Matt's Best Books Lists

Books BY Anne Lamont???

Bird by Bird??

Help, Thanks, WOW??

Almost Everything??

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A Viking Primer?

The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion by Daniel McCoy?

Nordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two (Metamodern Guides) by?Hanzi?Freinacht?

?Norse Mythology?by Neil?Gaiman?

The Love of Destiny: the Sacred and the Profane in Germanic Polytheism by Daniel McCoy??

The Age of the Vikings by?Anders?Winroth???

The Vikings by Else Roesdahl??

Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes by Carolyne?Larrington??

Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals and Beliefs by John Lindow???

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The Essential Southern Writers from the 1980’s?

Dan Jenkins — Baja Oklahoma??

Pete Gent — North Dallas Forty??

Pat Conroy — The Great Santini or Beach Music??

Tom Robbins — Skinny Legs and All or Villa Incognito??

Alice Walker — The Color Purple??

Dorothy Allison — Bastard Out of Carolina (1992, but close enough…)??

Tom Wolfe — Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers or The Painted Word??

John Kennedy Toole — Confederacy of Dunces?

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Matt’s 25 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time??

1. The Culture Series — Iain M. Banks??

2. The Hyperion Canticle — Dan Simmons??

3. Dune Trilogy — Frank Herbert??

4. The?Hainish?Cycle (I've read most of them) — Ursula K. Le Guin?

5. The Sparrow — Mary?Doria?Russel??

6. The Baroque Cycle — Neal Stephenson?

7. Stranger in a Strange Land — Robert A. Heinlein??

8. The Doomsday Book — Connie Willis?

9. Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson?

10. Neuromancer— William Gibson??

11. A Fire Upon The Deep — Vernor Vinge?

12. Altered Carbon Trilogy — Richard K. Morgan??

13. The Void Trilogy — Peter F. Hamilton???

14. Imperial?Radch?Series — Ann Leckie??

15.?Embassytown?— China?Mieville?

16. The Windup Girl — Paolo Bacigalupi?

17. The Salvation Trilogy — Peter F. Hamilton??

18. Gateway — Frederick Pohl??

19. The Quantum Thief — Hannu Rajaniemi?

20. The Mars Trilogy — Kim Stanley Robinson?

21. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson?

22. Pattern Recognition — William Gibson??

23. The Forever War — Joe Haldeman?

24. The Southern Reach Trilogy —?Jeff?VanderMeer??

25. Enders’ Trilogy — Orson Scott Card?

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The Most Important Books I’ve Ever Read??

As An Adult??

A Course of Love — Alain de Botton?

In Quest of the Mythical Mate — Bader and Pearson??

Cadillac Desert — Marc Reisner?

Dark Eros — Thomas Moore??

So Many Heroes — Alan Levy?

A Terrible Love of War — James Hillman??

Images of the Organization — Gareth Morgan?

As a Teen??

Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl??

Siddhartha — Herman Hesse??

The Razor’s Edge — Somerset Maugham?

Tao?Te?Ching — Lao Tsu?

Way of the Peaceful Warrior — Dan Millman??

Dune — Frank Herbert????

Essays in Idleness?徒然草?(also known as The Harvest of Leisure) —?Tsurezuregusa??

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Best Books about Love, Sex and Relationships??

Top Ten?

How to Think About Sex by Alain de Botton??

A Course of Love by Alain de Botton?

In Quest of the Mythical Mate by Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson??

Dark Eros by Thomas Moore??

The Science of Trust by John Gottman?

The Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work -- John Gottman??

Passionate Marriage -- David?Schnarch?

Women Who Run With Wolves by Dr. Clarissa?Pinkola?Estés??

The Soul of Sex -- Thomas Moore?

Matting in Captivity by Esther Perel???

Next Ten?

The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development by Robert Kegan?

Brain Talk by David?Schnarch?

How To Be An Adult In Relationships -- David Richo??

Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul — Jalaja?Bonheim?

Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage -- John Gottman??

Soul Mates -- Thomas Moore?

Red Hot and Holy — By Sera Beak?

Smart Love -- Piper and Piper??

You, Me and The Baby Makes Three -- John Gottman??

The Best of the Rest…??

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir?

The Feminine Mystique by?Betty Friedan??

The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy?

The Art of Sexual Ecstasy by Margot Anand?

Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia?

The Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce?

Sex and Temperament by Margaret Mead?

Why Can't You Read My Mind -- Susan Magee?

Conscious Loving -- Kathleen and Gay Hendricks??

Getting the Love You Want -- Harville Hendrix??

The Soul of Sex -- Thomas Moore?

Sexual Awareness -- Emily and Barry McCarthy??

Mastery of Love -- Miguel ángel Ruiz Enlightened Sex Manual -- David Deida??

Way of the Superior Man --?David Deida??

Resurrecting Sex -- David?Schnarch??

The Three Marriages -- David Whyte??

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Books on Chaos??

+ LEADERSHIP AND THE NEW SCIENCE: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret Wheatley??

+ Earth Magic: Sacred Rituals for Connecting to Nature's Power by Starhawk??

+ The Feminine in Fairy Tales Marie-Louise von Franz?

+ Dancing in the Flames by Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickson?

+ In Courting the Wild Twin by Dr. Marin Shaw?

+ Wilber’s The Religion of Tomorrow?

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BOOKS ON SHADOW??

Holy isn’t always a church or open meadow. It can be a zone of profound change, where sexuality, the mythic realms, dreams, and the opening of soul can all occur. Those sculptural images on the temple walls are telling us this, warning us of major potencies at play. If you want to keep everything just so, nice and white, go no further.” ― Martin Shaw, A Branch from the Lightning Tree: Ecstatic Myth and the Grace of Wildness?

?My Top Recommendations:?

Dark Eros by Thomas Moore?

Befriending the Shadow by David Richo?

Shadow Dance by David Richo?

Romancing the Shadow by Connie Zweig?

Meeting the Shadow by Connie Zweig?

Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw??

A Branch from the Lightning Tree: Ecstatic Myth and the Grace of Wildness by Martin Shaw??

The Night Wages by Martin Shaw??

Anger, Madness and the?Daimonic?by Stephen A. Diamond?

A Little Book on Shadow by Robert Bly?

The Dark Side of Light Chasers by Debbie Ford?

The Dream and the Underworld by James?Hillma?

Krishnamurti’s Notebook by?Jiddu?Krishnamurti?

Disciples of The?Mysterium?by Michael?Tsarion?

Dragon Mother by Michael?Tsarion?

Being and Time by Martin Heidegger?

What is Called Thinking by Martin Heidegger?

The Black Sun by Stanton Marlan?

In Addition:??

Anything by Carl Jung: Jung Lexicon, Man and his Symbols, The Undiscovered Self, Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious?

Anything by Thomas Moore — Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life; The Soul at Work, Soul Mates, The Soul of Sex, Planets Within, Blue Fire, Care of the Soul?

Anything by James Hillman — Kinds of Power, Blue Fire, The Soul's Code, Archetypal Psychology, Myths of the Family, Fathers and Mothers?

Anything by Joseph Campbell —The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Power of Myth?

Anything by Caroline Myss — Sacred Contracts?

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Science Fiction — Best Classics, Best Next Generation??

The Old School??

Dune by Frank Herbert, A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, Left Hand of Darkness Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Anson Heinlein, Anything of the Culture by Iain M. Banks starting with The Player of Games, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, The Sparrow by Mary?Doria?Russell, Gateway by Frederick Pohl, The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, Pick a Title by Philip K Dick, To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Farmer,?Startide?Rising by David?BrinThe?Forever War by Joe Haldeman, Doomsday Book by Connie Willis...?

The Next Generation?

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi, Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff?VanderMeer, The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, Imperial?Radch?Trilogy by Ann Leckie,?Embassytown?by China?Miéville, really anything by Peter K. Hamilton (Salvation Sequence, Void), Spin trilogy by Robert Charles Wilson, the Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin and I really like all of Mike Carey's books... The Girl With All The Gifts to the five set Felix Castor novels, The?Murderbot?Diaries series by Martha Wells, The Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers…??

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11 psychology books every leader should read...??

1. The Science of Trust -- John Gottman?

2. Dark Eros -- Thomas Moore?

3. Wild Side Sex -- Midori (one of the best books on leadership ever written)?

4. Brain Talk -- David?Schnarch?

5. A Terrible Love of War -- James Hillman?

6. feminism is for everybody -- bell hooks?

