
2017
1. Becoming Human Jean Vanier
2. Vagabonding Rolf Potts
3. A Brief History of Time Shandiel Beers
4. How Not to Die Michael Greger
5. Intro to Biohacking Ari Meisel
6. Meditations Marcus Aurelius
7. The Chaos of Longing K.Y. Robinson
8. 100 Deadly Skills Clint Emerson
9. The Children’s War and Other Poems Shandiel Beers
10. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walters
11. Portrait of the Alcoholic Kaveh Akbar
12. There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce’ Morgan Parker
13. What are People For? Wendell Berry
14. Stealing Fire Steven Kotler
15. Flow: The Psychology of Optimum Experience Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
16. What Doesn’t Kill Us Scott Carney
17. The Rise of Superman Steven Kotler
18. A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
19. Deep James Nestor
20. The Untethered Soul Michael A. Singer
21. Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu
22. Night Sky with Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong
23. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Harari
24. Scalped: Volume 1 Jason Aaron
25. Never Split the Difference Chris Voss
26. Buddhism Plain and Simple Steve Hagen
27. How to Love Thich Nhat Hahn
28. The Nature Fix Florence Williams
29. Kill Your Boyfriend Grant Morrison
30. The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert
31. The Methusaleh Project James Lee
32. Become What You Are Alan Watts
33. The Lessons of History Will Durrant
34. Sparta: The Warrior State Revealed James Harper
35. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Sebastian Junger
36. The Road to Sparta Dean Karnazes
37. The Awakened Ape Jevan Pradas
38. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neal deGrasse Tyson
39. Lumberjanes: Volume 1 Noelle Stevenson
40. A Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi
41. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg
42. Of Beards and Men Christopher Oldstone-Moore
43. The Way of Men Jack Donovan
44. Spartans Patrick Auerbach
45. The Call of the Wild Jack London
46. Why Buddhism is True Robert Wright
47. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Robert Sapolsky
48. The Experience of Insight Joseph Goldstein
49. Lord of the Flies William Golding
50. Learning to Breathe Fire J.C. Herz
51. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Shunryu Suzuki
52. The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling
53. Chasing Excellence Ben Bergeron
54. Girls Gone Old Fiona Helmsley
55. The Havalmal Saemundr Frodi
56. Blood Brotherhood and Other Rites of Male Alliance Jack Donovan
57. Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Machado
58. An Introduction to Zen Buddhism D.T. Suzuki
59. Navy SEAL Self-Discipline Dominic Mann
60. 100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition Clint Emerson
2018
1.Strange Tools Alva Noe
2. Wired for Story Lisa Cron
3. The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell
4. Eight Weeks to SEALFit Mark Divine
5. Bone Games Rob Schultheis
6. Mind Over Muscle Jigoro Kano
7. The Primal Connection Mark Sisson
8. Ultramarathon Man Dean Karnazes
9. Running with the Mind of Meditation Sakyong Mipham
10. Born to Run Christopher McDougall
11. North Scott Jurek
12. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami
13. Bigger, Leaner, Stronger Michael Matthews
14. Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven Brandon Easton
15. Green Arrow: Vol. 9 Outbreak Ben Percy
16. Shirtless Bear-Fighter! Jody LeHeup
17. Injustice Tom Taylor
18. Star Wars: Shattered Empire Greg Rucka
19. Bitch Planet: Vol 1 Kelly Sue DeConnick
20. Bitch Planet: Vol 2 Kelly Sue DeConnick
21. DMZ: Vol 1 On the Ground Brian Wood
22. Viking: The Long Cold Fire Ivan Brandon
23. Airboy James Robinson
24. The Goddamned: Vol 1 Jason Aaron
25. The Fade Out: Vol 3 Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser
26. Swing: Vol 1 Linda Sejic, Matt Hawkins, Jenni Cheung
27. Slots Dan Panosian, Pat Brosseau
28. American Nations Colin Woodard
29. The Lost City of Z David Grann
30. Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer
31. The Mother Tongue Bill Bryson
32. 1984 George Orwell
