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Literature

Biography

  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Classics

  • 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
  • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
  • A Separate Peace by John Knowles 
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
  • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
  • Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  • Don Quixote by Cervantes
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  • Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein 
  • Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
  • Metamorphoses by Ovid
  • Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
  • Mi Antonia by Willa Cather
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  • On The Road by Jack Kerouac
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
  • Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  • Steppenwolfe by Herman Hesse
  • Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu
  • The Awakening by Kate Chopin
  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 
  • The Handmaid’s Tail by Margaret Atwood
  • The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
  • The Odyssey by Homer
  • The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
  • The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Walden by David Thoreau 
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Crime/Mystery

  • Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
  • The Big Four by Agatha Christie
  • The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
  • The Murder on The Oriental Express by Agatha Christie
  • Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

Entrepreneurship and Personal Development

  • Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
  • Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willinck and Leif Babin
  • Good to Great by Jim Collins
  • How to Know a Person by David Brooks
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  • Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  • Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
  • Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
  • No More Mr. Nice Guy by Dr. Robert Guy
  • Range by David Epstein
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
  • The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
  • The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Carlton Abrams
  • The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
  • The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
  • The Entrepreneurship Rollercoaster by Darren Hardy
  • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
  • The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufmann
  • The Relationship Cure by John Gottman
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
  • The Upward Spiral by Alex Korb

Fantasy

  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
  • Heroes of Olympus Series by Rick Riordan
  • Maze Runner Series by James Dashner
  • Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
  • Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown
  • The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

Graphic Novels

  • Asterix Series by Goscinny and Uderzo
  • Tintin Series by Georges Remi

Horror/Thriller

  • American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk

Investing

  • How to Make Money in Stocks by William O’Neil
  • Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John Murphy
  • The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
  • The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman

Leadership

  • Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
  • The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

Non-Fiction

  • The Language Instinct by Stephen Pinker

Novels

  • Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
  • Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
  • Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
  • My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
  • The Color of Water by James McBride
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

Plays

  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare
  • Othello by William Shakespeare
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • The Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling
  • The Doll House by Henrik Ibsen
  • A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Poetry

  • Howl by Allen Ginsberg
  • The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot

Science Fiction

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Burning Chrome by William Gibson
  • Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
  • Dune by Frank Herbert
  • Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Fiasco by Stanislaw Lem
  • Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
  • Foundation Trilogy + Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov
  • Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
  • I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
  • Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Micro by James Crichton
  • Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
  • Mortal Engines by Stanislaw Lem
  • Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
  • Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
  • Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson 
  • Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  • Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
  • The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Futurological Conference by Stanislaw Lem
  • The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
  • The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
  • The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
  • The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
  • The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
  • The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
  • Ubik by Philip K. Dick
  • We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

Short Stories

  • Allegory of the Cave by Plato
  • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
  • Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
  • The Bet by Anton Chekhov
  • The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

Travel, Outdoors, and Training

  • 1000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Shultz
  • A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
  • Best American Travel Writing 2021 selected by Padma Lakshmi
  • Glacier Mountaineering by Tyson and Clelland
  • Training for The New Alpinism by Steve House

Others

  • This I Believe edited by Allison and Gediman

Movies

English

Action

  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga by George Miller
  • Gladiator by Ridley Scott
  • James Bond Movies with Daniel Craig (essentially all of them)
  • Man of Steel by Zack Snyder
  • Marvel Movies (essentially all of them from Iron Man to Avengers Endgame)
  • Mission Impossible Series
  • Speed by Jan de Bont
  • Spiderman Movies (essentially all of them, including original and Amazing Spider Man)
  • The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan
  • The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift by Justin Lin
  • Twisters by Lee Isaac Chung
  • Zack Snyder’s Justice League by Zack Snyder

Animated

  • A Bug’s Life by John Lasseter
  • Aladdin by Ron Clements & John Musker
  • Antz by Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson
  • Beauty and the Beast by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
  • Big Hero 6 by Don Hall & Chris Williams
  • Bolt by Chris Williams & Byron Howard
  • Brave by Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman
  • Cars by John Lasseter
  • Cars 2 by John Lasseter
  • Cars 3 by Brian Fee
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 by Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn
  • Despicable Me by Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud
  • Despicable Me 2 by Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud
  • Despicable Me 3 by Kyle Balda & Pierre Coffin
  • Finding Dory by Andrew Stanton & Angus MacLane
  • Finding Nemo by Andrew Stanton
  • Frozen by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
  • Happy Feet by George Miller
  • Hercules by Ron Clements & John Musker
  • Hotel Transylvania by Genndy Tartakovsky
  • How to Train Your Dragon by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 by Dean DeBlois
  • Ice Age by Chris Wedge & Carlos Saldanha
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown by Carlos Saldanha
  • Incredibles by Brad Bird
  • Incredibles 2 by Brad Bird
  • Kung Fu Panda by Mark Osborne & John Stevenson
  • Kung Fu Panda 2 by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
  • Kung Fu Panda 3 by Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni
  • Lilo & Stitch by Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
  • Madagascar by Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa by Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath
  • Meet the Robinsons by Stephen Robinson
  • Megamind by Tom McGrath
  • Monsters, Inc. by Pete Docter
  • Monsters University by Dan Scanlon
  • Over the Hedge by Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick
  • Pinocchio by Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske
  • Ratatouille by Brad Bird
  • Rio by Carlos Saldanha
  • Shrek by Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
  • Shrek 2 by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury & Conrad Vernon
  • Shrek the Third by Chris Miller & Raman Hui
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by David Hand
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman
  • The Emperor’s New Groove by Mark Dindal
  • The Incredibles by Brad Bird
  • The Lego Movie by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
  • The Lion King by Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
  • The Little Mermaid by Ron Clements & John Musker
  • The Lorax by Chris Renaud & Kyle Balda
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie by Stephen Hillenburg
  • The Sword in the Stone by Wolfgang Reitherman
  • Toy Story by John Lasseter
  • Toy Story 2 by John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich
  • Toy Story 3 by Lee Unkrich
  • Up by Pete Docter
  • WALL·E by Andrew Stanton
  • Wreck-It Ralph by Rich Moore

