I love reading – it’s one of those hobbies that are ridiculously cheap, yet amazingly rewarding. Reading blogs and researching the internet can only get you so far – if you really want to delve deep into a subject, reading’s the only way to do it. People are always complaining that there’s never enough time to read – yet if you’re smart about it, you can always find pockets of time in your day: on your hour-long commute, during meals, before bed, etc. Here’s a list of books that I’ve found particularly useful/rewarding, in no particular order, which I’ll update as we go along.
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Psychology
Influence: Science and Practice - Robert B. Cialdini
Why Smart People Make Dumb Money Mistakes - Gary Belsky & Thomas Gilovich
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard - Chip and Dan Heath
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work - Chip and Dan Heath
59 Seconds - Richard Wiseman
Personal Finance / Investing
I Will Teach You to Be Rich - Ramit Sethi
The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley
Millionarie Teacher - Andrew Hallam
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing - John C. Bogle
Stocks for the Long Run - Jeremy Siegel
Personal Awesomeness
The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
The Power of Full Engagement – Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz
So Good They Can’t Ignore You - Cal Newport
Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
Talent Is Overrated – Geoff Colvin
Bounce – Matthew Syed
Entrepreneurship
The 4-Hour Work Week – Timothy Ferris
Screw Work, Let’s Play – John Williams
The $100 Startup – Chris Guillebeau
Finance
Market Wizards / The New Market Wizards – Jack D. Schwager
Fooled By Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Practical Speculation – Victor Niederhoffer and Laurel Kenner
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator – Edwin Lefevre
When Genius Failed – Roger Lowenstein
Reading Devices
Amazon Kindle, as well as How to get/use one if you’re living in Singapore
Have you read any of Napoleon Hill’s stuff – I find him encouraging, a bit wistful and wise
Yep! I’ve read “Think and Grow Rich”, but I find the language a little hard to follow 
Have you read “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein? A cool book written from a dogs (Enzo) perspective about the life of its owners their struggles and triumphs.
I’d recommend, “Million Dollar Portfolio” by The Motley Fool. Great and easy-to-digest read on investment strategies!
I read one called ‘Eat That Frog’ years ago (can’t remember the author) when I was in a job I hated – if the worse thing you have to do in your day is eat a frog you’d wanna get it out of the way first (or just go into hiding) – it was a great little book for making you tackle those phone calls you’re dreading, or the board report you’ve got writers block on, and just getting them out the way first thing in your day and preferably before your lunch break. It at least made the afternoons a little more bearable and dealt with a lot of my avoidance issues in life outside the office!
“Eat That Frog” is a must for anyone interested in personal effectiveness. It is a short book, with proven techniques. He doesn’t go into theory; but any reader can see that what he is writing about works. This book should be #1 on your list!
Monique
@moniqueliddle
Thanks for recommending! I’ll check it out