33. Sidharta Herman Hess
34. Island Aldous Huxley
35. White Fang Jack London
36. Spoiler Alert xTx
37. Own the Day, Own Your Life Aubrey Marcus
38. Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink
39. Grit Angela Duckworth
40. Essentialism Greg McKeown
41. 10 % Happier Dan Harris
42. The Miracle of Mindfulness Thich Nhat Hanh, Mobi Ho
43. Musashi’s Dokkodo Miyamoto Musashi
44. Be Here Now Ram Dass
45. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening Joseph Goldstein
46. One Dharma Joseph Goldstein
47. Teachings of the Buddha Jack Kornfield
48. The Wise Heart Jack Kornfield
49. The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master Dogen
50. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Bodhidharma
51. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Paul Reps
52. Braving the Wilderness Brene’ Brown
53. The Three Pillars of Zen Phillip Kapleau
54. Crossing Pleasure Avenue Karen Hildebrand
55. Mr. & James Fitzpatrick
56. Painted Blue with Saltwater Logan February
57. The Myth of Man Alex Vigue
58. Night Watch Katy E. Ellis
59. In The House of My Father Hiwot Adilow
50. General Motors Ryan Eckes
60. Go Wild John J. Ratey, Richard Manning
61. Superhuman Rowan Hooper
62. The Story of the Human Body Daniel E. Lieberman
63. Deep Survival Lawrence Gonzales
64. Everybody Lies Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
65, The Edge of Physics Anil Ananthaswamy
66. From Bacteria to Bach and Back Daniel C. Dennett
67. The Devil’s Teeth Susan Casey
68. Endure Alex Hutchinson
69. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Adam Rutherford
70. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari
71. Other Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith
72. The Fold Peter Clines
73. Ready Player One Ernest Cline
74. The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin
2019
1. Bruce Lee Matthew Polly
2. Motivation Chuck Rylant
3. The Way of the Iceman Wim Hof
4. A Roadmap for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Stephan Kesting
5. Pranayama: The Vedic Science of Breath Advait
6. Run for Your Life Mark Cucuzzella
7. Good to Go Christie Aschwanden
8. Play On Jeff Bercovici
9. Running With the Buffaloes Chris Lear
10. A Killing Art Alex Gillis
11. Speed Boxing Secrets Sammy Franco
12. The Rise of the Ultra Runners Adharanand Finn
13. Beyond Training Ben Greenfield
14. Becoming Supernatural Joe Dispenza
15. The Warrior Monk Philosophy of Trainer Cus D’Amato Brett McKay
16. A Death on Diamond Mountain Scott Carney
17. Digital Minimalism Cal Newport
18. Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond
19. Mastery Robert Greene
20. Feral George Monbiot
21. The Body Bill Bryson
22. Zen and the Birds of Appetite Thomas Merton
23. Autobiography of a Yogi Paramanhansa Yogananda
24. Discipline Your Mind Zoe McKey
25. The Way of Chuang Tzu Zhuangzi
26. Wherever You Go, There You Are Jon Kabat-Zinn
27. Stillness is the Key Ryan Holiday
28. General Motors Ryan Eckes
29. Lust Diana Raab
30. Piano Rats Franki Elliot
31. Altered Traits Daniel Goleman
32. The United States of Japan Peter Tieryas
33. Futuristic Violence in Fancy Suits David Wong
34. Several Short Sentences About Writing Verlyn Klinkenborg
2020
- The Pastures of Heaven John Steinbeck
- What the Buddha Taught Walpola Rahula
- It’s All About the Bike Robert Penn
- Because They Wanted To Mary Gaitskill
- The Black River Chronicles: Level One David Tallerman
- To Shake the Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins
- The Spirit of Science Fiction Roberto Bolano
- The Warrior‘s Meditation Richard L. Haight
- The Twilight City Gregory Mattix
- Trout Fishing in America/The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster Richard Brautigan
- On Writing Well William Zinsser
- Ask the Dust John Fante
- The Illiad Homer
- Thrill Me Benjamin Percy
- Winter World Bernd Heinrich
- The Yoga Mind Rina Jakubowicz
- Yoga: A Man’s Guide Olivia Summers
- Tools of Titans Tim Ferris
- The Wedge Scott Carney
- The River of Wisdom Darren Maine
- The Prophet Kahlil Gilbran
- A Spy’s Guide to Thinking John Braddock
- Minimalism Gwyneth Snow
- The Hinge Dr. Rob Bell
- Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest B.H. Fairchild
- Slouching Toward Bethlehem Joan Didion
- In the Dust of This Planet: Horror of Philosophy Vol. 1 Eugene Thacker
- The White Album Joan Didion
- Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl
- Yoga Susan Hollister
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro Ernest Hemingway
- The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
- Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
- The Drowned World J.G. Ballard
- Brief Answers to the Big Questions Steven Hawking
- Animals Eat Each Other Elle Nash
- Walden Henry David Thoreau
- Drive Daniel Pink
- Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann
- The Maffetone Method Philip Maffetone
- Brave New World Aldous Huxley
- The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell Aldous Huxley
- Letters to a Young Poet Ranier Maria Rilke
- The Devil & Sherlock Holmes David Grann
- What If? Randall Munroe
- Florida Lauren Groff
- Smarter, Faster, Better Charles Duhigg
- No Beast So Fierce Dane Huckelbridge
- Kiss As Many Women As You Can Franki Elliot
- When Violence is the Answer Tim Larkin
- Swamplandia! Karen Russell
- Other Voices, Other Rooms Truman Capote
- The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli
- Liferider Laird Hamilton
- My Life in Heavy Metal Steve Almond
- Notes to the Beloved Michelle Bitting
- Full Catastrophe Living Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Verses Ani DiFranco
- The Invaders Pat Shipman
- Lift Daniel Kunitz
- Alone on the Ice David Roberts
- Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker
- Middlewest: Book One Scottie Young
- The Universe in a Single Atom Dalai Lama
- Notes from an Apocalypse Mark O’Connell
- The Lost City of the Monkey God Douglas Preston
- H is for Hawk Helen MacDonald
- 80/20 Running Matt Fitzgerald
- My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies Ed Brubaker
- Death of Love Justin Jordan
- Farmhand: Volume 1 Rob Guillory
- After Ecstasy, the Laundry Jack Kornfield
- Being Peace Thich Nhat Hahn
- Spirit Run Noe Alvarez
- Left of Bang Patrick Van Horne
- Civilized to Death Christopher Ryan
- Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway
- Relentless Forward Progress Bryon Powell
- Quackery Lydia Kang
- 2BRO2B Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- The Body Artist Don DeLillo
- The Island of Dr. Moreau H.G. Wells
- Daily Rituals Mason Currey
- The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
- The Joy of Movement Kelly McGonigal
- Undoctored William Davis
- Collapse Jared Diamond
- There There Tommy Orange
- Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller
- Fates and Furies Lauren Groff
- Wave Function Coco M. Keehl
- Cannery Row John Steinbeck
- The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides
- Chemical Pink Katie Arnoldi
- Seven Days in the Art World Sarah Thornton
- No Sweat Michelle Segar
- Hype Nina Shapiro
- Writing to Learn William Zinsser
- Breath James Nestor
- Occult America Mitch Horowitz
- Awakened Mind Mitch Horowitz
- To Build a Fire and Other Stories Jack London
- A Course in High Magick Damien Echols
- Candide Voltaire
- Mortal Coils Aldous Huxley
- The Gift of Fear Gavin De Becker
- Iron and Silk Mark Salzman
- Striking Distance Charles Russo
- The Unfettered Mind Takian Soho
- Skin in the Game Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Run The World Becky Wade
- Iron Ambition Mike Tyson
- Life is a Wheel Bruce Weber
- Samurai Rising Pamela S. Turner
- The Queen’s Gambit Walter Tevis
- And I Don’t Forgive You Amber Sparks
- Prozac Nation Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Don’t Call Us Dead Danez Smith
- Whereas Layli Long Soldier
- The People’s Elbow Rax King
- Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv
- Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson
- Breathing for Warriors Belisa Vranich
2021
- SEAL Survival Guide Cade Courtley
- The Four Agreements Miguel Ruiz
- The Killer Across the Table John. E. Douglas
- The Secret Wisdom of Nature Peter Wohlleben
- Atomic Habits James Clear
- The Book of Men Colum McCann, Ed.
