1. Thinking
1.1 Motivation
《The Secret》 - Douban 7.7 - Not purchased, 2013
《The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari》 - Douban 6.8 - Not purchased
《Cognitive Awakening》 - Douban 8.6 - Not purchased
《Growing Upward》 - Douban 7.3 - Not purchased, 2020
《Learn to Grow》 - Douban 7.5 - Not purchased, 2020
《Execution is Combat Power》 - Not purchased, 2008
1.2 Thinking
《Learn to Think》 - Douban 9.1, 2025, Vincent Ryan Ruggiero [US], Not purchased
《Thinking, Fast and Slow》 - Douban 8.0, 2012, [US], Not purchased
1.3 Philosophy
《Philosophy of Information》 - Douban 8.9, 2015, [Netherlands] Pieter Adriaans, Johan van Benthem (eds.), Not purchased
1.4 Self-Management
《The Art of Clear Thinking》 - Douban 8.1, 2019, [Germany] Rolf Dobelli, Not purchased
《Be the CEO of Your Own Life》 - Douban 7.6, 2018, Cui Cui, Not purchased
1.5 Behavioral Design
《Behavioral Design》 - Douban 8.2, 2018, Chip Heath, Not purchased
1.6 Creativity
《The Artist's Way》 - Douban 7.8, 2018, [US] Julia Cameron, Not purchased
2. Predicting the Future
2.1 International
《2049》 - Douban 6.6, 2025, [US] Kevin Kelly, Not purchased
10. History
10.1 General History
《Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government - Xiong Yi Edition Vol.1》 - Douban 9.0, 2021, Xiong Yi, Not purchased
10.2 Modern Era
10.2.1 General Reading
10.2.2 Biographies/Memoirs
《My Memoirs (Volume 1)》 - Douban 8.6, 1991, Zhang Guotao, Not purchased
《Ordinary Trivialities》 - Douban 8.4, 2024, Zhang Kaiyuan, Not purchased
"My Memoirs" by Liu Zhi, electronic version available
20. Underlying Principles
20.1 Operating Systems
《Programming Windows》 - Douban 9.1, 1998, [US], Not purchased
20.2 Networking
《HTTP: The Definitive Guide》 - Douban 8.6, 2012, David Gourley, Not purchased
《Bulletproof SSL and TLS》 - Douban 7.4, 2016, [UK], Not purchased
《Fun Network Diagrams: From Basics to Applications》 - Douban No rating, Unknown year, Unknown author, Not purchased
21. Application Development
21.3 High-Level Languages
21.3.1 Rust
《The Rust Programming Language》 - Douban 8.7, 2020, Steve Klabnik, Not purchased
21.3.5 iOS, Objective-C
《Objective-C Programming (2nd Edition)》 - Douban 8.3, 2015, [US], Not purchased
《NSHipster》 - Douban 9.0, 2013, Mattt Thompson, Not purchased
《Objective-C Programming》 - Douban 8.6, 2011, [US], Not purchased
《Complete Guide to Objective-C Programming (3rd Edition)》 - Douban 8.0, 2014, [Japan], Not purchased
《Effective Objective-C 2.0》 - Douban 9.4, 2013, [US], Not purchased
《Objective-C Advanced Programming》 - Douban 8.7, 2013, Kazuki Sakamoto, Not purchased
《Objective-C Programming》 - Douban 8.4, 2012, [US], Not purchased
21.3.6 iOS, SwiftUI
《SwiftUI Minimalist Development》 - Douban No rating, 2024, Li Zhiwei, Not purchased
《Advanced Swift》 - Douban 9.1, 2017, [Germany] Chris Eidhof, Not purchased
《SwiftUI for Masterminds 5th Edition》
22. Product
22.1 Beginner
《Don't Make Me Think》 - Douban 8.2, 2015, [US] Steve Krug, Not purchased
《Hackers and Painters》 - Douban 8.7, 2011, [US] Paul Graham, Not purchased
《Simple and Usable (2nd Edition)》 - Douban 8.4, 2018, [UK] Giles Colborne, Not purchased
《The User Is Always Right》 - Douban 8.0, 2007, [US] Steve Mulder, Not purchased
22.3 Design
《Winning by Design》 - Douban 8.1, 2010, [US], Not purchased
22.5 Entrepreneurship
《The Lean Startup》 - Douban 8.3, 2012, [US], Not purchased
25. Marketing
25.1 Advertising
《Scientific Advertising & My Life in Advertising》 - Douban 8.4, 2010, [US] Claude C. Hopkins, Not purchased
《Everything Starts with Advertising》 - Douban 8.4, 2023, [US] Claude Hopkins, Not purchased
