A set of 20 books, to understand the world.

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1.
Hands down the most powerful, yet simplistic description of evolution.

https://t.co/jAunGyexsN
2.
This book bravely attempted to answer the "Why" of human existence and I personally think did a commendable job!

https://t.co/9QhocIoGNU
3.
The most hard-hitting book I remember reading, where I found myself in perpetual denial.

https://t.co/5IALb5hxBy
4.
If I ever write a book on life, this would be my inspiration. The simplicity and impact of the book held me in awe!

https://t.co/Zd4rljP93M
5.
I don't think any description would do justice to this masterpiece of a book, on life!

https://t.co/pyioFXP8DH
6.
The book that shaped up a lot of my thinking on habits, before Atomic Habits came along.

https://t.co/C61NF8f1Ew
7.
Focus in the new IQ.
And this book shows you how to get there.

https://t.co/reUKnMlE4v
8.
I remember this book shaping up and validating so many of my leadership principles. @RayDalio did a masterful job here.

https://t.co/DS6DwBls88
9.
When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me.
How there are things that GAIN from disorder.

https://t.co/NpZy9NWcOP
10.
This book should become prescribed mandatory reading in every school.
Not because I endorse being paranoid.
Because I endorse being away of what happens if you are, or chose not to be.

https://t.co/rTEw4Tr8d7
11.
Absolutely stunning book on how the little things, the little steps, the little actions one fine day tip over to become the force no one expected!
We see this happening in the world now more than ever before.

https://t.co/TbdSDCXAZb
12.
Why do people say yes?
How are people influenced, at times even against their will?
How do we cede power, at times even without our own awareness?

Brilliant book!

https://t.co/7xkGObCNP4
13.
Once I read this masterpiece by @nntaleb, there was no going back on how I saw the world.
Everything, literally everything, suddenly made sense.

Can't say more. You have to read this one!

https://t.co/4teKLNJ6X4
14.
I am an eternal optimist and one can argue that this book appealed to my biases.
But it is hard to deny the facts.

If you think the world is a worse off place than it was before, this book might change your mind.
Through facts!

https://t.co/hFEKlJQ9OI
15.
It was one thing to know that the world is designed for men. It was another to read this book and be hit so hard!

Please pick this up, to truly understand the gender divide.

https://t.co/2vrBWkQ8pc
16.
This book, for me, is a book about hope.
Hope that success is a personal definition. And not one that the world imposes on us.

@IAmMarkManson won my heart through this direct, gleefully obnoxious book.

https://t.co/HOphFGMRzF
17.
I remember reading this book, which served as my thought basis for stepping down from nearbuy and choosing a very different life.
That based on what is truly essential to me, in my life.

https://t.co/QVnnIiC1Rv
18.
Hands down one of the best book on how to negotiate, and the psychology behind it.

So needed in today's world.

https://t.co/u3df6efhLF
19.
This book deserves to be read and re-read and re-read.

It stresses upon the most undeniably powerful way to live life.
"Do not set goals. Set habits"

@JamesClear has written the most simplistic stunner, ever!

https://t.co/10YogdJ2ec
20.
This book brings everything together.
Religion, Money, Civilization.
What Hawkings did for Space through "Brief history of time" @harari_yuval did for humankind.

MUST READ!

https://t.co/mGyuR4wcjp
These books collectively cost ~Rs. 15,000 (~$200).
This is how much we would spend on a new phone.

For the cost of a phone, you get the collective wisdom of the brightest minds of the world.
WHAT A BARGAIN!
GIVEAWAY ALERT

1. If you are not an active reader, and would want to start with one of these books, please reply to your desired book's tweet.
I will select 3 people for each of these 20 books, and ship these books across to you.
2.If you are an active reader, then I would love to gift ALL these 20 books to you.
Please reply to the first tweet of this thread with a reason "why should you get it" and 1 of you will be selected for the giveaway.
PS: All links are Amazon affiliate links. If you buy through these links, I get ~3% commission.
100% of my monthly commission goes towards sponsoring the education of those who can't afford it.

This month the education of 4 kids has been sponsored, worth Rs. 1.8L
"The best way to learn from mistakes, is to read books.

The next best way is to make those mistakes yourself."
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