Give Me Your Book Recommendations

Avid Readers: What books do you reach for time and again?

I’m building a list of must-read books with a creative tilt.

Looking for books that stretch your thinking, sharpen your instincts, or quietly change how you see the world.

I want to recommend books I’ve personally read… so if you share a title, it needs to be one you’d confidently say is a must-read because I’ll add it to the top of my TBR list.

Focused on the following three categories and sharing some examples to get you thinking:

1. Business or psychology books you regularly reference

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

• Think Again by Adam Grant

2. Fiction that shaped how you see the world

• Capital: A Novel by John Lanchester.
  
  Don’t be intimidated by the page count. The shifting perspectives explore materialism, greed, and inequality in contemporary London during a financial crisis, all orbiting the mystery of anonymous postcards that read: “We Want What You Have.” Total page-turner.

Sorry that's the only one I've got. I don't read a lot of fiction. Last week, I recommended The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton and realized it was published back in 1908.

3. Books about writing or creating.

• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

• On Writing by Stephen King

What belongs on this list? Please share your recommendations!