I started reviewing every book I read a few years ago here on this site and keeping a list, and I still get asked often about books to read. This page will list books, by category, that you can read to serve your purposes.

Below you’ll find Dre Baldwin’s Book Reading List: what I’m reading now, plus a list of (almost) everything I’ve read from circa 2012-on. I read these books for different reasons — some business, some personal, recommendations sent to me, others I just stumbled into — and review the ones I like (which is most of them).

Since I’m out of school, books are my #1 method of continuing education. The title links are to my reviews of each.

Dre Baldwin’s Books: These are books written by me! I recommend you read them all – or listen; Audible will give you any of my books free. I guarantee a return on investment.

• Buy A Game: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• The Mental Handbook: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• The Mirror of Motivation: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• The Super You: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• The Overseas Basketball Blueprint: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• Dre Philosophy Vol. 0: Amazon | iBooks
• 55 Daily People Skills: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• 100 Mental Game Best Practices: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• 25 Reasons To Quit Worrying: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• 25 Conversation Starters: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• Ask Yourself A Better Question: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• The Seller’s Mindset: Amazon | iBooks | Audio | iTunes Audio
• The Mental Workbook: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Basketball: Which Position Should You Play?: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Basketball: The 4 Essential Mental Game Tools: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Basketball: Playing As Well As You Practice: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Basketball: 30 Days To Tryouts: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Basketball: The 9 Essential Game Skills: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• 101 Content Ideas: Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• 46 Things You Must Know About Playing Basketball Overseas: Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• How To Get More Females: Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The Insta-Philosopher: Amazon | iBooks
• When To Quit – Yes, There IS A Time: Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Be The Hope You Wish You Had: Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Daily Game Vol. 1: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Daily Game Vol. 2: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Daily Game Vol. 3: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Daily Game Vol. 4: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Daily Game Vol. 5: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio
• Daily Game Vol. 6: Amazon | iBooks | Audible | iTunes Audio

Personal Development, Self-Help, Self Improvement: The books you’d find in the self-help section of a bookstore, and, to me, the #1 way to further you education as a human outside of school (and in many cases, better than school). These will make you better as a person in whatever vocation your in or headed into.

• The Law Of Success by Napoleon Hill Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The Mental Handbook by Dre Baldwin Amazon| iBooks | Audible
• The Mirror Of Motivation by Dre Baldwin Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The Super You by Dre Baldwin Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The Art Of Worldly Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• How To Be Legendary by Johnny B. Truant Free PDF
• Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Choose Yourself by James Altucher Amazon | Audible
• Success Through Stillness by Russell Simmons Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership by John C. Maxwell Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Thick Face, Black Heart by Chin-Ning Chu Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• As A Man Thinketh by James Allen Amazon| iBooks | Audible
• Power Cues by Nick Morgan Amazon| iBooks | Audible
• My Philosophy On Successful Living by Jim Rohn Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek Amazon| iTunes | Audible
• The Success Principles by Jack Canfield Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Over The Top by Zig Ziglar Amazon| iBooks | Audible
• Lead The Field by Earl Nightingale Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The Mental Workbook by Dre Baldwin WorkOnYourGameU | Amazon | Audible
• Get Smart! by Brian Tracy Amazon | iBooks| Audible
• Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz Amazon | iBooks| Audible
• It’s Not About You by Bob Burg and John David Mann Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The Noticer by Andy Andrews Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• Letters From A Stoic by Lucis Annaeus Seneca Amazon | iBooks | Audible
• The Laws Of Human Nature by Robert Greene Amazon | iBooks | Audible

Promoting, Selling & Marketing Yourself or Your Business: These are my favorites when it comes to learning how to sell yourself and market your skills in order to create business opportunities. This is the stuff they don’t teach you in schools.

