Recommended Reading

Living is itself a process of education, a process of continual learning that has no end. We can learn from everything if our mind is curious and alert. Thus, I think learning how to learn is an important skill to master in one’s life.

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There are many good books to read in the world. Some bring us far away into distant land while others into magical fantasy. We get enamor into the stories being told as it unfolds in our mind’s eye as we translate words into moving images right in our head.

Then, some books help to awaken one’s daze and circumstances. They loosen the chains and restrains we put on our mind, we become more curious about ourselves and the world around us. Guiding us to inquire our inners most fears and desires that drive us. Asking insightful yet penetrative questions to dig within ourselves for the answer.

I like to read many different subjects but it’s mostly centered around science fiction, money, spirituality, philosophy, and human society. Below are some of the books I have read or are still pending on my reading list.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

His writing brings you to explore yourself through a series of questions and answers. Guiding to see where does all these conflicts we have with ourselves or with other lies.

1. On Fear
2. The Awakening of Intelligence
3. The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
4. The First and Last Freedom
5. Think on These Things
6. Education and the Significance of Life
7. Freedom from the Known

Alan Watts

He is a great storyteller and is very entertaining to read to understand ourselves better. YouTube is full of his lecture snippet made by others. I suggest starting there first before reading his materials.

1. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
2. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
3. The Way of Zen

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By Category

The author’s name is numbered as the first item and sub-bullet are their works in a list.

Spirituality

1. Paul Selig
   • I Am the Word
   • The Book of Love and Creation
   • The Book of Knowing and Worth
2. Nicolas David
   • Your Soul Contract Decoded: Discover the Spiritual Map of Your Life with Numerology
3. Guy Needler
   • History of God: A Story of the Beginning of Everything
   • Beyond the Source – Book 1: Messages from the Co-Creaters of the Universe
   • Beyond the Source – Book 2
   • Origin Speaks: The Direct Dialogue with the Ultimate Creator
   • Psycho-Spiritual Healing: And Other Techniques for Dysfunctions Created by Who We Are and How We Incarnate
4. Lorie Ladd
   • The Divine Design: The Untold Story of Earth’s and Humanity’s Evolution in Consciousness
5. Three Initiates
   • The Kybalion: Centenary Edition
6. Genevieve Taeger
   • Heal & Awaken the Goddess Within: Living a Life of Meaning and Purpose
7. RJ Spina
   • Access Super Consciousness: Raise Your Frequency to Overcome Your Biggest Obstacles
8. Cindy Farries
   • A Lightworker’s Guidebook: Prophecies for Humankind as We Journey into the Age of Aquarius

Galactic & ET

1. Joachim Siegfrids
   • The Three Queens of Lemuria
2. Michel Desmarquet
   • Thiaoouba Prophecy: The Golden Planet. (Abduction to the 9th Planet): A true report by the Author who was PHYSICALLY ABDUCTED to another planet
3. Daniel Scranton
   • Ascension: The Shift to the Fifth Dimension, Volume 5: The 9D Arcturian Council

Lost Civilization

1. Billy Carson
   • Compendium Of The Emerald Tablets

Science Fiction

1. Cixin Liu
   • The Three-Body Problem (The Three-Body Problem Series, 1)
   • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series, 2)
   • Death’s End (The Three-Body Problem Series, 3)
   • The Redemption of Time: A Three-Body Problem Novel (The Three-Body Problem Series, 4)
2. Andy Weir
   • Project Hail Mary: A Novel

Stoicism

1. Ryan Holiday
   • Obstacle is the way
   • Ego Is the Enemy
   • The Daily Stoic
2. Seneca
   • Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)
   • On the shortness of time
3. Marcus Aurelius
   • Meditations: A New Translation
4. William B. Irvine
   • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

Buddhism, Zen & Taoism

1. C. C. Tsai, Brian Bruya
   • Dao De Jing (The Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics, 7)
   • The Way of Nature (The Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics, 6)
   • The Ways of Zen (The Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics Book 21)
2. Derek Lin
   • Tao Te Ching : Annotated & Explained
3. Paul Reps
   • Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
4. Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams
   • The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
5. Koun Yamada
   • The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans
6. Okakura Kakuzo
   • The Book of Tea Classic Edition

Skepticism & Critical Thinking

1. Carl Sagan
   • The Demon-haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark
2. Daniel J. Levitin
   • Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
3. Dr. Steven Novella
   • The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

Life

1. Viktor E. Frankl
   • Man’s Search for Meaning
2. Beth Kempton
   • Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
3. Albert Camus
   • The Myth of Sisyphus
4. Robert Greene
   • The 48 Laws of Power
5. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
   • Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)
6. Matthew Walker
   • Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
7. Gavin de Becker
   • The Gift of Fear
8. Jocko Willink
   • Discipline Equals Freedom
9. Simon Blackburn
   • Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
10. David Goggins
    • Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

Money

1. Jacob Goldstein
   • Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
2. Morgan Housel
   • The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

Business & Productivity

1. MJ DeMarco
   • Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
2. Cal Newport
   • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Human

1. Yuval Noah Harari
   • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
   • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
2. John Green
   • The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
3. Ernest Becker
   • The Denial of Death
4. Brian C. Muraresku
   • The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

Got Suggestion?

Do you have any good books to recommend me? Suggest it below.