"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers." - President Harry S. Truman
That quote is extremely true. The list of books below are all titles that I own and personally endorse. Each book is well worth your time.
Disclaimer: I do NOT earn any kickbacks on the sales of these books at all. These are strictly product links.
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, Malcom Gladwell
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Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
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Start With Why, Simon Sinek
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford
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The Total Money Makeover, Dave Ramsey
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Poke the Box, Seth Godin
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen Covey
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni
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The Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Othelo, William Shakespeare
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Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
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The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
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1984, George Orwell
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The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Last Wish (The Witcher), Andrezej Sapkowski
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The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
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The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
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The Lord of the Flies, William Golding
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Moby Dick, Herman Melville
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Peter Pan, J.M. Barbie
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Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
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