1) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: "Leave the harm done by the other where it started !!" This struck me like lightning. The crux of how to conduct oneself

1) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: "Leave the harm done by the other where it started !!" This struck me like lightning. The crux of how to conduct oneself in one sentence. 2) Tao Te Ching: - Feng/English translation for lyrical beauty - Derek lin for accuracy. The Complete works of Zhuangzi - Burton Watson - To meditate on life. 3) The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul - This is a vaccine for modern life, the red pill. We are surrounded by what Ellul calls a technical milieu. After reading this, you will not look at the processes that operate in the society the same way. Warning, this and it's sibling The Propaganda are scary and depressing read. Perhaps you may want to balance it with something positive. 4) Early Retirement Extreme - Jacob Lund Fisker - Specialization is for cockroaches. Looking at the first 2 books you named, may be you will like this.They are one his references. The savings rate chart is worth it, to put things in perspective.