These Books Could Change Your Life

I'm often asked for book recommendations, and in particular recommendations for people who want to find life-changing books. It is a difficult request to fulfill. But today I've put together a list of books which I think could really change your life.

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[MyMy-tvfd]

1. The World-Ending Fire, by Wendell Berry
2. The Enchiridion of Epictetus
3. The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin
4. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
5. The Western Canon by Harold Bloom
6. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
7. Shop Class as Soulcraft, by Matthew B. Crawford

[samwisegrangee]

These are the books that most changed my life. I’m sure there are more im forgetting but I couldn’t forget these:
- The Timeless Way of Building: Christopher Alexander
- Letters to a Young Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke
- Antifragile: Nassim Taleb
- Media, Extensions of Man: Marshall McLuhan
- The Crisis of the Modern World: Réné Guénon
- The Listening Book: W. A. Matthieu
- The Artist’s Way: Julia Cameron
- The War of Art: Steven Pressfield
- The Ethics of Beauty: Tim Patitsas
- On the Incarnation: Athanasius of Alexandria
- Summa Theologica: Thomas Aquinas
- Orthodoxy: GK Chesterton
- Tao Te Ching: Lao Tzu
- That All Shall Be Saved: David Bentley Hart
- Insight: Bernard Lonergan
- The Master and His Emissary: Iain McGilchrist
- Philosophy of Economy: Sergei Bulgakov
- Zorba the Greek: Nikos Kazantzakis
- Collected Fiction: Jorge Louis Borges
- Till We Have Faces: C.S. Lewis

[ryroyal.]

Read The Creative Act a month ago I would highly recommend it. It’s not only a book about creativity for me it reads like a book about spirituality. It provides a framework for finding inspiration in the real work.

[SofiaBaezzato]

Last year I've read Shop Class as soulcraft and I loved it. I definitely saw myself into Matthew's words. I've been a "spirited woman" my entire life and I didn't realize until I read this book.

I really recommend it to every "builder-like" soul out there.

[skykim_]

Your channel is a hidden gem and loved how you explained each book. I'm convinced to read them all. This video not has only been therapeutic but also very inspiring. Thank you again

[timjong]

Hey Jared, please keep up the good work! I don't really comment that often, but recently discovered your channel and found your down-to-earth approach really relatable and refreshing. You've gotten me back into reading a bunch, which was hard before. Just wanted to show my appreciation.

[SevenUnwokenDreams]

I love The Creative Act. I read it at a time in my life when I was really struggling to produce anything. Now whenever I'm having a hard time getting started on a project, or finishing a project, I turn to one of the many pages I've tabbed for insight.

I'm making my way through Epictetus. I'd love to read Frederick Douglass, and Wendell Berry. Great list.

[ShawnCopeland]

Hey Jared, it's been a long time since our undergraduate Philosophy Circle days. It's neat to see how we both ended up with similar views of Philosophy as a way of life and a focus on meta cognition. Love your content and what you're putting out into the universe.

Also sorry for burning your arm that night at Jackie O's. I still feel bad about that :(

-sc

[psysoul]

Thanks a lot for sharing! One book that changed my life was getting things done by Daved Allen as it encouraged me to build my vision and that set a lot of things in motion. ❤

[niceasta]

I was thinking on writing my own list of these kind of books, but more focused on building a strong personality. Thanks!

[lesepolture]

Regarding the last book mentioned in the video, I suggest reading the book by Herbert Marcuse, Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud

[overnightgrowth]

6:20 The Creative Act is cool but The Artist's Way does the same thing better I feel like.

[shubhranilnag]

A very good list, havent gotten down to read all of them yet, albeit you dont read these gems just once. And the quality of the videos keep impressing.

[yamaddie]

Jared is a Diamond in a sea of morally bankrupt lifestyle gurus that preys on young men's insecurities. whatever pill this is its one I'm willing to take. Great video as always

[arthurfleming]

i always liked "flowers for algernon" mainly because it made me think of how the state of my mind is fragile. as i grow old, i may lose what what my mind once was; am i to forget my experiences?

[TheActiveMind]

Really loving these recommendations! Only problem is my intellectual appetite is much larger than the time I have to read them. I guess that's the point right!

[rochakanim]

From the limited books I have read there was nothing as impactful as "Tusedays with Morrie". This book was both horrifying as it deals with death of the most loved man. It was hard to read but equally left me to think and learn a lot about life.

[apisDei]

The way your head moves and the way you blink when you stress a point reminds me of Bp Robert Barron

[sonjoiboi]

The Creative Act is one of the indisputable must reads for anyone doing anything creative IMO. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert is really good too but I like The Creative Act a bit better personally

[s.lmaaltajik]

I randomly saw a copy of Shop Class As Soulcraft in a bookstore yesterday, had to grab it.