These are all exceptionally good reads. Each well worth the time.
Quick Reads
Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
Carrion Comfort by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Naval Thread by Naval Ravikant
A Hanging by George Orwell
Hall of Fame
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
The Iliad by Homer
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Knowledge and Power by George Gilder
Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D. Wilson
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
The Merry Adventures of Robinhood by Howard Pyle
Startup Reads
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
Comms: 10 Rules for Mission-Driven Founders by Lulu Cheng (How to message yourself, your team, and your startup).
The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
Investment Psychology Explained by Martin J. Pring
Please let me know if there are books or PDFs that have had a major impact on you. Would love to read them. Shoot me a note at j.d.clemans@gmail.com.
Wodehouse never fails to entertain.