12 books to make you healthier, wealthier and wiser in 2024

With four highly recommended books in each of the key areas of health, personal finance, and personal growth, this diverse reading list offers practical insights to help you start the new year off strong.

Healthier:

1. How Not to Die by Michael Greger

(4.44/5 ⭐️)

Cut your risk of chronic disease by optimizing your diet using whole plant foods to maximize nutrition and avoid animal products linked to higher mortality.

2. Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

(4.38/5 ⭐️)

Sleep at least 7 hours per night and follow basic sleep hygiene to boost learning, lower disease risk, and improve your mood and energy.

3. Spark by John Ratey

(4.12/5 ⭐️)

Exercise daily, even moderately, to grow new brain cells, sharpen thinking, regulate mood, and delay cognitive decline decades into life.

4. 10% Happier by Dan Harris

(3.92/5 ⭐️)

Reduce stress and increase calm by establishing a simple, non-dogmatic mindfulness meditation practice amidst the distractions of modern life.

Wealthier:

5. Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio

(4.36/5 ⭐️)

Financial markets naturally cycle through booms and busts, so manage risk by balancing conservative and aggressive investments, and watch leveraged bubbles.

6. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

(4.35/5 ⭐️)

Wealth is created through frugality, time, and avoiding irrational financial thinking, not chasing overnight riches or spending to impress others.

7. The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

(4.25/5 ⭐️)

Build long-term wealth by focusing on consistent value investing principles rather than emotions, following a patient, disciplined approach to the market.

8. Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin

(4.00/5 ⭐️)

Achieve financial independence by cutting unnecessary spending, saving and investing the difference, then aligning work with purpose rather than money alone.

Wiser:

9. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

(4.37/5 ⭐️)

Discover deep inner meaning and purpose even amidst suffering by taking responsibility to shape your response to unavoidable hardship.

10. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

(4.27/5 ⭐️)

Find tranquility and wisdom for ruling your own life through practicing Stoic principles of virtue, self-control, and accepting the present moment.

11. Essentialism by Greg McKeown

(4.07/5 ⭐️)

Escape chaos and accomplish more by purposefully pursuing only the vital few priorities that truly matter, rather than trying to have it all.

12. The Art of War by Sun Tzu

(3.96/5 ⭐️)

Outthink opponents by laying flexible plans, strategically assessing strengths and weaknesses, and skillfully responding to changing conditions.

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