Reading List
I value personal growth so much as a part of my life and i find that consuming certain types of books or other content has helped me become a person of values of others and these are the ones i am working on finishing and expressing. Join me in this journey.
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| No. | Title | Author | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeting the Shadow, the Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature | Edited by Connie Zweig | Unread |
| 2 | Range | - | Unread |
| 3 | The Black Swan | - | Unread |
| 4 | The Influential Mind | - | Unread |
| 5 | The Beginning of Infinity | - | Unread |
| 6 | How to Talk 2 Anyone | - | Unread |
| 7 | Extreme Ownership: How Navy SEALs Lead & Win | - | Unread |
| 8 | The Millionaire Fastlane | - | Unread |
| 9 | On Brand | Aliza Licht | Unread |
| 10 | Branding That Means Business | - | Unread |
| 11 | Control the Narrative | - | Unread |
| 12 | Find Your Clear Vision | - | Unread |
| 13 | Building a Story Brand | - | Unread |
| 14 | Brand Naming | - | Unread |
| 15 | The Future of Purpose-Driven Branding | David Aaker | Unread |
| 16 | Value-Based Financial Planning | Bill Bachrach | Unread |
| 17 | Business is War | Elliot Forman | Unread |
| 18 | You Become What You Think | - | Unread |
| 19 | The 10 New Life-Changing Skills | - | Unread |
| 20 | Nine-Figure Mindset | Brandon Dowson | Unread |
| 21 | The Middleman with Power | Phumzile Zonke | Unread |
| 22 | Skill It, Kill It | Ronnie Screwvala | Unread |
| 23 | Master Your Learning | Thibaut Meurisse | Unread |
| 24 | How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving | - | Unread |
| 25 | The Righteous Mind | Jonathan Haidt | Unread |
| 26 | Games People Play | Eric Berne | Unread |
| 27 | Money Smart | - | Unread |
| 28 | The Power of Now | - | Unread |
| 29 | 55 Questions to Ask Yourself | - | Unread |
| 30 | Life | Stuart Wilde | Unread |
| 31 | The Ten Types of Human | Dexter Dias | Unread |
| 32 | Effortless | Greg McKeown | Unread |
| 33 | Lives of the Stoics | Ryan Holiday | Unread |
| 34 | Good to Great | - | Unread |
| 35 | Shoe Dog | - | Unread |
| 36 | $100 Startup | - | Unread |
| 37 | Side Hustle | - | Unread |
| 38 | Zero to One | - | Unread |
| 39 | Rework | - | Unread |
| 40 | The E-Myth | - | Unread |
| 41 | Good Profit | - | Unread |
| 42 | The Four | - | Unread |
| 43 | The Fine Art of Small Talk | - | Unread |
| 44 | The First Minute | - | Unread |
| 45 | The Communication Book: 44 Ideas for Better Conversations Everyday | - | Unread |
| 46 | The Practicing Mind | - | Unread |
| 47 | How to Finish Everything You Start | Jan Yager | Unread |
| 48 | The Millionaire Master Plan | Roger James Hamilton | Unread |
| 49 | The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail | - | Unread |
| 50 | 5 Levels of Leadership | John Maxwell | Unread |
| 51 | The Lords of Easy Money | - | Unread |
| 52 | The White Paper | - | Unread |
| 53 | Behave | Robert M. Sapolsky | Unread |
| 54 | Drive | Daniel H. Pink | Unread |
| 55 | The Happiness Hypothesis | - | Unread |
| 56 | Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization | - | Unread |
| 57 | Afraid | Arash Javanbakht | Unread |
| 58 | Build Don't Talk | Raj Shamani | Unread |
| 59 | The Overthinking Cure | Nick Trenton | Unread |
| 60 | The Portfolio Life | Christina Wallace | Unread |
| 61 | The Art of Reading Minds | Henrik Fexeus | Unread |
| 62 | The Art of Being Alone | Renuka Gavrabi | Unread |
| 63 | No Worries | Jared Dillian | Unread |
| 64 | A Gentle Reminder | Bianca Sparacino | Unread |
| 65 | Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence | Daniel Goleman | Unread |
| 66 | The Strength in Our Scars | Bianca Sparacino | Unread |
| 67 | 5-Minute Mindset Journal | - | Unread |
| 68 | Win Your Inner Battles | Darius Foroux | Unread |
| 69 | The Wisdom Bridge | Daaji | Unread |
| 70 | Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before | Dr. Julie Smith | Unread |
| 71 | Stop Overthinking | Nick Trenton | Unread |
| 72 | My Brilliant Friend | Elena Ferrante | Unread |
