Twenty Important Books

Recently I was asked to speak at The Minnesota State University-Mankato Executive in Residence Program. I had a wonderful time with the faculty and students. One of whom asked me for my suggested reading list. While this could number in the hundreds, here are my top 25 books that were important to me at various points of my life:
1. Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda
2. Illusions by Richard Bach                                                                                                 3. Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy                                                                      4. Das Energi by Paul Williams                                                                                          5. Exodus, by Leon Uris                                                                                                       6. Oh, the Places You'll Go, by Dr. Seuss                                                                            7. Basin and Range by John McPhee                                                                                  8.  The Soul's Code by James Hillman                                                                               9. The Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse                                                                10. Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon Mackenzie                                                 11. 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda                                                                            12. Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond                                                                13. The Tracker by Tom Brown                                                                                            14. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry                                                                            15. The Bible                                                                                                                        16. The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman                                                   17. Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson                                                            18. Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul                                                                                 19. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese                                                                      20. The Art of Possibility by Benjamin and Rosamund Zander                                 21. Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown                                                   22. A River Runs Through it by Norman MacLean                                                         23. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand                                                                                  24. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts                                                                        25. The Completer Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle                               As I look at this list, old friends on the journey, I know I am remiss in not naming other important works.  But for now, today.  Here it is. Enjoy!

Dr Tan Bee Wan

Executive Chairman at Integrative Learning Corporation

6 年

Awesome list Peter! Let me know if you are coming to Singapore! Would be lovely to catch up on how these books influenced the milestones in your life!

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Betsy A. Bailey

Achieve high expectations for others

7 年

Dr. Peter, you flawlessly facilitated from the books listed. "Oh the Places ..." LAFT UN 2.0 Retreat enjoyed yesterday. What a team blessing!

Todd Ressel

Staff Supervisory Administrator at US Army Reserve

8 年

Interesting list

Mary Isker

Human Resources Generalist at Rice Lake Weighing Systems

8 年

Thank you for posting this! I was also very interested in learning what books you would list and I look forward to getting through these soon. Also, thank you for coming to campus; myself and many others really enjoyed your presentations.

You have inspired me to add a few books to my shelf.

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