I have seen an interesting quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, it says "If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."
So, I decided to compile the list of books, which I have read so far (excluding programming/technology related books), just to pat myself on the back
Here is my wonderful collection of handpicked books, in topics such business, religion, spiritual, philosophy, self-help, and technology.
| Software/Business/Technology |
| > Crossing The Chasm By Geoffrey A Moore |
| > Breakthrough Consulting By Dembitz & Bessinger, Prentice Hall |
| > Selling Dreams By Longinotti-Buitoni |
| > Living On The Fault Line By Geoffrey A Moore |
| > The Circle Of Innovation By Tom Peters |
| > Design By Tom Peters |
| > Project 50 By Tom Peters |
| > The Mythical Man Month By Frederick |
| > About Face 2 By Alan Cooper |
| > Beyond Software Architecture By Luke Hohmann Addison-Wesley. |
| > Patterns Of Enterprise Architecture By Martin Fowler |
| > Domain Driven Design By Eric Evans |
| > Contributing To Eclipse Principles, Patterns, And Plug-Ins By Erich Gamma, Kent Beck |
| General Business/Sales/HR |
| > Ziglar On Selling By Zig Ziglar |
| > Secrets Of Power Marketing By Peter Urs Bender |
| > The Tipping Point By Malcolm Gladwell |
| > Consumer Behavior By Schiffmaan |
| > Effective Interviews |
| > Franchising By Khera |
| > Entrepreneurial Development By S.S Khanka |
| > Organizing Genius By Warren Bennis |
| > Secrets Of Entrepreneurial Leadership By Ted Nicholas |
| > Get Smart In Advertising |
| > Get Smart In Communication |
| > Get Smart In PR |
| > Pocket Book: Influencing |
| > Pocket Book: Balance Sheet |
| > Pocket Book: CRM |
| > Pocket Book: Sales Management |
| > Pocket Book: Customer Service |
| Business Biography |
| > Direct From Dell By Michael Dell |
| > Richard Branson: Losing My Virginity |
| > Only The Paranoid Survive By Andrew S Grove |
| > Sam Walton: Made In America By Sam Walton |
| > Great Business Stories: Ford |
| > Great Business Stories: Microsoft |
| Self Help |
| > The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People By Stephen R Covey |
| > Communicate Clearly By Robert Heller |
| > Achieving Excellence By Robert Heller |
| > Who Moved My Chease By Kenneth Blanchard |
| > Who Will Cry When You Die By Robin |
| > Leadership And The One-Minute Manaager By Kenneth Blanchard |
| > The One-Minute Manager By Kenneth Blanchard |
| Business Wisdom/Humor |
| > Dilbert Principle By Scott Adams |
| > The Dilbert Future By Scott Adams |
| > Dilbert: The Job Of Work By Scott Adams |
| > Murphy’s Law By Arthur Bloch |
| Philosophy/Spiritual/Cosmic Science |
| > Death: The Greatest Fiction By Osho |
| > Men’s Eternal Quest By Sri Paramahansa Yogananda |
| > The Divine Romance By Sri Paramahansa Yogananda |
| > Bhagavad-Gita |
| > Conversation With God By Walsch |
| > What You Say After You Say Hello? Byeric Berne |
| > Psychic Attack And Evil Sprits |
| > Before The Beginning And After The End By Rishi Kumar Mishraa |
| > Orgin Of Species By Charles Darwin |
| > Classical Indian Philosophy Of Mind By Chkrabarti |
| > The Interpretation Of Dreams By Sigmund Freud |
Great list. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Venkatesh | June 18, 2006 at 03:48 AM
The list is really great! I'd add one more book - "The genius of Charles Darwin" ( http://rapid4me.com/?q=The+Genius+of+Charles+Darwin ). It's very cognitive.
Posted by: faina | April 29, 2009 at 12:37 PM