Reading is the pathway to open your mind and absorb outside experiences. Go to the library, go the book store, buy books on your Kindle or Nook… For your sake, read!

Here is a list of books that I’ve read and courses that I’ve taken (that I can recall) in no discernible order…

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Updated April 10, 2012

1. Business & Finance
   1. Fastlane Millionaire by MJ DeMarco
   2. 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris
   3. Built to Sell by John Warrillow
   4. Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
   5. Made to Stick by Chip Heath
   6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
   7. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
   8. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
   9. First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
   10. The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received by Liz Claman
   11. Egonomics by David Marcum and Steven Smith
   12. Entreleadership by Dave Ramsey
2. Fashion and Shoes
   1. Feet & Footwear by Margo DeMello
   2. The Complete Footwear Dictionary by William Rossi
3. Cultural/Social Issues
   1. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
   2. Science and Technology Today by Nancy MacKenzie
   3. When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten
   4. The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman
   5. Language by Virginia Clark et al.
   6. Made in America by Bill Bryson
   7. Property by John Locke
   8. Pursuit of Happiness by Thomas Jefferson
4. Design
   1. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities by David Airey
5. Medical, Health & Fitness
   1. The Ultimate Diet by Lyle McDonald
   2. The Ketogenic Diet by Lyle McDonald
   3. The Rapid Fat Loss Handbook by Lyle McDonald
6. Psychology & Sciences
   1. Your Deceptive Mind by Steven Novella MD
   2. Psychology 101 – Introduction to Psychology by Kendra Cherry
   3. Book of Body Language – Toastmasters
7. Relationship & Dating
8. Religion & Spirituality
9. Self-Help & Self-Improvement
   1. Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
   2. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
   3. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
   4. 101 Ways to Transform Your Life – Dr. Wayne Dyer
   5. How to Instantly Connect with Anyone by Leil Lowndes
   6. Negotiate Smart by Nicholas Schaffzin
   7. Brain Building by Marilyn vos Savant and Leonore Fleischer
   8. Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy
10. Literature
    1. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
    2. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
    3. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
    4. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
    5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    6. Call of the Wild by Jack Lee
    7. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
    8. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    9. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
    10. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    11. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
    12. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
    13. Crime and Punishment by Feodor Dostoevski
    14. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
    15. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    16. Animal Farm by George Orwell
    17. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
    18. Gulliver’s Travels by Johnathan Swift
    19. Men on the Moon by Simon Ortiz
    20. Capirotada by Alberto Rios
    21. Kindred by Octavia Butler
    22. Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
    23. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
    24. Ceremony by Leslie Silko
11. Drama and Plays
    1. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
    2. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
    3. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
    4. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
    5. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
    6. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
    7. Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
    8. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
    9. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
    10. Othello by William Shakespeare
    11. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
    12. As You Like It by William Shakespeare
    13. Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare
    14. Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
    15. Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
    16. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
12. Vocabulary
    1. Verbal Advantage by Charles Elster
13. Fiction
    1. Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz
    2. Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler
    3. Lifeguard by James Patterson
    4. The Partner by John Grisham
    5. The Taking by Dean Koontz