Reading List: Dre Baldwin’s Book Recommendations, by Category
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 these is 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, others I just stumbled into — and review the ones I like (which is most of them).
Reading is my second-most-oft done activity aside from working out and using computers (which, I guess, would make reading 3rd). And 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
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