Starting Strength by Mark RippetoeTactical Barbell by K. BlackPractical Programming for Strength Training by Mark RippetoeThe New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding by Arnold SchwarzeneggerStarting Strength by Mark Rippetoe
Best Bodybuilding Books
62 books — 53 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill  BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
380 books — 386 voters

Quiet by Susan CainEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertDaring Greatly by Brené BrownThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschThe Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
books from TED
95 books — 368 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellMusashi by Eiji YoshikawaTaiko by Eiji YoshikawaThe 47 Ronin Story by John AllynA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Top Samurai Novels
85 books — 105 voters

The Art of War by Sun TzuA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto MusashiTao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce LeeAnalogies Shorinjiryu Karatedo, Golf & Baseball by Emanuel Hawthorne KyoshiKarate-Do by Gichin Funakoshi
Classic Martial Arts Books
35 books — 45 voters
5 Minute Fitness Strength Training for Senior Women at 50+  by Bruce HarrisSlim and Healthy You by Sahara SandersNo Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book by Lorii MyersAnimal Moves by Darryl EdwardsLift, Eat, Repeat by spoonacular
Best Fitness Books
55 books — 70 voters

5 Minute Fitness Strength Training for Senior Women at 50+  by Bruce HarrisWays To Go Beyond And Why They Work by Rupert SheldrakeStarting Strength by Mark RippetoeInsight Out by Vann Joines PH DThe Ultimate Human Secrets by Ramzi Najjar
Become The Strongest Version of Yourself
204 books — 245 voters
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerWinging It  by Lia RussReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
348 books — 188 voters

Red Notice by Bill BrowderThe Man Without a Face by Masha GessenThe Future Is History by Masha GessenOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynNothing Is True and Everything Is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev
Books about Russia
140 books — 74 voters
The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
174 books — 122 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Learn About History
461 books — 188 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariThe Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Thoughtful Reads / Book Club
126 books — 146 voters


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