Dominant categories: American Civil War, Second World War, Society, Psychology, Money.

The number indicates the total number of books I read A to Z since circa age 17. Books I started, but did not read till the end are not included.

I read only three novels, but two of those three I really enjoyed.

From this list at least 10 were barely worth reading looking back.

The best ones were:

1. Tribe
2. The forty rules of love
3. Falling upward
4. $100 million dollar offers

By best ones I mean, books that influenced my thinking the most. This doesn’t mean that the others were not good. They didn’t radically change how I see anything and only added to convictions I already had. The trick would be to read more books in 2026 that add something to my views in certain fields instead of only offering more confirmation.

1015) Crucible of command, William C. Davis (American Civil War)
1016) Last flag down, the epic journey of the last Confederate Warship, John Baldwin, Ron Powers (American Civil War)
1017) Lessons for living, what only adversity can teach you, Phil Stutz (Psychology)
1018) Welcome home, Najwa Zebian (Psychology)
1019) What does Israel fear from Palestine?, Raja Shehadeh (Palestine)
1020) The power of Kabbalah, 13 Principles to Overcome Challenges and Achieve Fulfillment, Yehuda Berg (Psychology, manifestation)
1021) The Third Reich, A history of Nazi Germany, Thomas Childers (World War 2)
1022) Adolf Hitler, Biografie eines Diktators, Hans-Ulrich Thamer (World War 2)
1023) Deluge, Gaza and Israel, from crisis to cataclysm, Edited by Jamie Stern-Weiner (Palestine)
1024) One day, everyone will have always been against this, Omar El Akkad (Palestine)
1025) Die Tugendpächter, Catherine Liu (American politics)
1026) The state of us, Jon Snow (UK politics)
1027) A genocide foretold, Chris Hedges (Palestine)
1028) Recognizing the stranger, Isabella Hammond (Writing)
1029) The dose effect, TJ Power (Psychology)
1030) Gaza, an inquest into its Martyrdom, Norman G. Finkelstein (Palestine)
1031) Palästina und die Palästinenser, eine Geschichte von der Nakba bis zur Gegenwart, Muriel Asseburg (Palestine)
1032) The forty rules of love, Elif Shafak (A novel)
1033) Ein faschistischer Diktator, Adolf Hitler, Biografie, Wolfgang Schieder (World war 2)
1034) La ley de atraccion en el mundo del pensamiento, William Walker Atkinson (Psychology, manifestation)
1035) How to stay sane in an age of division, Elif Shafak (Society)
1036) The road to Appomattox, Robert Hendrickson (American Civil War)
1037) Tri zeny, Lisa Taddeo (A novel)
1038) The world after Gaza, Pankaj Mishra (Palestine)
1039) Case red, the collapse of France, Robert Forczyk (World War 2)
1040) Perfect victims, Mohammed El-Kurd (Palestine)
1041) The haves and have-yachts, Evan Osnos (Society)
1042) Unangreifbar, Tony Robbins (Money)
1043) Warum dänische Kinder glücklicher und ausgeglichener sind, Jessica Joelle Alexander, Iben Dissing Sandahl (Psychology)
1044) The wages of destruction, Adam Tooze (World War 2)
1045) All hell let loose, the world at war, 1939-1945, Max Hastings (World War 2)
1046) Die Templer, Aufstieg und Untergang von Gottes heiligen Kriegern, Dan Jones (History, middle ages)
1047) Tribe, Sebastian Junger (Psychology)
1048) Falling upward, Richard Rohr (Psychology)
1049) Impro, Keith Johnstone (Writing)
1050) Drecksarbeit?, Michael Lüders (Palestine)
1051) Against the loveless world, Susan Abulhawa (A novel, Palestine)
1052) Täuschung, der Aufstieg Donald Trumps under der Untergang Amerikas, Maggie Haberman (American Politics)
1053) The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, Eric Jorgenson (Money)
1054) $100 million dollar offers, Alex Hormozi (Money)
1055) Tiny Business, Big Money, Elaine Pofeldt (Money)