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  • What are some of the best books you've read this year?

    Abhilash Sankaramanchi
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    Inspired by HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33849267 I've read these books: 1. Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel A masterpiece on Personal Finance that highlights most common mistakes people tend to make with money. 2. Rework by David Heinemeier This book emphasizes on failing early & often to learn Business lessons, must read! 3. Building Brand Communities by Melissa Jones Community Building is crucial for brands & this book teaches the exact ways to build a fostering community. 4. Business of Belonging by David Spinks Following the similar lines of Community Building in the earlier book, this book emphasizes on the true nature of communities which is belonging & giving value back. It's your turn now to list a few, let's provide more value to the space. I'm pretty sure we have a lot of bookworms here! :) Here are some books by popular vote recommended by Awesome PH'ers! 1. Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 2. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki 3. Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi 4. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover 5. Zero to One by Peter Thiel. 6. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. 7. Atomic Habits by James Clear 8. Principles by Ray Dalio 9. The Joy of Compounding by Gautam Baid 10. Almanack of Naval Ravikant 11. The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi 12. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight 13. What your customer wants & cannot tell you by Meline Palmer 14. Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong 15. The Millionaire Fastlane by M J DeMarco 16. Mahabharata 17. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 18. The Child In You - Stefanie Stahl 19. Thrive by Arianna Huffington 20. The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain 21. The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman 22. The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick 23. A Primate`s Memoir by Robert Sapolsky 24. Oliver Sacks Books 25. Mr. Toad went to see a psychiatrist 26. Thirty thousand stiches by Sudha Murthy 27. Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy 28. Stillness is the key by Ryan Holiday 29. Happy Sexy Millionaire by Steven Bartlett 30. The Child in you by Stefanie Stahl 31. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives by John Hull 32. Mastery by Robert Greene 33. Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu 34. The Pragmatic Programmer by David Thomas 35. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Martin Robert C Last but not the least, do check out Nikolas's Discussion for more incredible books: https://www.producthunt.com/discussions/the-best-ultimate-reading-list-continuously-updated Bonus List: Found Paul Graham's Gift Book Recommendations: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1602347941473275909?s=20&t=07ntdImP45MiWSc_Uol6Nw

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    phprunner
    "What your customer wants and cannot tell you" by Melina Palmer. An excellent insight into customers' brains.
    Archisman Das
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    Discovered this pretty late. The Mom Test is an awesome read for any builder.
    Abhilash Sankaramanchi
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    @archisman_das Just checked with the book, knowing how to talk to customers & derive inputs is an important skill. Thanks for the reco! 💯
    Indu Thangamuthu
    1. Courage to be Disliked - Fumitake Koga & Ichiro Kishimi 2. 'Psychology of Money' - Morgan Housel 3. The Child In You - Stefanie Stahl
    Abhilash Sankaramanchi
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    @indu_thangamuthu Heard a lot about the first book you mentioned, it's on my reading list. Thanks for the recos! 😄
    Indu Thangamuthu
    @_abhitweets "Courage to be Disliked - Fumitake Koga & Ichiro Kishimi" - THE BEST. I wish they make kids read these type of books in schools. A MUST-READ FOR ALL.
    Sanat Mohanty
    1. Joy of Compounding 2. Almanack of Naval Ravikant 3. The courage to be disliked
    Vishal Godhwani from Brew Money
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    Rooting in for more suggestions, I've read Mastery by Robert Greene. This book truly justifies its title. It will take you in greater depth through examples of legends like Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Faraday, Benjamin Franklin etc. Author greatly explains every important detail how they have achieved mastery in their life and how we can follow their footsteps.
    Abhilash Sankaramanchi
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    @vishal_godhwani Robert Greene's books are great to find a direction in life! Thanks for the reco mate!
    Gleb Slonimskiy
    Robert Sapolsky "A Primate`s Memoir" Oliver Sacks - I can recommend all books )
    Sakshi Gahlawat
    Psychology of Money and Atomic Habits.
    user
    Thanks for starting the discussion, I am an avid reader & I've started reading Shiva Trilogy by - Amish Tripathi. The book talks about gods & takes us back to Ancient India. A very interesting read.
    Gleb Slonimskiy
    @nikhil_singh16 ancient? 2000-3000 years ago?
    Savitha Gollamudi
    stillness is the key and happy sexy millionaire
    Nikolas Dimitroulakis
    ApyHub : The All in one API Platform
    ApyHub : The All in one API Platform
    good thread! i wrote this one so we can create a list and keep expanding it! https://www.producthunt.com/disc...
    Abid Unnisa
    I am more into technical books so the best book I read this year is from O’Reilly publications its called Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu.
    Abhilash Sankaramanchi
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    @abid_unnisa Awesome Unnisa, this is first technical book recommended here & for that I recommend these two books back at you: The Pragmatic Programmer & Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship.
    Vasudev Soni
    Read The Millionaire Fastlane, Zero to One and Shoe Dog. All of them are great books for people who want to live a life of freedom.
    geeta chaturvedi
    Thirty thousand stiches
    Krishna Kumar
    Mahabharata. Reading in detail
    Abhilash Sankaramanchi
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    @kkumarkg Awesome, it is said that Mahabharata encompasses almost every story that this world has ever seen. Could you mention a specific book?
    Ignas
    TL;DR Weekly
    TL;DR Weekly
    "The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less" is a great read, painting a very compelling picture of sustainable entrepreneurship. I've picked it up after reading "Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies", and it was a very interesting contrast. And it might be even more relevant in todays market, where a lot of hyper-growth companies are scaling down.
    Sofia Li
    I would recommend a book for work: Principles by Ray Dalio. It lists a few tips to help me clear my mind when get started with work. Worth the read!
    Abhilash Sankaramanchi
    Brew Money | Take control of your crypto
    @sofiali This is worth reading definitely, I had read this book last year & found it super fascinating. Will pin it up. 😊
    Anthony Susanto
    Sell it like Serhant ;) The learnings can be applied anywhere.
    Anfas Ashrf
    Rich dad poor dad...Is the book of good financial advise.