[Flash] Born to Read. Forced to Work (Strand Bookstore, NYC)

As we embark on a break this holiday weekend, I’m sharing a few of my favorite books – fiction, non-fiction, and memoirs! 

When you want to be a better Mentor, leader, and human being:

• How to Know a Person by David Brooks
• Validation by Caroline Fleck
• Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
• Drive by Daniel H. Pink
• The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

When you need a kick in the pants and a kiss on the cheek:

• The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
• Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
• The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi
• Quit by Annie Duke
• Not Nice by Aziz Gazipura

When you want mentoring via a memoir:

• Finding Me by Viola Davis
• Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
• Viewfinder by Jon M Chu
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Laurie Gottlieb

When you want heartfelt entertainment:

• The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
• When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O’Neal
• All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
• The Wedding People by Allison Espach
• The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister

When you want to challenge your perspective:

• Think Again by Adam Grant
• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
• This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
• The Names by Florence Knapp
• Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
• Humankind by Rutger Bregman

When you want to be inspired by irrepressible women:

• The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
• The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
• The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

“So many books. So little time.” ~ Frank Zappa

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