If you are a political science, economics, and/or business major, then read these nonfiction books.
Do you want to be well-rounded well-read citizen, then read these books.
Do you aspire to work or intern on Capitol Hill, then read these books.
I am a little bit of a self-help junkie as you can see based on the skew with the list below. I find myself gravitating towards that section of the bookstores I enter into along with the biography/memoir section.
Self Help
- Year of Yes By Shonda Rhimes
- Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
- You Say More Than You Think by Janine Driver
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
- Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Biographies & Memoirs
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Lion of the Senate By Nick Littlefield
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
- Art of Intelligence by Henry A. Crumpton
- How to be a Bawse by Lilly Singh
- Modern Romance By Aziz Ansari
- Pour Your Heart into it by Howard Schultz and Dori Jones Yang
Business & Politics
- Secrets of the FBI by Ronald Kessler
- Occupy Wall Street by Writers for the ninety-nine percent
- What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins
- Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
- American Amnesia by Jacob S. Hacker
To keep track of your books use the App Goodreads. This will help you organize the books you’ve read and want to read. It shows you summary, genre, and reviews of the books. Also check out my May Reading List for other book options.
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