| 73 | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | Unread |
| 74 | One True Loves | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Unread |
| 75 | Crying in H Mart | Michelle Zauner | Unread |
| 76 | Everything I Know About Love | Dolly Alderton | Unread |
| 77 | Permanent Record | Edward Snowden | Unread |
| 78 | Propaganda | - | Unread |
| 79 | Read People Like a Book | Patrick King | Unread |
| 80 | Dark Psychology Manipulations | - | Unread |
| 81 | On Writing Well | - | Unread |
| 82 | Bird by Bird | - | Unread |
| 83 | Great by Choice | - | Unread |
| 84 | Economics in One Lesson | - | Unread |
| 85 | The Diary of a CEO | - | Unread |
| 86 | The Six-Figure Second Income | - | Unread |
| 87 | Retire Early | - | Unread |
| 88 | The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | Unread |
| 89 | Lean Thinking | Womack and Jones | Unread |
| 90 | The Goal | Eliyahu Goldratt | Unread |
| 91 | Built to Last | - | Unread |
| 92 | The Innovator's Dilemma | - | Unread |
| 93 | 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do | Amy Morin | Unread |
| 94 | Good Vibes, Good Life | - | Unread |
| 95 | The Art of Laziness | - | Unread |
| 96 | You're Too Good to Feel This Bad | - | Unread |
| 97 | Don't Be an Entrepreneur | - | Unread |
| 98 | Hidden Potential | Adam Grant | Unread |
| 99 | Do the Impossible | - | Unread |
| 100 | The Surrender Experiment | - | Unread |
| 101 | Good Books Gone Bad | - | Unread |
| 102 | The Hard Thing About Hard Things | - | Unread |
| 103 | Life 3.0 | Max Tegmark | Unread |
| 104 | Genius | - | Unread |
| 105 | Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness | - | Unread |
| 106 | Creation | Steve Grand | Unread |
| 107 | Sam Walton: Made in America | - | Unread |
| 108 | What Are You Doing with Your Life? | J. Krishnamurti | Unread |
| 109 | 100 Quotes That Will Change Your Life | - | Unread |
| 110 | Conscious Business | Fred Kofman | Unread |
| 111 | First, Break All the Rules | Marcus Buckingham | Unread |
| 112 | You Are a Badass | Jen Sincero | Unread |
| 113 | The War of Art | Steven Pressfield | Unread |
| 114 | Daring Greatly | Brené Brown | Unread |
| 115 | Zen and the Art of Happiness | Chris Prentiss | Unread |
| 116 | That Sucked, Now What? | Neeta Bhushan | Unread |
| 117 | Payoff | Dan Ariely | Unread |
| 118 | Persuasion | Robert Cialdini | Unread |
| 119 | The Tipping Point | Malcolm Gladwell | Unread |
| 120 | Boundary Boss | Terri Cole | Unread |
| 121 | Dont be an entrepreneur | Kris Goodrich | Unread |
| 122 | Imposter no more | Jill Stodard | Unread |
| 123 | Dopamine Detox | Thibaut Meurisse | Unread |
| 124 | This could be our future | Yancy Strickle | Unread |
| 125 | Redical Candor | Kim Scott | Unread |
| 126 | Stop negative thinking | Nick Trenton | Unread |
| 127 | Don't be an entrepreneur | Chris Goodrich | Unread |
| 128 | The Lean Startup | Eric Ries | Read |
| 129 | Profit First | - | Unread |
| 130 | Think and Grow Rich | Napoleon Hill | Read-& Reviewing |
| 131 | The Law of Success | Napoleon Hill | Unread |
| 132 | Financial Security | - | Unread |
| 133 | The Psychology of Money | Morgan Housel | Read-& Reviewing |
| 134 | Re-Invest Profits | - | Unread |
| 135 | Secrets of the Millionaire Mind | T. Harv Eker | Unread |
| 136 | Rework - Change the Way You Work Forever | Jason Fried & D. Heinemeier | Unread |
| 137 | Value Investing and Behavioral Finance | Parag Parikh | Unread |
| 138 | Value Investing | From Graham to Buffet | Unread |
| 139 | The Intelligent Investor | Benjamin Graham | Unread |
| 140 | How Successful People Think | John C. Maxwell | Unread |
| 141 | How to Influence People | John C. Maxwell | Unread |
| 142 | The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth | John C. Maxwell | Unread |
| 143 | Show Your Work | Austin Kleon | Read-& Reviewing |
| 144 | The Richest Man in Babylon | G. Samuel Clason | Unread |
| 145 | Buy-ology | M. Lindstrom | Read-& Reviewing |
| 146 | How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | Read-& Reviewing |
| 147 | The Real Mind Control | Rafael Gurkovsky | Unread |
| 148 | How to Develop Self-Confidence | Dale Carnegie | Unread |
