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 Twitter.

Top Recommendations

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

• The Scout Mindset
• Atomic Habits (pair with the Kurzgesagt Habit Journal)
• Beyond Brilliance
• Eight Dates
• The Elements of Investing

Influential

In alphabetical order:

• Brave New World
• Command and Control
• Grapes of Wrath
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
• His Dark Materials
• Immune
• Lies My Teacher Told Me
• Stories of Your Life and Others
• The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
• The Demon Under the Microscope

Bonus: Blogroll

My favorite corners of the Internet:

• Astral Codex Ten / Slate Star Codex: best explained by example
• Asterisk: an online magazine focused on how to make it to 2100 as a species
• Ben Kuhn: unique, useful perspectives on life in general
• Works in Progress: an online magazine focused on ideas for progress
• Bits About Money: a newsletter that dives deep into financial infrastructure