《The Copywriter's Handbook》 - Douban 8.4, 2008, Bruce Bendinger, Not purchased
《Confessions of an Advertising Man》 - Douban 8.3, 2003, [US], Not purchased
31. Mathematics
31.1 Algorithms
《Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control (2 Vol Set)》 - Douban 9.8, 2012, Dimitri P. Bertsekas, Not purchased
《Twenty Lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory》 - Douban 9.8, 2020, [US] Tim Roughgarden, Not purchased
《Algorithms Illuminated (Vol.1)》 - Douban 8.9, 2019, [US] Tim Roughgarden, Not purchased
《Informatics Olympiad: Dynamic Programming》 - Douban No rating, Unknown year, Zhang Xinhua, Hu Xiangrong, Wu Wanqiu, Not purchased
31.2 Mathematical Thinking
《Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times (Vol.3)》 - Douban 9.2, 2002, [US] Morris Kline, Not purchased
《Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century (Vol.1)》 - Douban 9.6, 2010, F. Klein, Not purchased
35. Academic Writing
35.1 Thesis Writing
《From Question to Output》 - Douban 8.2, 2024, [Japan] Chizuko Ueno, Not purchased
40. Intelligence
40.1 Intelligence Analysis
《Strategic Intelligence Analysis: Methods and Practice》 - Douban 9.2, 2016, Niu Xinchun, Not purchased
《Man Without a Face》 - Douban 9.1, 1999, [Germany] Markus Wolf, Not purchased
《War Advertising Agency》 - Douban 8.7, 2023, [Japan] Toru Takagi, Not purchased
《Declassified US Intelligence Archives on China (1948-1976) (8 Volumes)》 - Douban 9.0, 2009, Shen Zhihua, Not purchased
41. Practices
41.1 Bedroom Arts
《Overview of Chinese Arts: Bedroom Arts Volume》 - Douban 7.9, 1993, Li Ling, Not purchased
《Chinese Ingenuity》 - Douban 7.6, Unknown year, Luo Xuanji, Not purchased
《Nine Methods of the Plain Girl》 - Douban 8.8, 2007, Yin Dengguo, Not purchased
《Mawangdui Bamboo Slips and Ancient Bedroom Health Cultivation》 - Douban 8.1, 2006, Zhou Yimou, Not purchased
51. English
51.1 Podcasts
51.2 TV Series
Felicity
70. Popular Science
70.1 Animals
《Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?》 - Douban 8.1, 2019, (Netherlands) Frans de Waal, Not purchased
《The Social Lives of Animals》 - Douban 8.8, 2025, [UK] Ashley Ward, Not purchased
70.2 Plants
《Plants Have Hearts Too》 - Douban 8.2, 2023, Liu Huajie, Not purchased
75. Traditional Chinese Medicine
75.1 Herbal Medicine
《Annotated Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica》 - Douban 9.6, 2013, Unknown author, Not purchased
75.2 Understanding TCM
《Taoist Medicine》 - Douban 8.1, 2009, Xiong Chunjin, Not purchased
75.3 Diagnosis and Treatment
《Four Image Pulse Diagnosis》 - Douban 9.8, 2019, Luo Song, Not purchased
80. Financial Intelligence
80.1 Balance Between Making Money and Living
《Your Money or Your Life》 - Douban 7.5, 2021, (US) Vicki Robin, Not purchased
100. Culture
100.1 Modern Novels
《Qiao Family Compound》 - Douban 8.2, 2012, Zhu Xiuhai, Not purchased
《One Sentence Is Worth Ten Thousand》 - Douban 9.0, 2022, Liu Zhenyun, Not purchased
100.2 Foreign Novels
《Demian》 - Douban 8.9, 2009, [Germany], Not purchased
110. Feng Shui
110.1 Geography
《What Every Geomancer Must Know (3 Volumes)》 - Douban 9.6, 2011, Xu Shanji, Not purchased
120. Military
120.1 Geography
《Notes on Reading History and Geography》 - Douban 9.6, 2005, (Qing) Gu Zuyu, Not purchased
《Laying Out the World》 - Douban 8.8, 2002, Rao Shengwen, Not purchased
130. Art
130.1 Introduction
《The Path of Beauty》 - Douban 9.2, 2009, Li Zehou, Not purchased
《Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain》 - Douban 8.4, 2006, (US) Betty Edwards, Not purchased