• The Overseas Basketball Blueprint by Dre Baldwin Amazon | iTunes
• The Magic Of Thinking Big by David J. Scwartz Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden Amazon
• Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite by Paul Arden Amazon
• A Whole New Mind by David Pink Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The War Of Art by Steve Pressfield Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• David And Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Choose Yourself Guide To Wealth by James Altucher Amazon | Audio
• The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• How To Become A Great Boss by by Jeffery J. Fox Amazon | iTunes
• If You’re Not First, You’re Last by Grant Cardone Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• How The World Sees You by Sally Hogshead Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Sell Or Be Sold by Grant Cardone Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Creating Wealth by Robert G. Allen Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson FREE | Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• The Wealthy Speaker 2.0 by Jane Atkinson Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Closer’s Survival Guide by Grant Cardone Audio (get this!) | Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got by Jay Abraham Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Million Dollar Speaking by Alan Weiss Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Real Artists Don’t Starve by Jeff Goins Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Zero to One by Peter Thiel Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Think Big And Kick Ass by Donald Trump Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• The Brain Audit by Sean D’Souza Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• It’s Not About You by Bob Burg and John David Mann Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• What They’ll Never Tell You About The Music Business by Peter M. Thall Amazon | iBooks
• This Is Marketing by Seth Godin Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Publishing 101 by Jane Friedman Amazon | iBooks | Audio

Strategy & Competition: Probably my favorite category. These books are what I call “deep reads” — you’ll need to turn off the music and TV while taking these in to give your brain room to think as you read. These books are the longest, but also the most valuable for long-term benefit in my opinion.

• The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The 50th Law by Robert Greene Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• For The Love Of The Game by Michael Jordan Amazon
• Driven From Within by Michael Jordan Amazon | iTunes
• Relentless by Tim Grover Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Art Of War by Sun-Tzu Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Prince by Machiavelli Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Book Of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Strategy by B.H. Lidell Hart Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Conquerors by Tomasso Lagana Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Warrior Ethos by Steve Pressfield Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Think Like a Freak by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• On War by Carl Von Clausewitz Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Win Bigly by Scott Adams Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini Amazon | iBooks | Audio

Finding Yourself/What To Do With Your Life (Post-Sports): These are the books I tell people to get when they’re not sure what they want to do (next).

• Mastery by Robert Greene Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Do You! by Russell Simmons Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• How Successful People Think by John C. Maxwell Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• How To Win At The Sport Of Business by Mark Cuban Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Koyosaki Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• 4 Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss Amazon | Audio
• Never Eat Alone by Kieth Ferazzi Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Ecker Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Art Of The Deal by Donald Trump Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Sleep Revolution by Ariana Huffington Amazon | iBooks | Audio
• Dre Philosophy Vol. 0 by Dre Baldwin Amazon | iBooks
• The End Of Jobs by Taylor Pearson Amazon | iBooks | Audio

Dealing With The Opposite Sex, Dating & Social Life: These books are all about socializing, dating, meeting the right person for you, etc.

• The Art Of Seduction by Robert Greene Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Pimp by Iceberg Slim Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Game by Neil Strauss Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• Manology by Reverend Run & Tyrese Amazon | iTunes | Audio
• The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D. Amazon | iBooks | Audio

Currently Reading:

Reviews:

