Back to Basics by Abigail R. Gehring

For learning how to do the things most of us were never given the opportunity to learn.

Keys to Good Cooking by Harold McGee

For learning how and why to cook things a certain way.

I have a few to consider.

ADHD: How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe

Thinking: Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

Career Management: Expect to Win by Carla A. Harris

Storytelling: Storyworthy by Mathew Dicks

Design (I use it for system design, but product design too): The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman

Strategy: Good Strategy/Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt

How to get yourself to do stuff: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Risk management: An Economist Walks Into a Brothel by Allison Schrager

Hiring: Effective Hiring Manager by Mark Horstman

Systems theory: Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows

How life really works: Fooled by Randomness Nassim by Nicholas Taleb

Thinking: You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney

Skepticism: The Skeptics Guide to the Universe by Steve Novella, Bob Novella

There are tons more I love but I hope you find at least one thing to try here.

I think it makes a big difference what you’re trying to learn about. I’m not sure everyone would get the same benefit from every educational book.