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Books recommended by Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday recommends 67 books, among them Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, My Bondage and My Freedom and My Life and Battles.

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman

The Earl Of Chesterfield

Self-improvement

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

History

My Life and Battles

Jack Johnson

History

No Hiding Place

William Seabrook

Biography & memoir

Of Anger

Seneca

Philosophy

Plutarch’s Lives

Plutarch

History

Reveille for Radicals

Saul D. Alinsky

Philosophy

Rules for Radicals

Saul D. Alinsky

Philosophy

Selected Epigrams

Martial

Philosophy

Sex on the Brain

Deborah Blum

Psychology

Sherman

B.H. Liddell Hart

Biography & memoir

The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

Psychology

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

History

The Cathedral & the Bazaar

Eric S. Raymond

Technology

The Complete Perfectionist

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Philosophy

The Enchiridion

Epictetus

Philosophy

The Fish That Ate the Whale

Rich Cohen

History

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

History

The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

Giorgio Vasari

Arts & entertainment

The Moral Animal

Robert Wright

Philosophy

The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

Philosophy

The Net Delusion

Evgeny Morozov

Technology

The New New Thing

Michael Lewis

Economics & politics

The Pirate's Dilemma

Matt Mason

Technology

The Power Broker

Robert A. Caro

History

The River of Doubt

Candice Millard

History

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

Biography & memoir

The Second Mountain

David Brooks

Spirituality & religion

The Tiger

John Vaillant

History

Tiny Beautiful Things

Cheryl Strayed

Biography & memoir