Books to a Young Man – 10 Titles to Kickstart a Good Life

  • That is a wonderful list. In addition I would add "Sapiens". It showed me how the world really operates. Its key ideas is: Humans are different from other species because they can communicate in larger groups by telling stories, even about imaginary things. These are called 'Myths'. Some examples of popular myths are Money, Religion, Companies, Laws, Nations etc.

  • Well-intentioned, actually the exposition it the best part. The book list - well are mostly about “beating the system.”

    The Frankl book is excellent for readers from any century, it will be a future classic on the scale of Epictetus, unless suffering is someday conquered by future people.

    My top book for young minds: Cosmos by Carl Sagan.

  • A nice list, except for Choose Yourself, which seems a rather typical 'be an entrepreneur, it's easy' message (or maybe I misunderstood the summary) and Rich Dad Poor Dad, which is a bunch of made up stories by a guy that himself has not actually had a healthy financial life (until the book became profitable) and introduces some nice ideas but is mostly nonsense.