These are the books I wish someone had handed me on my first day in the real world — the ones that actually prepare you for office politics, big feelings, and figuring out who you are outside of school.
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Books for Women
Books for business
Books everyone should read
Books about money
Books for Women
Content geared just for women
Timeless. Women in the workplace.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Confidence is important.
Radical Confidence: 11 Lessons for Life & Love
top 20 in Women & Business
How Women Rise: Break 12 Habits Holding You Back
A top 20 in Women & Business books.
How Women Rise: Break 12 Habits Holding You Back
Books for business
confidence building
CEO Excellence: Six Mindsets of Top Leaders
Start off on the right foot
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss
This was is good for time blocking.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success [Paperback]
#1 Best Seller In job hunting & career
The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies Updated
Helps to decode how not everyone is the same color and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
Surrounded by Idiots: Four Types of Behavior
Turn every obstacle into an opportunity
The Obstacle Is the Way: Turning Trials to Triumph
Books everyone should read
Low page count, read it now in your 20's to make your 30's easier.
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter
To treat it you have to know what's causing it.
Unwinding Anxiety: New Science to Break Cycles
Another good read
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
Came recommended by several post grads.
Tiny Experiments: Live Freely in Goal World
#1 best seller in job hunting category
Designing Your Life: Build a Joyful Life
An Editor's Choice read.
The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint
A #1 in self-help. Always smart to be aware of yourself.
Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Thinking Causes Suffering
Defining your adult life in your twenties.
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter
A quick paperback to help make a 5 year plan.
What Next?: Five-Year Plan for Life After College
Stop letting fear make decisions, say yes to a bigger life
Year of Yes: 10th Anniversary Edition
Unpack fears and habits that keep you emotionally stuck
Get Good with Money: 10 Steps to Financially Whole
For the girl who has ideas but keeps waiting to be ready
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Books about money
Financial literacy is important
Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By & Get Financial Life
Getting used to real life money and finances
The Psychology of Money
Book that pushes you to think bigger about earning money
We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide
Smart money habits that actually stick — written for women ready to build real wealth.
Well Endowed: Secrets to Strategic Spending & Wealth
