The Best Books: My Recommended Reading List

This is a reading list sharing the best books to read in different categories based on many hours of reading. You will find more than 80 great books to read, organized by category.

My Recommended Reading List

Leadership
      Primal Leadership – Goleman
      The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – Maxwell
      Leading the Revolution – Hamel
      Leadership Challenge – Kouzes
      Inspire! What Great Leaders Do – Secretan
      Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun – Roberts
      Wooden on Leadership – Wooden
       Lincoln on Leadership – Phillips
      Strengths Based Leadership – Rath and Conchie
      The Five Dysfuntions of a Team – Lencioni

Faith
      The Bible
      The Lives of the Saints – Butler
      Imitation of Christ – Kempes
      Mere Christianity – Lewis

Family
      The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family – Lencioni
      A Severe Mercy – Vanauken
      Book of Virtues – Bennett
      Courtship after Marriage – Ziglar
      Dare to Discipline – Dobson
      7 Habits of Highly Effective Families – Covey
      The Temperment God Gave You – Bennett

Fitness
      Body for Life – Phillips
      4 Hour Body – Ferris
      Core Performance Essentials – Verstegen
      Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy – Contreras
      The New Primal Blueprint – Sisson
      Perfect Health Diet – Jaminet
Finances
      The Richest Man in Babylon – Clason
      The Total Money Makeover – Ramsey
      Complete Guide to Money – Ramsey
      The Millionaire Next Door – Stanley
      Think and Grow Rich – Hill
      The Truth About Money – Edelman
      Master Your Money – Blue
     Master the Game: 7 Steps to Financial Freedom – Robbins

Fun
      Travel Books from Eyewitness Guides

Friends and Relationships
      The Five Love Languages – Chapman
      How to Win Friends and Influence People – Carnegie
      Winning with People – Maxwell
      Love is the Killer App – Sanders
      Likeability Factor – Sanders
      How Full Is Your Bucket – Rath
      25 Ways to Win with People – Maxwell
      Uncommon Friends – Newton

Sales
      High Trust Selling – Duncan
      Killing the Sale – Duncan
      Sales Bible – Gitomer
      The Greatest Salesman in the World – Mandino

Marketing
      Tribes – Godin
      The One to One Future – Peppers and Rogers
      The Experience Economy – Price
      The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing – Ries
      Influence – Cialdini
      Breakthrough Advertising – Schwarz
 Money Making Secrets of Marketing Wizard Jay Abraham and other  Marketing Wizards – Abraham

Speaking
      Working the Room – Morgan
      Beyond Bullet Points-Atkinson
      The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs – Gallo

General Business
      The Tipping Point – Gladwell
      Good to Great – Collins
      The Art of War – Sun Tsu
      First Break All The Rules – Harter
      Who Moved My Cheese – Johnson
      The E Myth Revisited – Gerber
      The Fifth Discipline – Senge

Personal Development
      Game Plan – Buford
      Half Time – Buford
      Focus – Ries
      The On Purpose Person – McCarthy
      QBQ! – Miller
      Strengthsfinders 2.0 – Rath

Customer Service
      Raving Fans – Blanchard
      The Fred Factor – Sanborn
      Fish – Lundin
      Nuts – Freiberg
      Customer Satisfaction Worthless. Customer Loyalty Priceless – Gitomer

Time
      Time Traps – Duncan
      Margin – Swenson
      Today Matters – Maxwell
      Organized for Success – Winston

Thinking
      The 6 Thinking Hats – De Bono
      How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci – Gelb
      Thinking for a Change – Maxwell

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