"The Four Agreements", I wish I had read it when I was younger, I give it to anyone who seems to feel other people are their problem.
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#82I always have copies of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" to give out. As I get older, I love seeing younger people flip out when they read it and see how applicable it is in modern life.
Can confirm that as a younger generation representative. Read it like five times already. I liked it more than 1984 and I have two copies of it in my book shelf (English version, and translated to my local language).
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#83The Art of Travel, by Alain de Botton https://g.co/kgs/3WZtk1 . I highly recommend it!
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#84The 48 Laws of Power
Seconded.
If you find the tactics in this book reprehensible and vile, it's even more important that you read it so you are not taken in by them. People do these things because they work.
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#85Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt.
Me too. It's an easy read and deliveres an Enlightenment to the typical economic-folklore. I also like it because it doesn't question your morale, but just asks to broaden your scope of possible perspectives.
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#86Zero to One by P. Thiel (cheezy for HN, I know)
Meltdown by T. Woods (cool guy, Austrian Economy)
The Witcher by A. Sapkowski (Fantasy, but It reads well only in polish language)
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#87The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine.
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#88The Alchemist
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#89Dune, Enders Game and Ready Player One.
Last year (I'm 28), I tried to read Enders Game for the for the first time since 15 years. I was disappointed, it's really cool, but for younger generations.
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#90"What do you do with an idea?" By Kobi Yamada