Biography

  • American Sniper by Clint Eastwood
  • Bohemian Rhapsody by Bryan Singer
  • Hidden Figures by Theodore Melfi
  • Lincoln by Steven Spielberg
  • The Social Network by David Fincher
  • The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese

Comedy

  • 10 Things I Hate About You by Gil Junger
  • Airplane! by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker
  • American Pie Sries
  • Anchorman by Adam McKay
  • Airplane! by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker
  • Beverly Hills Cop by Martin Brest
  • Can’t Hardly Wait by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont
  • Clueless by Amy Heckerling
  • Dodgeball by Rawson Marshall Thurber
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by John Hughes
  • Groundhog Day by Harold Ramis
  • Harold & Kumar Series
  • Home Alone by Chris Columbus
  • Horrible Bosses by Seth Gordon
  • Legally Blonde by Robert Luketic
  • Mean Girls by Mark Waters
  • Mrs. Doubtfire by Chris Columbus
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
  • Napoleon Dynamite by Jared Hess
  • Office Space by Mike Judge
  • Scary Movie by Keenen Ivory Wayans
  • She’s All That by Robert Iscove
  • Superbad by Greg Mottola
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin by Judd Apatow
  • The Hangover Series
  • The Truman Show by Peter Weir
  • Tropic Thunder by Ben Stiller
  • Zoolander by Ben Stiller
  • Zoolander 2 by Ben Stiller

Dark Comedy

  • American Psycho by Mary Harron
  • Being John Malkovich by Spike Jonze
  • Fargo by the Coen Brothers

Documentary

  • The Alpinist by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen

Drama

  • A Few Good Men by Rob Reiner
  • Apollo 13 by Ron Howard
  • Cruel Intentions by Roger Kumble
  • Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir
  • Fight Club by David Fincher
  • Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis
  • Good Will Hunting by Gus Van Sant
  • Life of Pi by Ang Lee
  • Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan
  • Moonlight by Barry Jenkins
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
  • Pleasantville by Gary Ross
  • Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
  • Varsity Blues by Brian Robbins

Fantasy

  • Clash of the Titans by Desmond Davis
  • Harry Potter Series
  • Mary Poppins by Robert Stevenson
  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Chris Columbus
  • Pirates of the Caribbean Series
  • The Chronicles of Narnia Series
  • The Hobbit Series
  • The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming

Historical Fiction

  • Hacksaw Ridge by Mel Gibson
  • Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg
  • The Revenant by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Horror

  • Carrie by Brian De Palma
  • Get Out by Jordan Peele
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer by Jim Gillespie
  • Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock
  • Terrifier by Damien Leone
  • The Thing by John Carpenter

Science Fiction

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
  • Avatar by James Cameron
  • Blade Runner by Ridley Scott
  • Gattaca by Andrew Niccol
  • Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg
  • Minority Report by Steven Spielberg
  • Planet of the Apes by Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Star Wars Series (including the new trilogy)
  • The Martian by Ridley Scott
  • War of the Worlds by Steven Spielberg

Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Noir, Westerns, etc.

  • Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly
  • No Country for Old Men by the Coen Brothers
  • Parasite by Bong Joon-ho
  • Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
  • Se7en by David Fincher
  • Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie
  • Shutter Island by Martin Scorsese
  • Sicario by Denis Villeneuve
  • Snowpiercer by Bong Joon-ho
  • The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly by Sergio Leone

Hindi

  • 3 Idiots by Rajkumar Hirani
  • Baag Milka Baag by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
  • Baazigar by Abbas–Mustan
  • Billu by Priyadarshan
  • Bunty Aur Babli by Shaad Ali
  • Chak De by Shimit Amin
  • Delhi Belly by Abhinay Deo
  • Devdas by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
  • Dhamaal by Indra Kumar
  • Dhoom Series
  • Dostana by Tarun Mansukhani
  • Double Dhamaal by Indra Kumar
  • Dil Chahta Hai by Farhan Akhtar
  • Dil Dhadakne Do by Zoya Akhtar
  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge by Aditya Chopra
  • English Vinglish by Gauri Shinde
  • Gully Boy by Zoya Akhtar
  • Hum Tum by Kunal Kohli
  • Ishq Vishk by Ken Ghosh
  • Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na by Abbas Tyrewala
  • Jab We Met by Imtiaz Ali
  • Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham by Karan Johar
  • Kal Ho Naa Ho by Nikkhil Advani
  • Kuch Kuch Hota Hai by Karan Johar
  • Lagaan by Ashutosh Gowariker
  • Love Aaj Kaal by Imtiaz Ali
  • Luck By Chance by Zoya Akhtar
  • Main Hoon Na by Farah Khan
  • My Name is Khan by Karan Johar
  • Om Shanti Om by Farah Khan
  • Partner by David Dhawan
  • Piku by Shoojit Sircar
  • Queen by Vikas Bahl
  • Rang De Basanti by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
  • Rockstar by Imtiaz Ali
  • Singh is Kinng by Anees Bazmee
  • Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
  • Sunday by Rohit Shetty
  • Wake Up Sid by Ayan Mukerji
  • Yeh Jawaani Hai Dewaani by Ayan Mukerji
  • Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar

Other Languages

  • Un Año, Una Noche by Isaki Lacuesta