Which books have most influenced your worldview and shaped who you are today?

My answers follow from what I've read. Feel free to let me know your favorites on Mastodon or X.

Top Recommendations

In roughly descending order of what I'd recommend reading first:

• You Are What You Do
• Atomic Habits (pair with the Kurzgesagt Habit Journal or Streaks app)
• The Scout Mindset
• Beyond Brilliance
• The Elements of Investing

Influential

In alphabetical order:

• Command and Control
• Deep Work
• Eight Dates
• Endurance
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
• His Dark Materials
• Immune
• Lies My Teacher Told Me
• Outlive
• So Good They Can't Ignore You
• Stories of Your Life and Others
• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
• The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
• The Demon Under the Microscope
• The Triathlete's Training Bible

Bonus: Blogroll

My favorite corners of the Internet, again in alphabetical order:

• Astral Codex Ten / Slate Star Codex: best explained by example
• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: lessons from history
• Naval Gazing: naval history and technology
• Works in Progress: an online magazine focused on ideas for progress