| 149 | One Step Can Change Everything | The Kaizen Way | Unread |
| 150 | How to Talk to Anyone | Leil Lowndes | Unread |
| 151 | The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking | Dale Carnegie | Unread |
| 152 | The Way of the Intelligent Rebel | - | Unread |
| 153 | Everyone Communicates, Few Connect | John C. Maxwell | Unread |
| 154 | Hyper Focus | Chris Bailey | Read-& Reviewing |
| 155 | The Power of Now | E. Tolle | Unread |
| 156 | Your Next 5 Moves | P. David | Read-& Reviewing |
| 157 | Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | G. McKeown | Read-& Reviewing |
| 158 | Don’t Believe Everything You Think | Joseph Nguyen | Unread |
| 159 | Brain Rules | John Medina | Unread |
| 160 | The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking | - | Unread |
| 161 | 1000+ Little Things | - | Unread |
| 162 | How to Own Your Mind | Napoleon Hill | Unread |
| 163 | Focus | Daniel Goleman | Unread |
| 164 | The Magic of Thinking Big | David Schwartz | Unread |
| 165 | Atomic Habits | James Clear | Unread |
| 166 | The Power of Habit | - | Unread |
| 167 | High-Performance Habits | - | Unread |
| 168 | The Rational Male | Rollo Tomase | Unread |
| 169 | The Art of War | - | Unread |
| 170 | Unspoken Truths of the Male Psyche | - | Unread |
| 171 | Eat That Frog | - | Unread |
| 172 | Indestructible | - | Unread |
| 173 | Can I Have Your Attention | Joseph Cardillo | Unread |
| 174 | Frogs Into Princes | Richard Bandler | Unread |
| 175 | The Power of Your Subconscious Mind | - | Unread |
| 176 | Thinking Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Unread |
| 177 | The 10X Rule - The Brain | Grant Cardone | Unread |
| 178 | Mindset | - | Unread |
| 179 | The Art of Seduction | Robert Greene | Unread |
| 180 | 48 Laws of Power | Robert Greene | Read-& Reviewing |
| 181 | The Laws of Human Nature | Robert Greene | Unread |
| 182 | The Happiness Hypothesis | Jonathan Haidt | Unread |
| 183 | Make Your Bed | William H. McRaven | Unread |
| 184 | The Almanack of Naval Ravikant | Tom Ferriss | Unread |
| 185 | Principles | Ray Dalio | Unread |
| 186 | The One Thing | Gary Keller | Unread |
| 187 | Six Pillars of Self-Esteem | Nathaniel Branden | Unread |
| 188 | Morning Zen | Adrian Gonzales | Unread |
| 189 | No More Mr. Nice Guy | - | Unread |
| 190 | As a Man Thinketh | Allan Gray | Read-& Reviewing |
| 191 | Ikigai | - | Unread |
| 192 | The Daily Stoic | Ryan Holiday | Unread |
| 193 | Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | Unread |
| 194 | The Code of the Extraordinary Mind | Vishen Lakhiani | Unread |
| 195 | The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | Read-& Reviewing |
| 196 | Zero to One | Peter Thiel | Unread |
| 197 | 21 Laws of Leadership | John C. Maxwell | Unread |
| 198 | Developing the Leader Within | John C. Maxwell | Unread |
| 199 | The 4 Agreements | Don Miguel Ruiz | Read-& Reviewing |
| 200 | The Untethered Soul | Michael Singer | Unread |
| 201 | Ultimate Power | Anthony Robbins | Unread |
| 202 | The First Minute | Chris Fenning | Unread |
| 203 | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen R. Covey | Unread |
| 204 | The Obstacle Is the Way | Ryan Holiday | Unread |
| 205 | A Difficult Conversation | Douglas Stone | Unread |
| 206 | Capitalist Nigger | Chika Onyeani | Read-& Reviewing |
| 207 | Why Men Don’t Listen, Women Can’t Read Maps | Allan & Barbara Pease | Unread |
| 208 | Practical Female Psychology | Joseph W. South | Unread |
| 209 | The Power of Habit | Charles Duhigg | Unread |
| 210 | Indaba My Child | Credo Mutwa | Unread |
| 211 | Flow | - | Unread |
| 212 | The 5 AM Club | - | Unread |
| 213 | Bad Move | Linwood Barclay | Unread |
| 214 | The Secret | - | Read-& Reviewing |
| 215 | The Mountain Is You | - | Unread |
| 216 | Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down | Haemin Sunim | Unread |
| 217 | Discipline Is Destiny | Ryan Holiday | Unread |
| 218 | Predictable Irrational | - | Unread |
| 219 | Maps of Meaning | Jordan Peterson | Unread |
| 220 | Beyond Order | Jordan Peterson | Unread |
