Books Recommended by Sol Orwell

Sol Orwell is an entrepreneur known for co-founding Examine.com, the largest database on nutrition and supplement research.

Sol’s been building gaming-related websites and making money online for almost 20 years, since attending high school in Canada.

After finishing studying computer engineering at the University of Toronto, Sol sold several websites which made him able to “retire” and became a digital nomad, travelling the world for five years.

He returned to Toronto and bought the domain Examine.com for around $40.000 and started developing it. He also bought and sold several other domains and websites, such as Beat.com, BusinessLoan.org, and Webmaster.org, but claims he “was never good at [domains],” which is why he focused on business development.

In 2014, Sol was recognized as a Game Changer by Men’s Fitness and profiled by Forbes as a seven-figure entrepreneur.

By 2018, Sol had stepped back from Examine.com, described himself as “semi-retired” (travelling around one quarter of the year), organized events for charity, and wrote about personal development on his blog.

Do read our interview with Sol Orwell from March 2018, where he talks about his favorite books and reading habits!

Books recommended by Sol Orwell:

Read the interview: Sol Orwell

In Sol Orwell’s words:

I hate business books. They are full of wishy-washy inspirational stuff and rarely of anything actionable. And even when actionable, it's from the context of that founder and the story they've spun, not the reality that most people face. So if anything, I'd have people read books such as Jayson Gaignard's Mastermind Dinners; Derek Coburn's Networking is Not Working; Shane Snow's Storytelling edge; Keith Ferrazzi's Never Eat Alone.

In Sol Orwell’s words:

Question: What books had the biggest impact on you? Perhaps changed the way you see things or dramatically changed your career path.

Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984 (though Huxley's Brave New World is a better reflection of today's society).

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