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.
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Readers17
 The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
| 4.36 | 37 reads | ||
 The Midnight Library
| 3.79 | 2,131 reads | ||
 The Simple Path to Wealth
| 4.39 | 12 reads | ||
 A Short History of Nearly Everything
| 4.23 | 578 reads | ||
 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
| 4.21 | 1,348 reads | ||
 Your Money or Your Life
| 3.86 | 105 reads | ||
 The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
| 3.82 | 84 reads | ||
 Ishmael
| 3.8 | 126 reads | ||
 The Education of an Idealist
| 4.07 | 21 reads | ||
 The Happiness Project
| 3.52 | 163 reads | ||
 Everything I Know About Love: Now a Major BBC One Series
| 3.74 | 178 reads | ||
 Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
| 3.88 | 379 reads | ||
 I'm Glad My Mom Died
| 4.47 | 1,528 reads | ||
 Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
| 3.54 | 611 reads | ||
 The Great Adventure Catholic Bible
| 5 | 3 reads | ||
 I Am the Messenger
| 4.04 | 176 reads | ||
 Return of the God Hypothesis
| 4 | 1 read | ||
 Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
| 4.01 | 429 reads | ||
 12 Rules for Life
| 0 | 0 reads | ||
 Narcissus and Goldmund
| 4.11 | 64 reads | ||
 The Catcher in the Rye
| 3.6 | 2,555 reads | ||
 Cat's Cradle
| 4.07 | 855 reads |