| 221 | 12 Rules for Life | Jordan Peterson | Read-& Reviewing |
| 222 | Hidden Genius | Polina Pompliano | Read-& Reviewing |
| 223 | Brand New Worlds | Salman Khan | Unread |
| 224 | Supercommunicators | Charles Duhigg | Unread |
| 225 | The Art of Strategy | Barry Nalebuff | Unread |
| 226 | I dont want to talk about it | Rerrence Real | Unread |
| 227 | Montaigne | Stefan Zweig | Unread |
| 228 | The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise | Georges Perec | Unread |
| 229 | Everything is Tuberculosis | John Green | Unread |
| 230 | On Character | Stanleymcchrystal | Unread |
| 231 | Raising Hare | Chloe Dalton | Unread |
| 232 | The Zorg | Siddharth Kara | Unread |
| 233 | Dark Matter | Blake Crouch | Unread |
| 234 | Sex and Culture | ------ | Unread |
| 235 | The Signs | Tara Swart | Unread |
| 236 | The Source | Tara Swart | Unread |
| 237 | RINGMAKERS OF • SATURN | NORMAN R. BERGRUN | Unread |
| 236 | Stolen Focus | Johann Hari | Unread |
| 237 | Six Easy Pieces | Richard Feynman | Unread |
| 238 | Lifespan | David Sinclair | Unread |
| 239 | The Body | Bill Bryson | Unread |
| 240 | Things no one else can teach us | - | Unread |
| 241 | Do epic shit | Ankur Woorikoo | Unread |
| 242 | The courage to be happy | - | Unread |
| 243 | The journey from abandonment to healing | Susan Anderson | Unread |
| 244 | The ten types of human | Dexter Dias | Unread |
| 245 | Triggers | David Richo | Unread |
| 244 | Awareness | Anthony de Mello | Unread |
| 245 | Master key system | Charles Haalen | Unread |
| 246 | Connect | David Brandford | Unread |
| 247 | The defining decade | Meg Jay | Unread |
| 248 | Ultralearning | Scott Young | Unread |
| 249 | Surrounded by idiots | Thomas Erikson | Unread |
| 250 | The 22 immutable laws of marketing | Jack Trout | Unread |
| 251 | The Goal | Eliyahu M. Goldratt | Unread |
| 252 | How To Be A Power Connector | Judi Robinete | Unread |
| 253 | Systems Thinking | Donella Meadows | Unread |
| 254 | Financial Inteligence | Karen Berman | Unread |
| 255 | Steal and Show | - | Unread |
| 256 | How to sell is human | Daniel Pink | Unread |
| 257 | Awakened | Andiswa Coetzee | Unread |
| 258 | The Hot Widow | Andiswa Coetzee | Unread |
| 259 | Born A Crime | Trevor Noah | Read |
| 260 | The Creative Act | - | Unread |
| 261 | Business & Life Lessons | Vusi Thembekwayo | Unread |
| 262 | The Magna Carta | Vusi Thembekwayo | Unread |
| 263 | Things black people aren't taught | Raymond Boseman | Unread |
| 264 | Small Things | Nthikeng Mohlele | Unread |
| 265 | Discovery of Love | Nthikeng Mohlele | Unread |
| 266 | A little light | Nthikeng Mohlele | Unread |
| 267 | Revolutiunaries house | Nthikeng Mohlele | Unread |
| 268 | Rusty Bell | Nthikeng Mohlele | Unread |
| 268 | Bitches Brew | Fred Khumalo | Unread |
| 269 | The emyth | Michael Gerber | Unread |
| 270 | The shack | - | Unread |
Conclusion
This collection is more than a mere library — it's a reflection of a soul in pursuit of growth, clarity, and purpose. Each book is a key, unlocking the many doors that I hope lead to a deeper understanding of life, people, and the intricate dance of relationships, strategy, and dreams.
Through these pages, I am striving to become a more conscious thinker, a wiser strategist, a kinder communicator, and an impactful soul. I am walking a path toward mastering the art of living—not merely existing. These books are my companions, my mentors, and my mirrors, revealing truths about the world and challenging the boundaries of what I believe possible.
I hope they will guide me to a place where I see the unseen, hear the unsaid, and act with wisdom and grace. In reading them, I aim to cultivate a mind that’s sharp, a heart that’s open, and a life that’s meaningful.
And so, I invite you to journey with me. Read with me not only to learn but to grow, to stretch the edges of who you are, and to uncover the extraordinary in the everyday. Together, we can step into a world illuminated by the wisdom these books hold—a world shaped not by what we fear, but by what we dare to dream.
Let us turn these pages and, in doing so, turn ourselves toward the light.