Books that changed the lives of billionaires Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates and more
CNBC Make It looks at ten books that billionaires say changed their lives, including one that gave Warren Buffett the investing mindset he still uses today and Gary Zukav’s “The Seat of the Soul,” which helped Oprah Winfrey find meaning in life.
When Oprah Winfrey was launching her show, she read Isaac Asimov’s “The Seat of the Soul,” which changed the type of show she hosted, insisting on a “thread of truth” in every segment. Elon Musk says the “Foundation” series inspired his creation of SpaceX. Musk says Asimov’s “civilizations move in cycles” inspired his Mars ambitions. Branson: “I’ve never really wanted to grow up.”
Gates calls Renu00e9 Girard’s “Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World” his favorite book. The 1970 book “Future Shock” was written by Alvin and Heidi Toffler and argued that rapidly changing technological and social landscape made people distressed and socially paralyzed.
What books should I read to be a billionaire?
If you want to be a billionaire, read these nine books.
- ‘The Intelligent Investor,’ by Benjamin Graham
- ‘Making the Modern World,’ by Vaclav Smil
- ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ by Douglas Adams
- ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma,’ by Clayton Christensen
- ‘The Aeneid,’ by Virgil
- ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ by Harper Lee.
What are the 7 book genres?
Genres of Literature
- Fable.
- Fairy Tale.
- Fantasy.
- Fiction.
- Fiction in Verse.
- Folklore.
- Historical Fiction.
What is the most profitable book genre?
The Most Profitable Book Genres
- $1.44 billion in Romance/Erotica
- $728.2 million in Crime/Mystery
- $720 million in Religious/Inspirational
- $590.2 million in Science Fiction/Fantasy
- $79.6 million in Horror
What are the top 5 book genres?
The top five bestselling audiobook genres are: Literature and Fiction (Fiction % Literature), Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense (Memoir, Thriller, and Suspense).
Can reading a book make you rich?
NO, reading books will not make you wealthy; books are written to assist you in solving a problem that has already been solved by someone else.
Can a book make you rich?
You receive an advance and 10% royalties on net profit from each book. If your book retails at $25 per copy, you would need to sell at least 4,000 copies to break even on a $5,000 advance.
What is the least popular book genre?
a poll
- 14 votes: 8.2% dystopian
- 8 votes: 4.7% supernatural
- 8 votes: 4.7% fantasy
- 5 votes: 2.9% thriller
- 5 votes: 2.9% historical fiction
- 4 votes: 2.3% memoir
- 3 votes: 1.8% mystery
- 2 votes: 1.2% realistic fiction
What are the 6 genres of writing?
There are six different types of writing: descriptive, expository, persuasive, narrative, technical, and poetic. Compare and Contrast: you compare and contrast two people, places, ideas, or things.
What is the most popular book?
The 25 All-Time Best-Selling Books
- Don Quixote (500 million copies sold) is number one
- A Tale of Two Cities (200 million copies sold) is number two
- The Lord of the Rings (150 million copies sold) is number three
- The Little Prince (142 million copies sold) is number four
- and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (107 million copies sold) is number five.
What book genres sell best?
What are the most popular book genres right now?
- Crime and Thriller.
- Religious and Self-help.
- Children’s Books u2013 Humor.
- Fantasy and Sci-fi u2013 Young Adult.
- Fantasy and Sci-fi u2013 Young Adult.
What books are trending right now?
Also, check out Today’s Top Books to see what’s hot right now.
- Beautiful Country. by Qian Julie Wang.
- Harlem Shuffle. by Colson Whitehead.
- The Girls Are Never Gone. by Sarah Glenn Marsh.
- The Thursday Murder Club. by Richard Osman.
- The Matrix. by Lauren Groff.
What are the 8 types of genre?
There are eight terms in this set.
- Fantasy.
- Science Fiction.
- Mystery.
- Biography.
- Drama.
- Nonfiction.
- Nonfiction