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Sometimes it’s a lecture. Sometimes it’s a particular teacher’s words. Sometimes it’s a lesson from a parent or a friend, or even a life experience that explodes your conception of what’s possible in the world or what’s possible in you. And sometimes it’s a book (or ten) that changes how you think forever. To live is to learn, and to read is to learn fast from the experience of others. At Blinkist, we’re pretty into books: we pore over the world’s best nonfiction and distill the key insights into fifteen-minute reads every day. By now, we’ve covered more than 600 books and grown, changed, and nuanced our perspectives in the process. Speaking from experience, we think that this list of ten books by influential writers and thinkers in every field from psychology to economics just might change how you think about the world, work, other people, and yourself.