In no particular order these are some books that have made me smile, cry, laugh, grow, learn and celebrate my mind each time I read them:

  • Putarch’s Lives by Plutarch (born 46AD)
  • The Complete Works of Sherlock Homes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  • The Lions Paw by Robb White
  • Lincoln On Leadership by Donald T. Phillips
  • Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 
  • The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
  • The Harry Potter Books by J. K. Rawling
  • Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
  • Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
  • Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein
  • Any book by Carl Hiaasen! 
  • Any Spenser for Hire Book by Robert B. Parker 
  • Anything by Thorne Smith (www.thornesmith.net)