Reading List
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor, Bodybuilder & Former Governor of California
Arnold Schwarzenegger built three separate careers: champion bodybuilder, Hollywood star, and politician. He won Mr. Olympia seven times, became one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1980s and 90s through films like The Terminator and Predator, then served two terms as Governor of California. He writes and speaks widely on fitness, ambition and personal responsibility, and publishes a daily health newsletter.
Our Own Worst Enemy
The Assault from within on Modern Democracy
by Tom Nichols · Nonfiction
Recommended via Book Club, April 2022
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna · Nonfiction
Recommended via Book Club, February 2022
The Bully Pulpit
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
by Doris Kearns Goodwin · History
Recommended via Book Club, October 2021
Here, Right Matters
An American Story
by Alexander Vindman · Memoir
Recommended via Book Club, August 2021
Out of Many, One
Portraits of America's Immigrants
by George W. Bush · Art
Recommended via Book Club, July 2021
Battle for the Soul
Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump
by Edward-Isaac Dovere · Nonfiction
Recommended via Book Club, June 2021
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius · Nonfiction
“Read a page or two anytime you feel like the world is too much.” — via Blurb
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson · History
“Book of the month: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson” — via Newsletter, March 2021
California
A History
by Kevin Starr · History
“It's the kind of reading I like and that I like to share with other people.” — via Podcast, February 2015
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman · Economics
“I think it's a real great philosophic kind of a book about how to approach our problems” — via Podcast, February 2015
The Churchill Factor
How One Man Made History
by Boris Johnson · Biography
“I admire Winston Churchill. He's one of those guys that I really love” — via Podcast, February 2015
Tools of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
by Tim Ferriss · 2016 · Nonfiction
“The worst thing you can ever do is think that you know enough. Never stop learning. Ever.” — via Foreword, November 2016
Pumping Iron
The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding
by Charles Gaines, George Butler · Nonfiction
“Some of you may not know that Pumping Iron was a great book before it was a movie.” — via Newsletter, December 2022
The Daily Stoic
366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman · 2016 · Nonfiction
“This is a perfect book to read every morning. The lessons are short and sweet, and get you into the right mindset for the day.” — via Newsletter, December 2021
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
by Michael Lewis · Nonfiction
“This book is a great lesson in preparedness and I enjoyed reading about some of the people who really believe in being ready.” — via Newsletter, May 2021
Think Again
The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
by Adam Grant · Nonfiction
“This book has a great message about keeping a learning mindset throughout your life and never thinking you know everything” — via Newsletter, April 2021
Books by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder
Arnold’s Bodybuilding for Men
Arnold’s Bodyshaping for Women
Arnold’s Fitness for Kids, Age 11-14
Arnold’s Fitness for Kids, Age 6-10
Arnold’s Fitness for Kids, Ages Birth to Five
Be Useful
Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
Total Recall