Bestselling Author of The Obstacle Is the Way
by Marcus Aurelius
“It is amazing Meditations, year after year and read after read, feels both incredibly timely and incredibly timeless (there’s a reason the book has endured now for almost twenty centuries). It’s amazing that a person so famous—known to millions in his own lifetime and subject to countless books and articles and movies—could still be giving off new secrets, but indeed that’s what he’s doing.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Robert Greene
“We’ve also had many of my favorite authors stop by and sign copies of their books, such as: The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks, and Finding Ultra by Rich Roll.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Walker Percy
“I’ll go reread a favorite novel, such as A Man in Full or The Moviegoer or Memoirs of Hadrian.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Robert A. Caro
“6 Books Every Ambitious Young Person Should Read The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro. Titan by Ron Chernow. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Cyropaedia by Xenophon”
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by David Epstein
“Some books to read in 2020: - Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch - Keep Going by @austinkleon - The Second Mountain by David Brooks - The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss - My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George - Range by @DavidEpstein - How To Keep Your Cool by Seneca”
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by Cheryl Strayed
“TBT is a fantastic, fantastic book.”
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by Austin Kleon
“– I mentioned Austin Kleon’s book Steal Like An Artist earlier but his book Keep Going was even more relevant to this journey.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“It's awesome to see people reading Marcus Aurelius and Seneca and Epictetus and I feel like I am paying forward what was done for me.”
— Reddit
by Viktor E. Frankl
“Honored to have been asked to write a piece for the By Invitation series in @TheEconomist but mostly excited that I got to interview Dr. Viktor Frankl's wife, and talk about an idea that I first heard about when I read Man's Search For Meaning in 2005...”
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by Ron Chernow
“6 Books Every Ambitious Young Person Should Read The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro. Titan by Ron Chernow. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Cyropaedia by Xenophon”
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by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
“Some books I’ve read and re-read many times: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius The Moviegoer by Walker Percy The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene The Little Girl at the Window by Totto-Chan”
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by Donald Robertson
“I like Donald Robertson's book *How To Think Like a Roman Emperor* but the best book about Stoicism that's not written by one of the Stoics has got to be *The Inner Citadel* by Pierre Hadot.”
— Reddit
by Robert Greene
“Robert Greene’s metaphor for mastery (if you haven’t read Mastery, you must) is being on the inside of something.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Marguerite Yourcenar
“The best books I read this year. Thanks @austinkleon and @susanorlean and among others. If you want reading recommendations, sign up for the reading list email at Can’t believe it is in its tenth year. pic.twitter.com/m7gEc6NDpF”
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by Plutarch
“Some books to read in 2020: - Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch - Keep Going by @austinkleon - The Second Mountain by David Brooks - The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss - My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George - Range by @DavidEpstein - How To Keep Your Cool by Seneca”
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by Saul D. Alinsky
“No, it's a brilliant book that anyone involved in politics or strategy or marketing should read, whatever their persuasion.”
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by Robert Kurson
“The Tiger by John Vallaint Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson Both true. Both incredible.”
— Reddit
by B.H. Liddell Hart
“8 Life Changing Biographies To Read: Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch The Power Broker by Robert Caro Socrates by Paul Johnson Totto-Chan by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Eisenhower by Jean Edward Smith Edison by Matthew Josephson The Fish That Ate the Whale by Rich Cohen Sherman by B.H. Hart”
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by Anne Lamott
“Alive time vs Dead time. The books I read while away on business recently pic.twitter.com/RRFlYKTu3L”
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by Sarah Bakewell
“The book is spectacular. It was a bestseller in the UK and was featured in a 6 part series in The Guardian. The format of the book is a bit unusual, instead of chapters it is made up of 20 Montaigne style essays that discuss the man from a variety of different perspectives. Montaigne was a man obsessed with figuring himself out — why he thought the way he did, how he could find happiness, his fetishes, his near-death experiences. He lived in tumultuous times too and he coped by looking inward. We’re lucky he did, and we can do the same.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Rich Cohen
“8 Life Changing Biographies To Read: Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch The Power Broker by Robert Caro Socrates by Paul Johnson Totto-Chan by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Eisenhower by Jean Edward Smith Edison by Matthew Josephson The Fish That Ate the Whale by Rich Cohen Sherman by B.H. Hart”
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by Edmund Morris
“Just posted some book quotes from Edmund Morris’ The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, which I read a few months ago. I am way backed up with the quotes and passages. More coming soon.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Candice Millard
“Have you read any of Robert Kurson? Shadow Divers, Pirate Hunters, and his new one, Rocket Men is out soon. Rich Cohen is also a master of this genre (Tough Jews, The Fish That Ate The Whale). I also love Candace Millard (Destiny of the Republic, The River of Doubt and her Churchill book).”
