Recommended Reading
Ethica’s career counseling sessions enter into areas of interest outside Islamic finance, and we are often asked for book recommendations. Part of being an effective professional is having an informed worldview, and books distill knowledge more effectively than other media. If you want to increase your intelligence and awareness overnight, turn off the smartphone, sell the TV, spurn Youtube and social media, stop browsing the Internet aimlessly, and read a book for half an hour or more in the evening with the intention of following the Prophet’s (Allah bless him and give him peace) words, “Be desirous for what benefits you.” (Muslim [74], 4.2052:2664. S) Here is a selection of some of the books that benefited us. For Islamic finance book recommendations, visit https://ethica.institute/articles.aspx. Disclaimer: Use your judgement. These books are no substitute for reliable information from qualified specialists, and should be treated as such. Moreover, recommendations should not be understood as endorsing all the information in every resource. - FAITH
- HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
- PERSONAL RELATIONS
- INSPIRATION
- EDUCATION
- PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY
- BUSINESS
- SCIENCE
- MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
- POLITICS AND POWER
1. FAITH
The Quran Beheld translated by Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller www.quranbeheld.com
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources Martin Lings
Sea Without Shore: A Manual of the Sufi Path Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Deliverance from Error: Al Ghazali’s Path to Sufism Abu Hamid Muhammad al Ghazal
The Beginning of Guidance Abu Hamid Muhammad al Ghazali
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Ahmad Naqib al Misri (tr. Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
Darqawi Way: Letters of Shaykh Darqawi Muhammad al-Arabi ibn Ahmed Ad-Darqawi
Discourses of Rumi Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (tr. A.J. Arberry)
Screwtape Letters C.S. Lewis
www.untotheone.com The Sufi path and traditional Islam
www.masud.co.uk A leading resource of traditional Islam
FOR THOSE NEW TO ISLAM
Sea Without Shore: A Manual of the Sufi Path Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller
The Divine for Critical Minds: Inquiry Into God's Existence Dr. Rehan Zaidi
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X with Alex Haley
Desert Encounter Knud Holmboe
The Sun Is Rising in the West: Journey to Islam: New Muslims Tell About Their Journey to Islam Muzaffar Haleem
2. HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Food Between Curse and Cure: Islam, Health, and the Good Life Abu Munir and Abdurahman Ashraf
Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food Dr. Catherine Shanahan
Food Rules: A Doctor's Guide to Healthy Eating Dr. Catherine Shanahan The Big Book of Health and Fitness: A Practical Guide to Diet, Exercise, Healthy
Aging, Illness Prevention, and Sexual Well-Being Dr. Phil Maffetone
The Barbell Prescription Jonathon Sullivan
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain Dr. John Ratey Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power Dr. Andrew Weil Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats Sally Fallon
Healthy at 100 John Robbins
The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability Lierre Keith
Healing with Whole Foods Paul Pitchford
Anticancer: A New Way of Life Dr. David Servan-Schreiber
What's Gotten Into Us: Living in a Toxic World McKay Jenkins
How to be Free Tom Hodgkinson
The Complete System of Self-Healing: Internal Exercises Dr. Stephen T. Chang
The Diet Myth Tim Spector
The Timeless Way of Building Christopher Alexander
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Christopher Alexander
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Eric Schlosser In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed Carl Honore The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self Charles Eisenstein Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization Dr. Sam Milham The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide John Seymour Beyond Backpacking: Guide to Lightweight Hiking Ray Jardine
3. PERSONAL RELATIONS Intiating and Upholding an Islamic Marriage Hedaya Hartford Man of Steel and Velvet: What it Takes to be a Man and How to be a Man Aubrey Andelin Fascinating Womanhood: How the Ideal Woman Awakens a Man's Deepest Love and Tenderness Helen Andelin The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups Leonard Sax How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry Dale Carnegie The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Families Stephen Covey
4. INSPIRATION The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X with Alex Haley
Desert Encounter Knud Holmboe
The Road to Mecca Muhammad Asad
The Warrior Race Imran Khan
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand
The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom Slavomir Rawicz
5. EDUCATION Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age Richard Freed Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling John Taylor Gatto High Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian Clifford Stoll Deschooling Society Ivan Illich Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It Jane Healey The Well Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise
6. PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY The Four Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Timothy Ferriss Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence Jacob Lund Fisker Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity David Allen Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything Guy Kawasaki Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Angela Duckworth The Magic of Thinking Big David Schwarz The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Stephen Covey Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Robert Cialdini The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less Richard Koch Write to the Point Bill Stott Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application 37 Signals
7. BUSINESS See here: https://ethica.institute/articles.aspx
8. SCIENCE The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World Paul Davies Science Delusion Rupert Sheldrake The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration of Science and Philosophy by Guy Murchie Evolution: A Theory in Crisis Michael Denton The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning James Lovelock Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe Martin Rees A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson Confessions of a Medical Heretic Robert Mendelsohn One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming Manosabu Fukuoka
9. MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family Dr. Devra Davis Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains Nicholas Carr Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Jerry Manders Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Shelly Turkle Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Noam Chomsky Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations Jerry Manders The Case for Working with your Hands, or Why Office Work Is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good Matthew Crawford The Case for Books Robert Arndt The Myth of the Machine: Technics and Human Development Lewis Mumford
10. POLITICS AND POWER Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins Animal Farm George Orwell Brave New World Aldous Huxley When Corporations Rule the World David Korten The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World Paul Roberts The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order Noam Chomsky and Robert W. McChesney Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything Robert R. Reilly When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment Ryan T. Anderson Short Circuit: Strengthening Local Economics for Security in an Unstable World Richard Douthwaite Beyond Chutzpah: The Misuse of Antisemitism and the Abuse of History Norman Finkelstein Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible Bart Ehrman Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years Israel Shahak The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve G. Edward Griffin Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. was Used to Create Israel Alison Weir When Google Met Wikileaks Julian Assange Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered E.F. Schumacher The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power Joel Bakan Ron Unz articles at www.unz.com Disclaimer: Use your judgement. These books are no substitute for reliable information from qualified specialists, and should be treated as such. Moreover, recommendations should not be understood as endorsing all the information in every resource.
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