• The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene
• A Light In The Attic by Shel Silverstein
• For The Love Of The Game and Driven From Within by Michael Jordan
• Competitive Fire by Michael Clarkson
• The Magic Of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
• Better Faster Smarter by Charles Duhigg
• Cesar’s Way and Be The Pack Leader by Cesar Milan
• The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
• The Power Of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
• The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
• It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be and Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite by Paul Arden
• Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
• Shaq Talks Back by Shaquille O’Neal
• Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz
• The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith
• Revelations by Ma$e
• The Google Story by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed
• The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
• Wendy’s Got The Heat and The Wendy Williams Experience by Wendy Williams
• A Whole New Mind by Dan Pink
• How To Be Like Mike by Pat Williams
• Let Me Tell You A Story by John Feinstein
• :07 Seconds Or Less by Jack McCallum
• POP! Stand Out In Any Crowd by Sam Horn
• Make It Happen by Kevin Lyles
• The Pre-Paid Legal Story by Harlan Stonecipher
• Confessions Of A Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon by Cap Lesesne
• From Pieces To Weight by 50 Cent
• Ego Trip’s Book Of Rap Lists by Ego Trip
• Outrageous! By Charles Barkley
• E.A.R.L. By DMX
• That Something told by Paul J. Meyer
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
• The 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac by FreeDarko
• The Definitive Book Of Body Language by Barbara Pease
• Can I Keep My Jersey? By Paul Shirley
• Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer
• Moneyball by Michael Lewis
• I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
• The 21 Indispensable Qualities Of A Leader by John C. Maxwell
• The 50th Law by Robert Greene & 50 Cent
• Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
• What’s Holding You Back? by Sam Horn
• A Technique For Producing Ideas by James Webb Young
• The Book Of Basketball by Bill Simmons
• 212 by Sam Parker
• Do You! By Russell Simons
• Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
• The Art Of Seduction by Robert Greene
• Eating The Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman
• I Can Read You Like A Book by Gregory Hartley and Maryann Karinch
• Life And Def by Russell Simmons
• Red And Me by
• Pimp by Iceberg Slim
• The Hero Within by Carol Pearson
• Tongue Fu! by Sam Horn
• Decoded by Jay-Z
• Who’s Afraid Of A Large Black Man? By Charles Barkley
• Assholes Finish First by Tucker Max
• How Successful People Think by John C. Maxwell
• Make Today Count by John C. Maxwell
• Klosterman IV by Chuck Klosterman
• Drive by Daniel Pink
• The Four Hour Body by Tim Ferriss
• 50×50 by 50 Cent
• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
• Talent Is Overrated Geoffrey Colvin
• Shaq Uncut by Shaquille O’Neal
• Super Rich by Russell Simmons
• Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
• Secrets To Success by Eric Thomas
• My Infamous Life by Prodigy of Mobb Deep
• The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
• Tribes by Seth Godin
• The Art Of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian
• Hilarity Ensues by Tucker Max
• A Pocket Mirror For Heroes by Baltasar Gracian
• Sloppy Seconds by Tucker Max
• Linchpin by Seth Godin
• How To Win At The Sport Of Business by Mark Cuban
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
• The Flip Manifesto by David Pink
• The Way Of The Superior Man by David Dieda
• Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant
• The Book Of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
• Don’t Put Me In, Coach by Mark Titus
• The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
• The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
• The Dream Team by Jack McCallum
• App Empire by Chad Mureta
• Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins
• How To Be Legendary by Johnny B. Truant
• 279 Days To Overnight Success by by Chris Guillebeau
• A Brief Guide To World Domination by Chris Guillebeau
• Face Reader by Patrician McCarthy
• The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield
• Mastery by Robert Greene
• 4 Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss
• My Bondage And My Freedom by Frederick Douglas
• How To Build Websites That Sell
• Relentless by Tim Grover
• The Impossible Manifesto by Jel Runyon
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
• Choose Yourself by James Altucher
• Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind, And Naked by Gene Elliot Thornton, Jr. aka Malice
• Mo’ Metta Blues by ?uestlove
• Influence by Robert Cialdini
• Think Like A Stripper by Erika Lyremark
• Trust Me, I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday
• The Game by Neill Strauss
• Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
• Strategy by B.H. Lidell Hart
• Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• ICE by Ice-T
• Undisputed Truth by Mike Tyson
• David And Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
• Never Eat Alone by Kenneth Farrazi
• Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You by Marc Schoen
• The Sports Gene by David Epstein
• Design Crazy by Max Chafkin
• I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
• The Wolf Of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
• Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk
• Success Through Stillness by Russell Simmons
• Showtime by Jeff Perlman
• Liespotting by Pamela Meyer
• Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard P. Rumelt
• Formula 50 by 50 Cent
• The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday
• Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
• The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
• Jump Attack by Tim Grover
• Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
• Conquerors by Tommaso Lagano
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership by John Maxwell
• Thick Face, Black Heart by Chin Ning-Chu
• The Warrior Ethos by Steven Pressfield
• The Art Of The Deal by Donald Trump
• The Everything Store by Brad Stone
• The Law Of Success by Napoleon Hill
• The Truth About Men, Women And Money by Kevin O’Leary
• SNAP Selling by Jill Konrath
• The Choose Yourself Guide To Wealth by James Altucher
• As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
• Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby
• Contagious by Jonah Berger
• The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• How The World Sees You by Sally Hogshead
• The Philosophy On Successful Living by Jim Rohn
• If You’re Not First, You’re Last by Grant Cardone
• Power Cues by Nick Morgan
• The Greatest Networker In The World by John Milton Fogg
• The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone
• Menology by Reverend Run and Tyrese
• How To Become A Great Boss by Jeffrey J. Fox
• The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• So Good They Cant Ignore You by Cal Newport
• Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill
• Sell Or Be Sold by Grant Cardone
• Never Give Up by Donald Trump
• Money: Master The Game by Tony Robbins
• Risky Is The New Safe by Randy Gage
• Creating Wealth by Robert G. Allen
• Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington
• Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson
• Obvious Adams by Robert R. Updegraff
• Living With A SEAL by Jessee Itzler
• Over The Top by Zig Ziglar
• The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin
• The Richest Man In Babylon by George C. Clason
• Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
• Think Like A Freak by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
• The Closer’s Survival Guide by Grant Cardone
• The Wealthy Speaker 2.0 by Jane Atkinson
• 10 Steps To Get More Coaching Clients And Double Your Income by Simon Lovell
• Nobody Wants To Read Your Sh*t by Steven Pressfield
• Striking Thoughts by Bruce Lee
• Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port
• What Would The Rockefellers Do? by Michael Isom and Garret Gunderson
• How to Be a Power Connector by Judy Robinett
• The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
• Sell It Today, Sell It Now by Tom Hopkins
• The Happy Vegan by Russell Simmons
• The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
• A History Of The World In 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
• Everything is Obvious* (Once You Know The Answers) by Duncan J. Watts
• Be Obsessed or Be Average by Grant Cardone
• On War by Carl Von Clausewitz
• The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan
• Tools Of Titans by Tim Ferriss
• Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff
• The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
• Sapiens by Noah Yuval Harari
• The Book of Luke by Luther Campbell
• The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
• Launch by Jeff Walker
• The Ellipsis Manual by Chase Hughes
• 6ix Kick-Ass Strategies Of The Million-Dollar Entrepreneur by Dawnna St. Louis
• Do You Talk Funny? by David Nihill
• How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big by Scott Adams
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• The Epic Keynote by Jane Atkinson
• Slipstream Time Hacking by Benjamin P. Hardy
• Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got by Jay Abraham
• Win Bigly by Scott Adams
• Letters From A Stoic by Lucis Annaeus Seneca
• Boys Among Men by Jonathan Abrams
• Real Artists Don’t Starve by Jeff Goins
• The Autobiography of Gucci Mane by Gucci Mane
• Million Dollar Speaking by Alan Weiss
• Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini
• All The Pieces Matter by Jonathan Abrams
• Zero to One by Peter Thiel
• Get Smart! by Brian Tracy
• The Tao of Wu by RZA
• Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
• The Year Of Living Biblically By AJ Abrams
• Return Of The King by Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin
• Think Big And Kick Ass By Donald Trump
• Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
• Your One Word By Evan Carmichael
• The Brain Audit by Sean D’Souza
• The End Of Jobs by Taylor Pearson
• It’s Not About You by Bob Burg and John David Mann
• The Noticer by Andy Andrews
• When Nothing Else Matters by Michael Leahy
• What They’ll Never Tell You About The Music Business by Peter M. Thall
• The Laws Of Human Nature by Robert Greene
• This Is Marketing by Seth Godin
• Publishing 101 by Jane Friedman