By Subject
Action Management
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen
Anthropology
The Harmless People, by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
On Human Nature, by Edward O. Wilson
Millennium: Tribal Wisdom And The Modern World, by David Maybury-Lewis.
Art of Living
365 Tao: Daily Meditations, by Deng Ming-Dao
Gift From The Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The Laws of Change: I Ching and the Philosophy of Life, by Jack M. Balkin
Life’s Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter, by Hal Urban
The Rules of Life, by Richard Templar
The Tao of Inner Peaceby Diane Dreher
The Three Boxes of Life, by Richard N. Bolles
Time and the Art of Living, by Robert Grudin
Timeless Values, by Helen Exley
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, by Gordon Livingston
You Are Your Choices, by Alexandra Stoddard
Communication
People Skills, by Robert Bolton. 1986
Emotions
Learned Optimism, by Martin Seligman
Happiness
Authentic Happiness, by Martin Seligman
Complete Idiot’s Guide To The Psychology of Happiness, by Arlene Matthews Uhl
Happier, by Tal Ben Shahar
The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn Achor
The Happiness Hypothesis, by Jonathan Haidt
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
The How of Happiness, by Sonja Lyubormirsky
The Pursuit of Happiness, by David G. Meyers,
Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert
A Thousand Paths to Happiness, by David Baird
History
A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
Information Management
Information Anxiety, by Richard Saul Wurman
The Age of Missing Information, by Bill McKibben
Life Planning
I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was, by Barbara Sher
The Three Boxes of Life, by Richard N. Bolles
What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson
Zen and the Art of Making a Living, by Laurence G. Boldt
Mental Skills
Lateral Thinking, Edward de Bono
The Use of Lateral Thinking, by Edward De Bono
This Will Make You Smart, edited by John Brockman
Motivation
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, by Steve Chandler
Philosophy
365 Tao: Daily Meditations, by Deng Ming-Dao
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter
Philosophy for Dummies, by Tom Morris
The Tao of Inner Peace, by Diane Dreher
Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu
Psychology
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi
Personality, by Jerry M. Burger
The Stuff of Thought, by Steven Pinker
Relationships
100 Simple Secrets of Great Relationships, by David Niven
101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married, by Linda and Charlie Bloom
Are You The One For Me? by Barbara de Angelis
Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Healthy Relationship, by Judy Kuriansky
If Love is a Game, These are the Rules, by Cherie Carter-Scott
Relationships for Dummies, by Kate Wachs
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by John M. Gottman
Self Improvement
365 Tao: Daily Meditations, by Deng Ming-Dao
Science
Broca’s Brain, by Carl Sagan
Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
Connections, by James Burke
Consilience, by Edward O. Wilson
The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan
Society
A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander et al
The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell
Systems Science
Emergence, by Steven Johnson
Linked, by Laszlo Barabasi
Order Out Of Chaos, by Ilya Prigogine
Systems 1: An Introduction to Systems Thinking, by Draper L. Kauffman
The Web of Life, by Fritjof Capra
Technology
Connections, by James Burke
Writing
Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott
How to Write: Advice and Reflections, by Richard Rhodes
On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
Write From the Heart, by Hal Zina Bennett
The Writer’s Life, by Julia Cameron
Writing for Your Life, by By Deena Metzger
The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard.
By Title
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, by Steve Chandler
101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married, by Linda and Charlie Bloom
365 Tao: Daily Meditations, by Deng Ming-Dao
The Age of Missing Information, by Bill McKibben
Are You The One For Me? by Barbara de Angelis.
Authentic Happiness, by Martin Seligman
Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott
Broca’s Brain, by Carl Sagan
Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Healthy Relationship, by Judy Kuriansky. 2002
Complete Idiot’s Guide To The Psychology of Happiness, by Arlene Matthews Uhl
Connections, by James Burke
Consilience, by Edward O. Wilson
Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan
Emergence, by Steven Johnson
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi
The Fractal Geometry of Nature, by Benoit Mandelbrot
General System Theory, by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy
Gift From The Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter
Happier, by Tal Ben Shahar
The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn Achor
The Happiness Hypothesis, by Jonathan Haidt
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
The How of Happiness, by Sonja Lyubormirsky
If Love is a Game, These are the Rules
Lateral Thinking, Edward de Bono
The Laws of Change: I Ching and the Philosophy of Life, by Jack M. Balkin
Learned Optimism, by Martin Seligman
Life’s Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter, by Hal Urban
Linked, by Laszlo Barabasi
Millennium: Tribal Wisdom And The Modern World, by David Maybury-Lewis.
On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
Order Out Of Chaos, by Ilya Prigogine
A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander et al
People Skills, by Robert Bolton. 1986
A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
Personality, by Jerry M. Burger
The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell
Relationships for Dummies, by Kate Wachs. 2002
The Rules of Life, by Richard Templar
The Stuff of Thought, by Steven Pinker
Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert
Systems 1: An Introduction to Systems Thinking, by Draper L. Kauffman
Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu
A Thousand Paths to Happiness, by David Baird
The Three Boxes of Life, by Richard N. Bolles
The Use of Lateral Thinking, by Edward De Bono
This Will Make You Smart, edited by John Brockman
Time and the Art of Living, by Robert Grudin
Timeless Values, by Helen Exley
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, by Gordon Livingston
What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson
The Web of Life, by Fritjof Capra
Writing for Your Life, by By Deena Metzger
You Are Your Choices, by Alexandra Stoddard
Zen and the Art of Making a Living, by Laurence G. Boldt
