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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstien

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects by Andrew Chen

The Fall by Albert Camus

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck

Thinking in Algorithms: How to Combine Computer Analysis and Human Creativity by Albert Rutherford

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t by Adam M. Grant

Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else by Jordan Ellenberg

Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind by Robert Kurzban

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education by Salman Khan

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life’s Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke

In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes our Lives by Steven Levy

Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia

Map and Territory by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James P. Carse

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose by Jay Shetty

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson

Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life by Bill Perkins

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Nagel

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Feel Good Productivity: How to do More of What Matters to You by Ali Abdaal

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell

When Reason Goes on Holiday: Philosophers in Politics by Neven Sesardić

The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work by Simone Stolzoff

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education by Neil Postman

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Language and Proofs in Algebra: An Introduction by Faculty of Mathematics, UWaterloo

Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? by Edmund Gettier

The Language Instinct How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker

Book of Proof by Richard Hammack

Mathematical Logic for Computer Science by Lu Zhongwan

The Tipping Point: How Little Things can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

MATH 136: Linear Algebra 1 for Honours Mathematics by Faculty of Mathematics, UWaterloo

STAT 230: Probability by Faculty of Mathematics, UWaterloo

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance

New Media: An Introduction by Terry Flew & Richard Smith

Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow

Exploring Ethics by Gerry Callaghan

Crito by Plato

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny by Robin S. Sharma

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning by Scott Galloway

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by W. Timothy Gallwey

Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind by Andy Dunn

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Bergis

Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Bill Carr and Colin Bryar

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon

The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace by Ron Friedman

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

The Courage to Be Disliked: Free Yourself, Change Your Life, Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google by Scott Galloway

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

1984 by George Orwell

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Giver by Lois Lowry