7. Anger, Madness, and the?Daimonic?The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity -- Dr. Stephen Diamond?

8. The Tools -- Barry Michels and Phil Stutz?

9. How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration?

Book -- David Richo?

10. Nature and the Human Soul -- Bill Plotkin?

11. The Heart Aroused or The Three Marriages -- David Whyte?

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Best Books Written In Captivity/Prison (off the Top of my Head, no Google)??

1. Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankel??

2. High Magik — Damien Echols??

3. Justine — Marquis de Sade?

4. House of the Dead—?Feyador?Dosteyevsky??

5. Finding Freedom — Jarvis Masters?

6. Le Morte?d'Arthur?— Sir Thomas Malory?

7. Don Quixote — Miguel de Cervantes??

8. Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure — John Cleland??

9. Letters from Birmingham Jail — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

10. Book of the Marvels of the World — Marco Polo??

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Top Ten Most Enjoyable Books Ever to Have Read?

1. The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks??

2. Jason Bourne Series by Robert Ludlow??

3. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan?

4. Hyperion by Dan Simmons?

5. Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling??

6. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis??

7. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett??

8. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller??

9. Beach Music by Pat Conroy (very sad book but so good)??

10. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil?Gaiman?(really anything by Terry Pratchett)???

12. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Addams??

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Books on Managing Yourself??

+?StrengthFinders?2.0 by Rath?

+ The Tools by Stutz and Michels??

+ The Four Agreements by Ruiz??

+ Nature and the Human Soul by Plotkin?

+ The Three Marriages by Whyte?

+ How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind by Chodron?

+ How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological And Spiritual Integration by Richo?

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Books to Begin Your Spiritual Development??

The Heart of Zen: Enlightenment, Emotional Maturity, and What It Really Takes for Spiritual Liberation by Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi and Keith Martin-Smith?

Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing by Jed McKenna??

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse?

Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman?

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl??

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda?

Essays in Idleness by Donald Keene?

The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice by Cynthia Bourgeault?

The Alchemist by Paulo?Chelho?

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music by Victor L. Wooten?

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Unique Books to Better Understand the World??

Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany - June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945 by Stephen Ambrose?

Drift by Rachel Maddow???

The Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin?

In The Name of Identity by Amin Maalouf??

Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent by Blaine Harden??

Korea Unmasked: In Search of the Country, the Society, and the People by Won-bok?RHIE?

So Many Heroes by Alan Levy?

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski?

Among the Thugs by Bill Buford?

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner?

Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis?

Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein??

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Organization Development Reading List??

The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America by David Whyte??

The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner??

Good to Great by Collins??

Great by Choice by Collins??

Images of the Organization by Morgan??

When Teams Work Best by Larson/LaFasto??

Leadership and Self Deception by Arbinger Institute?

The Science of Trust by Gottman??

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Managing Your Career??

A Life at Work by Thomas Moore??

Crossing the Unknown Sea by Whyte??

What Color is Your Parachute by Bolles??

What Should I Do With My Life by Bronson?

The Dip by Godin??

The Career Journey by Iyer?

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The Essential Southern Writers from the 1980’s?

Dan Jenkins — Baja Oklahoma??

Pete Gent — North Dallas Forty??

Pat Conroy — The Great Santini or Beach Music??

Tom Robbins — Skinny Legs and All or Villa Incognito??

Alice Walker — The Color Purple??

Dorothy Allison — Bastard Out of Carolina (1992, but close enough…)??

Tom Wolfe — Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers or The Painted Word??

John Kennedy Toole — Confederacy of Dunces?

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Understanding the Minds of A Generation: Gen X??

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Train 72' by Hunter S. Thompson??

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut??

Catch-22 by?Josephn?Heller??

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis??

Watchmen by Alan Moore?

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut??

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera?

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco?

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley??

The Beloved by Toni Morrison?

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie?

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Ten Books on the Environment Every Leader Should Read??

1. Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner??

2. A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold??

3. How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery?

4. Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey?

5. The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson?

6. Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America by Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miyata?

7. The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future by Richard Alley??

8. The Story of N: A Social History of the Nitrogen Cycle and the Challenge of Sustainability (Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment) by Hugh S. Gorman??

9. The Ministry for the Future: A Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson??

10. The Overstory by Powers Richard??

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So many books...??