[vishnu_ks]

Author of the list here. When I started the list 6 years back, the idea was to have a small collection of books that will change your perspective if you read them. But over the years, the list got 350+ pull requests and the number of books increased significantly. I ask the pull requests author why they think the book is mind expanding in the pull request description. If they can write a convincing sentence I would merge them. But ofcourse, what's mind expanding for some is not mind expanding for others. I think the repo now is more like a collection of books that might help you find the next book to read under a particular topic. It might or might not expand your mind. Hopefully going through the list you might atleast find one interesting book to read :)

[georgecalm]

Thank you for putting the list together! If I may make a suggestion, what you wrote above would be an excellent first paragraph in the readme, as it explains the intent well and the criteria for how you add books to the list.

[mnd999]

The whys seems to me like it would be a valuable addition to the list. It’s a shame they’re just in the pull requests.

[smitty1e]

Not seeing anything spiritual on there. That is aguably the most important, if not tendentious, topic.