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!
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!
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!
Staff Supervisory Administrator at US Army Reserve
8 年Interesting list
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.