In a few months my elder son will be graduating from 9th grade and entering 10th grade.

He is a
voracious reader. He has read 100’s of fiction books. I am amazed by his ability to focus
intensely, and complete a fiction book in one day. I read a lot of nonfiction books. My son never
read a non-fiction book.

I never force him to read one. How does it matter if he reads fiction or nonfiction. I am happy to
see him read. What is more important is that he’s developing the habit of lifelong reading. Also
reading fiction books helps him to develop visualization skills. For the first time my son asked
me the list of non-fiction books he should read.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. I promised him to put together a list of
books, videos, and materials that he should spend time reading. The list covers several themes
including learning, psychology, neuroplasticity, numeracy, statistics and probability, thinking,
multidisciplinary, biography, and life.

Sno Title Link Theme

1 Make it stick https://goo.gl/2QnwTL Learning

2 Kids learn fractions by asking questions and exploring https://goo.gl/Midp4w Learning

3 How to read Mathematics https://goo.gl/X3z58F Learning

4 A Mathematician’s Lament https://goo.gl/cQ1YKi Learning

5 Learning How to Learn https://goo.gl/rZjyKE Learning

6 Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion https://goo.gl/bmqmMD Psychology

7 Predictably Irrational https://goo.gl/OUyxim Psychology

8 Thinking Fast and Slow https://goo.gl/6Nh6av Psychology

9 Psychology of Human Misjudgment https://goo.gl/FnMdfD Psychology

10 Mindset https://goo.gl/nYJB2r Neuroplasticity

11 Peak https://goo.gl/KQrWd2 Neuroplasticity

12 The Brain That Changes Itself https://goo.gl/RVSBBx Neuroplasticity

13 The Backwards Brain Bicycle https://goo.gl/1fN8UX Neuroplasticity

14 Fermi Problems: from toilet paper to housing the world https://goo.gl/kG4hUJ Numeracy

15 Turning Numbers into Knowledge https://goo.gl/K8f41n Numeracy

16 Now You See It https://goo.gl/83Nyju Numeracy

17 Naked Statistics https://goo.gl/6PqLFn Statistics and Probability

18 How to Lie with Statistics https://goo.gl/Kjcm7h Statistics and Probability

19 The First Principles Method Explained https://goo.gl/vwjlBy Thinking

20 Psychology of Intelligence Analysis https://goo.gl/uDvHFu Thinking

21 Creative Thinking https://goo.gl/vswrxA Thinking

22 How to solve it https://goo.gl/uHCFkb Thinking

 23 The Choice https://goo.gl/NMXv6d Thinking

24 Superforecasting https://goo.gl/kR3g2y Thinking

25 A Short History of Nearly Everything https://goo.gl/uKi1Bf Multidisciplinary

26 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind https://goo.gl/d12SSJ Multidisciplinary

27 Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger https://goo.gl/U4aCAG Multidisciplinary

28 The Magic of Reality https://goo.gl/KfF3kD Multidisciplinary

29 Einstein: His Life and Universe https://goo.gl/whdxZF Biography

30 Benjamin Franklin: An American Life https://goo.gl/Q2Sm26 Biography

31 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! https://goo.gl/pQqMfW Biography

32 Gandhi: An Autobiography https://goo.gl/siDMKk Biography

33 From Third World to First: The Singapore Story https://goo.gl/ahfmaV Biography

34 The Mexican Fisherman https://goo.gl/xztGoe Life

35 Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? https://goo.gl/4kyGFV Life

36 USC Law Commencement Speech https://goo.gl/CZ5smx Life

37 The Daily Stoic https://goo.gl/Pv2PWk Life

38 The Bhagavad Gita https://goo.gl/7efG5N Life

Charlie Munger once told that, ​The best thing a human being can do is to help another human
being know more​. I am sharing this list so that any 9th grader and above can get the keys to
open the gates of lifelong learning.

Author : Jana Vembunarayanan

Website : ​https://janav.wordpress.com
Twitter : ​@jvembuna