
5) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey
6) Mastery - George Leonard
7) Unstoppable Force - Erwin McManus
8) Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee
9) The Power of Positive Living - Norman Vincent Peale
10) Range - David Epstein
Required Reading for Leaders
1) Your Divine Fingerprint - Keith Craft
2) Mindset - Carol Dweck
3) Grit - Angela Duckworth
4) Emotional Intelligence 2.0 - Travis Bradberry
5) Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee
6) The Wisdom of Teams - Jon Katzenbach + Douglas Smith
7) Thank you for the Feedback - Douglas Stone
8) Unstoppable Force - Erwin McManus
9) 360° Leadership - John C. Maxwell
10) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey
11) Mastery - George Leonard
12) Dare to Lead - Brene Brown
best of the rest
Leadership //
Spiritual Leadership - J. Oswald Sanders
What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being A Better Leader - Alison Reynolds et al.
The Next Generation Leader - Andy Stanley
Boundaries - Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Awaken the Giant - Tony Robbins
The Making of a Leader - Robert Clinton
The Magic of Thinking Big - David Schwartz
The University of Success - Og Mandino
Courageous Leadership - Bill Hybels
Dare to Lead - Brene Brown
How to Lead - David Rubenstein
Range - David Epstein
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John Maxwell
As A Man Thinketh - James Allen
Unstoppable Force - Erwin McManus
Compelling People - John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 - Travis Bradberry
Chop Wood Carry Water - Joshua Medcalf
Daring Greatly - Brene Brown
So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Cal Newport
Top 10 Qualities of a Great Leader - Phil Pringle
Culture //
Creating Magic - Lee Cockerell
Leading the Starbucks Way - Joseph Mitchell
The Starbucks Experience - Joseph Michelli
Purpose Driven Church - Rick Warren
Servant Leadership - Robert Greenleaf
The Advantage - Patrick Lencioni
Deep and Wide - Andy Stanley
Inside Apple - Adam Lashinsky
The Starbucks Experience -Adam Lashinsky
7 Practices of Effective Ministry - Andy Stanley
Creativity Inc - Ed Catmull
The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz
Measure What Matters - John Doerr
Principles - Ray Dalio
What You Do Is Who You Are - Ben Horowitz
No Rules Rules - Reed Hastings
The Wisdom of Teams - Jon Katzenbach + Douglas Smith
Following Jesus //
The Bible
Holy Fire - RT Kendall
The Ragamuffin Gospel - Brennan Manning
Total Forgiveness - RT Kendall
The Power of Humility - RT Kendall
Theology an Introduction - Alister McGrath
Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee
Mere Christianity - CS Lewis
The Screwtape Letters - CS Lewis
Knowing God - JI Packer
The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck
The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence
The Pursuit of Holiness - Jerry Bridges
The Search for Significance - Robert McGee
Conversion and Discipleship - Bill Hull
Simply Jesus - NT Wright
Spiritual Authority - Watchman Nee
Philosophy //
Mindset - Carol Dweck
Grit - Angela Duckworth
Your Divine Fingerprint - Keith Craft
Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday
How to Be Free // Epictetus, A.A. Long
The Discourses // Epictetus
That One Should Disdain Hardships // Musonius Rufus, Cora Lutz
Meditations // Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays
Letters from a Stoic // Seneca
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor - Donald Robertson
Works of Love - Soren Kierkegaard
A Guide to the Good Life - William B. Irvine
The Stoic Challenge - William B. Irvine
12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson
Essentialism - Greg McKeown
Man’s Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankl
The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz
The Power of Positive Living - Norman Vincent Peale
Communication //
Talk Like Ted - Carmine Gallo
Storyteller’s Secret - Carmine Gallo
Communicating For A Change - Andy Stanley
No-Fail Communication- Michael Hyatt
Radical Candor - Kim Scott
Thank You for the Feedback - Douglas Stone
FInance //
The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley
The Richest Man in Babylon - George Clason
Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
The Millionaire Mind - Thomas Stanley
A Random Walt Down Wall Street - Burton Malkiel
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing - John Bogle
History/Narrative/Biography/Fiction //
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
Leadership in Turbulent Times - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Jesus Freaks - DC Talk
Church History for Modern Ministry - Dayton Hartman
Boenhoffer - Eric Metaxas
The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
7 Men - Eric Metaxas
Irresistible- Andy Stanley
Shoe Dog - Phil Knight
Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield
DisneyWar- James B. Stewart
Shadow Divers - Robert Kurson
Dune - Frank Herbert
Ride of a Lifetime - Robert Iger
The Captain Class - Sam Walker
Creativity, Inc. - Ed Catmull