What kind of books should I be reading?

venusian_adonis · 2012-07-08T17:21:34+00:00

Neil Strauss The Game, Rules of the Game, & Stylelife Challenge
Mystery How to Get Beautiful Women in Bed
Magic Bullets
Noah St. John's The Secret Code of Success
The $1 Million Reason To Change Your Mind

Estatunaweena · 2012-07-08T20:20:29+00:00

60 years of challenge's books have helped me. I mean change my life help me. But my style is very much like what he tells you to do. Some guys have different styles of pickup and his has definitely worked for me. He focuses on non-verbal escalation and works like a charm. I recommend every male to at least read his books, they are very short and you can finish the series in a few days.

Also: look at the top threads in this reddit. There is a thread by tony d and he posted a summary of his best blogs from over a year or something like that. That and 60 years of challenge has literally changed my life .

throwaway3950 · 2012-07-08T16:10:25+00:00

It doesn't really matter, you just need to be educated. For instance, and I've told this story several times now, I was talking to this HB9 Pysch grad student and in the course of conversation I brought up the concept of A/B testing that I had read in Wired magazine which blew her away that I knew of it. Just read, we talked about the latest books I had read, Starship Troopers and American Gods. Just be sure to not just skim whatever you read, take away some interesting talking points.

budguy68 · 2012-07-08T20:33:00+00:00

You don't need to read too many... Too much info will end up confusing you more and a lot of it, you'll end up forgetting... the books listed here are all good.

In fact I am going to take a look at •Noah St. John's The Secret Code of Success •The $1 Million Reason To Change

UncleTaco · 2012-07-08T22:41:46+00:00

For non-fiction, I follow a few strict rules:

Never read anything with the author's face on the front, its a big red flag for me. I always get the feeling they're trying to sell me on their image.
Never read anything where the author appends their title to their names on the cover (Psy.D, Ph.D, M.D etc.), its usually shoddy pseudo-science when they do that, and in this case I feel like they're trying to appeal to the authority of their title.
Never read anything by an active politician. Just don't. Ever. They build careers off of telling you what they think you want to hear, I have trouble finding them honest.

With that in mind, popular science and travel diaries are usually safe places to get really interesting information that you'll love telling other people about.

throwaway3950 · 2012-07-08T23:42:40+00:00

What you read doesn't really matter so much, it just has to be of interest to you. If it's of interest to you you'll both want to read it, and it will stick out in your mind. You should be able to relate to normal human beings. I'd probably stay away from anything completely technical, but beyond that it doesn't matter.

Here's my list of some of the best books I've read. This obviously reflects my tastes and interests:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman
The Double Helix
Neuromancer
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
On The Campaign trail '72
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
The Gateless Gate (A collection of Zen Koans).

So I'm relatively eclectic, and don't read a lot of fiction, and enjoy science and philosophy written in a more direct and non-theoretical manner, and have a deep love for Hunter S Thompson. That's me. You have to discover what YOU like. Nobody can really answer this question for you, only point you in some directions and see where you go.

shogunshoa · 2012-07-09T05:55:26+00:00

Go for the heaviest book

k1ngk0ngwl · 2012-07-09T07:00:15+00:00

I read nearly all of the "Great Books" by the time I was 16. Those, alone, have given me enough to participate in most conversations. The goal is to be able to confidently converse within any social circle you deem appropriate. Reading increases not just your knowledge, but your vocabulary and your ways of thinking.

I grew up playing guitar. I learned a bunch of punk songs, and my style definitely came out as punk when I tried to create my own music. Then I learned every Metallica song. My style became a fusion of punk/metal. Then, I learned every Pink Floyd song. Then, every Jimi Hendrix song. Now, my style is my own and I can play with nearly any band on the fly.

The point is that, if you read a bunch of crap, you will spout out a bunch of crap. If you read "The Great Conversation," you are going to come away with a lot more than if you read "The Game."

I found, in high school, some of the best shortcuts to learning, ever. "The History of _____" be it chemistry, physics, math, literature, philosophy... any book that details the entire human history of a subject will leave you walking away very, very knowledgeable about it.

Time is precious and our minds are impressionable. Don't waste your time learning punk.

2012-07-09T15:47:41+00:00

Read everything in the sidebar.

Pick up ONE method and one method only, go out there and practice practice practice. Once you've got some decent results, or you've got frustrated enough, move to a different method.

The worst thing you can do is to read too much, different opinion on the same thing, and making a mess.

Use this board for ideas, and FR feedback,

Title	What kind of books should I be reading?
Author	throwaway3950
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Date	July 8, 2012 3:58 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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