<p>Looking for recs</p>
<p>Of all books read while in school,</p>
<p>which have been the most "accessible", interesting, thought provoking</p>
<p>without feeling like you are trudging through .. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>The best stuff I’ve read wasn’t anything suggested in school.</p>
<p>Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Read the Communist Manifesto by Marx then read the US Constitution.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and/or the version by Dennis Kimbro
The Road to Serfdom by Freidrich Hayek
The Holy Bible and The Koran and any other religious books you choose.
The Art of War by Tsu
The Book of Five Rings
The Rise and Fall of Rome
(Forget authors of the last 2 books)
There’s more but you read half of these and you’ll be amazed at how stupid all your years in high school were for not teaching this stuff.</p>
<p>Oh, and some of these will be trudged thru because the educational system will have left you so ignorant of ideas and thoughts that these authors assume people know. But it’s worth it to learn.</p>
<p>^^Lol Atlas Shrugged was such a bore. Kudos to OP if he can actually make it through that novel.</p>
<p>The books are all boring if you have no understanding of what you’re reading. Not saying that is the definition of a boring book but that all of these are very philosophical and the whole concept of philosophy is boring to some people.</p>
<p>I read Platos The Republic and thought I’d die.</p>
<p>But the more you know the better the books get. </p>
<p>I’d add 1984 by Orwell too.</p>
<p>Here’s my list of favorite business / finance books, and they’re all relatively easy reads + interesting. Have 'em all on my bookshelf and they’ve all been read multiple times over the years:</p>
<p>—How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)…probably the best “business book” of the 20th century</p>
<p>—The Millionaire Next Door (Stanley / Danko)</p>
<p>—Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty (Harvey Macay)…or pretty much any of his other books</p>
<p>—Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)</p>
<p>—The Richest Man in Babylon (George Clason)</p>
<p>—What They Don’t Teach you at Harvard Business School (Mark McCormack…founder or IMG / International Management Group)</p>
<p>—The Only Investment Guide you’ll Ever Need (Andrew Tobias)…or his other few books</p>
<p>Dale Carnegie would benefit a whole generation of young people if they read and listened to what he says.</p>