Ryan Holiday
American author of The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy and Stillness Is the Key. Writes the Reading List book-recommendation email (started 2008) and owns The Painted Porch bookstore in Bastrop, Texas. Hosts The Daily Stoic podcast.
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The Greek Way Liked
Edith Hamilton’s The Greek Way is a wonderful discussion of what made the Greeks so special, what they can teach us and how they thought about life.
ryanholiday.net 2024-01-12
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The Past That Would Not Die Recommends
by Walter Lord is a riveting, must read narrative nonfiction thriller about James Meredith’s brave and bold campaign to integrate Ole Miss in 1962.
ryanholiday.net 2024-01-12
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The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man Liked
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle. It’s a short, great read.
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Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be Recommends
I just interviewed Dr. Becky too but I don’t think it will come out until January. Stay tuned and in the meantime, you just HAVE to read this book
ryanholiday.net 2024-01-12
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Pontius Pilate Loved
Ann Wroe’s biography of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judaea–the man who sentenced Jesus to his gruesome death–was so overwhelmingly good that I could only read a couple pages at a time.
ryanholiday.net 2024-01-12
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American Rust Recommends
The Son Recommends
I say that The Son is on par with the show Yellowstone, but better.
ryanholiday.net 2024-01-12
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Hiya Recommends
The Reading List email is sponsored by Hiya , the pediatrician-approved superpowered chewable vitamin created by two dads tired of children’s vitamins that cause more problems than they solve.
ryanholiday.net 2022-12-10
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Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature Loved
It’s about encouraging curiosity and interest, and cultivating resiliency and self-sufficiency.
ryanholiday.net 2022-12-10
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The War of Art Loved
Before I start any book project, I take a few hours and re-read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, maybe the greatest book ever written on the creative process.
ryanholiday.net 2022-12-10
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Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman Loved
this one is one of the best leadership books I have ever read
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