- Nudes Elle Nash
- The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead
- The Obstacle is the Way Ryan Holiday
- High-rise J.G. Ballard
- I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Laura van den Berg
- The White Darkness David Grann
- Warrior’s Creed Roger Sparks
- WWII: A Chronicle of Soldiering James Jones
- The Bed Moved Rebecca Schiff
- Exhalation Ted Chiang
- The Art of Impossible Steven Kotler
- The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson
- Men Without Women Haruki Murakami
- A History of God Karen Armstrong
- The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury
- Finding Ultra Rich Roll
- The Art of Learning Josh Waitzkin
- Limitless Jim Kwik
- Interior Chinatown Charles Yu
- Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain Lisa Feldman Barrett
- A Briefer History of Time Stephen Hawking
- The War of Art Stephen Pressfield
- Reality is Not What It Seems Carlo Rovelli
- The River of Consciousness Oliver Stacks
- Some Assembly Required Neil Shubin
- The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones
- Warriors of Medieval Japan Stephen Turnbull
- The True Believers Louis Martin
- David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell
- Water, Wood, and Wild Things Hannah Kirshner
- Opening Closed Guard Robert Drysdale
- Hallucinations Oliver Sacks
- Catching the Big Fish David Lynch
- All Systems Red Martha Wells
- A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie
- An Unnatural Life Erin K. Wagner
- The Trouble with Peace Joe Abercrombie
- Ice Anna Kavan
- The Minority Report and Other Stories Philip K. Dick
- Remote Control Nnedi Okorafor
- Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler
- Artificial Condition Martha Wells
- The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin
- Projections: A Story of Human Emotions Karl Deisseroth
- Breathe: A Life in Flow Rickson Gracie
- Whisper Down the Lane Clay McLeod Chapman
- Reborn on the Run Catra Corbett
- A Wrestling Life Dan Gable
- Tales of a Mad Yogi: The Life and Wild Wisdom of Drupka Kunley Elizabeth Monson
- Range David Epstein
- The Divine Within Aldous Huxley
- Sending Nudes Julianne Ingles
- The End is Always Near Dan Carlin
- Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer Steven Johnson
- Old Man Hawkeye Vol.1 Ethan Sacks
- Son of Shaolin Jay Longino
- The Undiscovered Self Carl Jung
2022
- The Oracle of Night: The History and Science of Dreams Sidarta Ribeiro
- The Icepick Surgeon Sam Kean
- Old Man Hawkeye Vol.2 Ethan Sacks
- The Tao of Wing Chun John Little
- Noor Nnedi Okorafor
- The Disappearing Spoon Sam Kean
- Wing Chun Kung Fu J. Yimm Lee
- Tai Chi Classics Waysun Liao
- Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne
- Trying Not to Try Edward Slingerland
- Animal, Vegetable, Junk Mark Bittman
- Light Chaser Peter F. Hamliton and Gareth L. Powell
- The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Sam Kean
- The Wisdom of Crowds Joe Abercrombie
- Machines in the Head Anna Kavan
- Me, Myself, and Why Jennifer Ouellette
- Tentacles Longer Than Night Eugene Thacker
- The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Thomas Ligotti
- A Natural History of the Future Rob Dunn
- The Temps Andrew Deyoung
- The Hunter-Gather’s Guide to the 21st Century Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein
- Existential Physics Sabine Hossenfelder
2023
- The Inner Tradition of Yoga Michael Stone
- Why We Meditate Daniel Goleman
- The Sweet Science A.J. Libeling
- Practical Art of Bonsai John Handy
- Sad Sexy Catholic Lauren Milici
- Bonsai: The Beginners Guide Bonsai Empire
- Built to Move Kelly and Juliet Starrett