Ryan Holiday
Author of The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy; runs the Reading List email and The Painted Porch bookstore in Bastrop, Texas.
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
I also recommend Philipp’s other novel, American Rust
on ryanholiday.net · 12 Jan 2024
Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Becky Kennedy
I just interviewed Dr. Becky too but I don’t think it will come out until January. Stay tuned and in the meantime, you just HAVE to read this book
on ryanholiday.net · 12 Jan 2024
Pontius Pilate by Ann Wroe
Ann Wroe’s biography of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judaea–the man who sentenced Jesus to his gruesome death–was so overwhelmingly good that I could only read a couple pages at a time.
on ryanholiday.net · 12 Jan 2024
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle. It’s a short, great read.
on ryanholiday.net · 12 Jan 2024
The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton’s The Greek Way is a wonderful discussion of what made the Greeks so special, what they can teach us and how they thought about life.
on ryanholiday.net · 12 Jan 2024
The Past That Would Not Die by Walter Lord
by Walter Lord is a riveting, must read narrative nonfiction thriller about James Meredith’s brave and bold campaign to integrate Ole Miss in 1962.
on ryanholiday.net · 12 Jan 2024
The Son by Philipp Meyer
I say that The Son is on par with the show Yellowstone, but better.
on ryanholiday.net · 12 Jan 2024
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature by Steven Rinella
It’s about encouraging curiosity and interest, and cultivating resiliency and self-sufficiency.
on ryanholiday.net · 10 Dec 2022
Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman by Merle Miller
this one is one of the best leadership books I have ever read
on ryanholiday.net · 10 Dec 2022
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Before I start any book project, I take a few hours and re-read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, maybe the greatest book ever written on the creative process.
on ryanholiday.net · 10 Dec 2022
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