Prompts

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.

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
The Midnight Library
The Simple Path to Wealth
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Your Money or Your Life
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Ishmael
The Education of an Idealist
The Happiness Project
Everything I Know About Love: Now a Major BBC One Series
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
The Great Adventure Catholic Bible
I Am the Messenger
Return of the God Hypothesis
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
12 Rules for Life
Narcissus and Goldmund
The Catcher in the Rye
Cat's Cradle