What are the best books to read in your 20s?
You're out of school and starting your own life in whatever shape that takes. What books are essential reading for someone entering this stage of life to be successful in life? This could mean non-fiction books that help with skills that weren't taught in school, or it could mean fiction that helps round out emotional development – or whatever else you think people in their 20s should read.
Answers29
Readers14
 The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
| 4.62 | 25 reads | ||
 The Simple Path to Wealth
| 4.5 | 11 reads | ||
 A Short History of Nearly Everything
| 4.23 | 415 reads | ||
 The Midnight Library
| 3.8 | 1,569 reads | ||
 Sapiens Sapiens
| 5 | 2 reads | ||
 Your Money or Your Life
| 3.9 | 81 reads | ||
 Ishmael
| 4.01 | 91 reads | ||
 The Happiness Project
| 3.6 | 125 reads | ||
 Everything I Know About Love
| 3.75 | 127 reads | ||
 Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
| 3.87 | 264 reads | ||
 Moby-Dick
| 3.56 | 447 reads | ||
 The Great Adventure Catholic Bible
| 0 | 0 reads | ||
 I Am the Messenger
| 4.05 | 117 reads | ||
 Return of the God Hypothesis
| 4 | 1 read | ||
 Digital Minimalism
| 4.02 | 322 reads | ||
 Narcissus and Goldmund
| 4.06 | 45 reads | ||
 The Catcher in the Rye
| 3.62 | 1,889 reads | ||
 Cat's Cradle
| 4.1 | 617 reads | ||
 The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
| 3.76 | 64 reads |