Sun Tzu's Reading List
The 5 books that shaped Sun Tzu — military strategist.
Ancient Chinese general whose treatise on warfare became the most influential book on strategy ever written.
Influential Books
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
The most influential book on strategy ever written — 13 chapters that have guided generals, CEOs, and coaches for 2,500 years.
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
Sun Tzu's strategy echoes Taoist principles — winning without fighting, flowing like water around obstacles.
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi(1645)
Japan's greatest swordsman wrote this companion to Sun Tzu — strategy as a way of life, not just war.
The I Ching
Anonymous
The Book of Changes — China's oldest philosophical text, whose thinking about change permeates Sun Tzu's strategy.
On War
Carl von Clausewitz(1832)
The Western counterpart to Sun Tzu. Where Clausewitz sees friction, Sun Tzu sees flow.