My “Must Read” Pile
Fiction
3. The Alchemist / Paulo Coelho
4. The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. Fight Club / Chuck Palahniuk
6. Lord of the Flies / William Golding
7. The Five People You Meet in Heaven / Mitch Albom
8. A Clockwork Orange / Anthony Burgess
12. 1984 / George Orwell
13. Catch-22 / Joseph Heller
14. The Zahir / Paulo Coelho
15. The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde / Oscar Wilde
Religion & Spirituality
20. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari / Robin Sharma
21. Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life
22. Who Will Cry When You Die? / Robin Sharma
23. The Celestine Prophecy / James Redfield
24. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / Robert M. Pirsig
25. 8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life. / Victor N. Davich
26. The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? / Rick Warren
27. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living / Dalai Lama
28. Why I Am Not a Christian / Bertrand Russell
Philosophy
29. Beyond Good and Evil / Nietzsche
30. The Antichrist / Nietzsche
31. The Twilight of the Idols / Nietzsche
32. The Denial of Death / Ernest Becker
33. Fear and Trembling / Soren Kierkegaard
34. Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing / William Irwin (Editor)
35. The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D’oh! of Homer / William Irwin (Editor)
Psychology
36. The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud (Psychopathology of Everyday Life, the Interpretation of Dreams, and Three Contributions To the Theory of Sex) / Sigmund Freud
37. What Type Am I? : The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy / Renee Baron
38. Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) / Naomi L. Quenk
39. I’m Not Crazy, I’m Just Not You : The Real Meaning of the Sixteen Personality Types / Roger R. Pearman
40. Type Talk : The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work by Otto Kroeger
41. Gifts Differing : Understanding Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers (Paperback)
42. Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You
43. Through the Secrets of Personality Type / Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger
Self-Help
44. Self Matters / Phillip McGraw
45. Family First : Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family / Phillip McGraw
46. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity / David Allen
47. Who Moved My Cheese? / Spencer Johnson
48. Life’s Missing Instruction Manual : The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth
48. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People / Stephen R. Covey
49. How to Win Friends & Influence People / Dale Carnegie
50. Emotional Intelligence : Why It Can Matter More Than IQ / Daniel Goleman
51. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus / John Gray
52. The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life / Deepak Md Chopra
53. The Road Less Traveled / M. Scott Peck
54. 100 Ways To Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever / Steve Chandler
55. Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You’ve Always Wanted to Be / Steve Chandler
56. How to Read a Person Like a Book / Gerard Nierenberg
57. How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You / Leil Lowndes
58. 101 Things to Do Before You Die / Richard Horne
Entertainment
59. The Donnie Darko Book / Richard Kelly
60. AMG: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music / Vladimir Bogdanov (Editor)
61. AMG to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul / Vladimir Bogdanov (Editor)
Comics & Graphic Novels
79. Frank Miller’s Complete Sin City Library / Frank Miller
Children’s Books
80. The Little Prince / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
81. The Chronicles of Narnia / C. S. Lewis
82. Harry Potter / JK Rowling
83. Juggling for the Complete Klutz / by John Cassidy, B. C. Rimbeaux and Diane Waller
84. The Simple Solution to Rubik’s Cube / James G. Nourse
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
85. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy / Douglas Adams
86. I, Robot / Isaac Asimov
87. Lord of the Rings / JRR Tolkien
88. The Hobbit / JRR Tolkien
89. The War of the Worlds / H. G. Wells
90. The Time Machine / H. G. Wells
91. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea / Jules Verne
92. Journey to the Center of the Earth / Jules Verne
93. The Time Traveler’s Wife/ Audrey Niffenegger
94. Ender’s Game / Orson Scott
95. The Martian Chronicles / Ray Bradbury
96. Dandelion Wine / Ray Bradbury
Business & Investing
97. Microsoft Money 2005 For Dummies / Peter Weverka
98. Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! / Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
99. Success for Dummies / Zig Ziglar
Science
100. A Brief History of Time / Stephen Hawking
History
101. The World Hitler Never Made / Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
102. Man’s Search For Meaning / Viktor E. Frankl
103. The 9/11 Commission Report
Sex
104. Sex for Dummies / Ruth K. Westheimer
105. The Complete Illustrated Kama Sutra / Lance Dane
106. Sexual Intelligence / Michael Milburn and Sheree Conrad
107. להזדיין בסבלנות-סודות הטנטרה למיניו / רפיק
Quotations
108. The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less) / John M. Shanahan
Travel
109. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die / Patricia Schultz
110. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Israelis
111. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the English
112. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Swedes
113. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Americans
114. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Germans
115. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Poles
116. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Austrians
117. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Californians
118. The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Japanese
Biographies & Memoirs
119. Walden / Henry David Thoreau
120. Just a Geek / Wil Wheaton
Martial Arts
121. Nunchaku Karate Weapon of Self-Defense / Fumio Demura
122. Advanced Nunchaku / Fumio Demura
Israeli Books
123. חוכמת הבייגלה / אילן הייטנר*
124. מלך החומוס ומלכת האמבטיה / אילן הייטנר
- I’ll be happy to get suggestions for books not in the list
- The books which are marked in blue are the ones which I own.
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