— Reddit
by David Brooks
“Some books to read in 2020: - Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch - Keep Going by @austinkleon - The Second Mountain by David Brooks - The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss - My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George - Range by @DavidEpstein - How To Keep Your Cool by Seneca”
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by Steven Pressfield
“Some books I leaned on often throughout this were The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Budd Schulberg
“What Makes Sammy Run and The Moviegoer--two favorites in the store too”
— Reddit
by Virgil
“On today’s @dailystoic podcast I talk to Classics scholar and professor @ShadiBartsch about how to use the classics as a way to reflect and think critically about oneself, her translation of Virgil’s The Aeneid, and more. Listen to the full episode: pic.twitter.com/wpks7wjcXn”
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by General Mattis
“Six weeks on the road for the new book. This is what I managed to read. pic.twitter.com/mJTHp6RMQ1”
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by Voltaire
“I read this copy of Candide on the day of my wedding with @samagerie five years ago because it was on the shelf at the venue. Then I stole it and took it home with me. "Il faut cultiver son jardin." pic.twitter.com/yde8ZcoYsd”
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by Matthew Josephson
“8 Life Changing Biographies To Read: Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch The Power Broker by Robert Caro Socrates by Paul Johnson Totto-Chan by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Eisenhower by Jean Edward Smith Edison by Matthew Josephson The Fish That Ate the Whale by Rich Cohen Sherman by B.H. Hart”
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by Alfred Lansing
“Alive time vs Dead time. The books I read while away on business recently pic.twitter.com/RRFlYKTu3L”
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by Ray Bradbury
“Like many public school kids, I was assigned Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 in high school. I remembered the book as a warning against totalitarian censorship by the government. It was only later, re-reading it as an adult, that I realized Bradbury—who had written the book on purchased time at a library typewriter—was depicting something much more insidious. As Captain Beatty explains to Montag, who had begun to doubt his terrible profession, censorship was what the people wanted. This horrendous burning of books hadn’t been forced on them by a tyrant. They had chosen this.”
— Ryanholiday.net
by Seneca
“Some books to read in 2020: - Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch - Keep Going by @austinkleon - The Second Mountain by David Brooks - The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss - My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George - Range by @DavidEpstein - How To Keep Your Cool by Seneca”
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by Deborah Blum
“When I was 19 years old, I met @drdrewpinsky and asked him for some book recommendations. These are the three he gave me...and my Amazon receipt. That question changed my life and I still have the books. Passing along the recommendation if you haven't re… pic.twitter.com/SjsXXw4lrG”
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by Virgil
“On today’s @dailystoic podcast I talk to Classics scholar and professor @ShadiBartsch about how to use the classics as a way to reflect and think critically about oneself, her translation of Virgil’s The Aeneid, and more. Listen to the full episode: pic.twitter.com/wpks7wjcXn”
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by Mordecai Richler
“It's about ambition and hustle and the desire to make something of oneself...and how easily these traits can turn sour and toxic. Dov Charney actually turned me on to this book. He always called himself a modern day Duddy Kravitz--he meant that in a good way, that Duddy was a hustler who created nothing from something. I don't think he made it all the way to the end of the book or the movie because the ending was some poetic justice.”
— Reddit
by Susan Orlean
“The best books I read this year. Thanks @austinkleon and @susanorlean and among others. If you want reading recommendations, sign up for the reading list email at Can’t believe it is in its tenth year. pic.twitter.com/m7gEc6NDpF”
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by Giorgio Vasari
“Some of the best biographies I’ve read: Plutarch’s Lives (Vol. 1 & 2) by Plutarch The Power Broker by Robert Caro The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari Totto-Chan by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Titan by Ron Chernow”
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by Matt Mason
“Matt Mason's book The Pirate's Dilemma is very good.”
— Reddit
by Niccolo Machiavelli
“Books on strategy that stand the test of time: - History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - All the works of BH Liddell Hart - The Book of Five Rings by Musashi - The Prince by Machiavelli - 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene”
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by Bill Walsh
“Have you read The Score Takes Care Of Itself?”
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by John Vaillant
“The Tiger by John Vallaint Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson Both true. Both incredible.”
— Reddit
by Rich Cohen
“Have you read any of Robert Kurson? Shadow Divers, Pirate Hunters, and his new one, Rocket Men is out soon. Rich Cohen is also a master of this genre (Tough Jews, The Fish That Ate The Whale). I also love Candace Millard (Destiny of the Republic, The River of Doubt and her Churchill book).”
— Reddit
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