Banned Book Coming!!
Hi friends and followers! Happy Sunday!
As we come to the close of Banned Books Week, I wanted to share that my future banned book, coming back from the editor on Oct 28, follows the format of my first book in that it provides recommended readings at the end of each chapter. I wish it be clear to all that my mindset is a product of so many other authors, so below is a reading list for you, of all the books I give a mention to in my two books. Happy reading!
(from “Elevating Civil Service”)
· The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger
· Population: 485 by Michael Perry
· Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
· Why We Suck by Denis Leary
· A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit
· Stiff, by Mary Roach
· Talking Trauma, by Timothy Tangherlini
· The Postmortal, by Drew Magary
· Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom
· Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
· Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
· Police State by Gerry Spence
· Still I Rise by Maya Angelou (also the PBS documentary with a similar title)
· All the Presidents’ Bankers, by Nomi Prins
· I am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai
· Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
· Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Erhenreich
· Speed of Trust, by Stephen M.R. Covey
· This Time is Different, by Reinhart & Rogoff
· Uncommon Wisdom, by Oprah Winfrey
· You Are Not Special, by David McCullough
· Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg
· Rich Dad Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki
· Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
· Medicine as Culture by Deborah Lupton
· Principia Discordia by Malaclypse the Younger and Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst
· Unhinged by Daniel Carlot
· The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
· The Buddhist Scriptures
· Discourse on the Method and Principles of Philosophy, by Rene Descartes
· Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
· The Hindu Vedas
· Morals and Dogma of the Scottish Rite
· The Quran
· The Republic by Plato
· The Tanakh or Codex Gigas
· The Once and Future King by T.H. White
· The Witch’s Bible
(from “Being Truth’s Servant”)
· Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown
· The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
· The Moral Landscape, by Samuel Harris
· The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff
· The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
· White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo
· Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
· Betraying Our Troops, by Dina Rasor & Robert Bauman
· Leading From The Outside, by Stacey Abrams
· The Art Of Logic, by Eugenia Cheng
· All The Devils Are Here, by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
· Blind Spots, by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
· Deer Hunting With Jesus, by Joe Bageant
· The Gilded Age, by Mark Twain
· The Conduct Of Life, by Lewis Mumford
· The Divine Comedy, by Dante
· The Gnostic Bible, edited by Willis Barnstone & Marvin Meyer
· The Sibylline Oracles, by Delia Colvin
· Braving the Wilderness, by Brene Brown
· Evolution of Beauty, by Richard Prum
· Metamorphoses, by Ovid
· Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah Harari
· Becoming, by Michelle Obama
· No Man is An Island, by Thomas Merton
· Rising Strong, by Brene Brown
· The Beauty Of Discomfort, by Amanda Lang
· Buddha Within Yourself, by Margot Reisinger
· The Art of Power, by Thich Nhat Hahn
· The Better Angels Of Our Nature, by Steven Pinker
· The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, by Deepak Choprah
· Corpus Hermeticum, by Hermes Trismegistus
· The Ginza Rba
· The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays
· Walled Garden Of Truth, by Sanai
· Conference of Birds, by Attar
· Secret Treasury, by Nizami
· Masnavi, by Rumi
· Epitome Astronomiae, by Johannes Kepler
· Critique of Pure Reason, by Immanuel Kant
· The Protestant Bible, by William Tyndale
· Books for each life phase
Years 0-2: read “What To Expect: the First Year” and “What To Expect: the Second Year” by Heidi Murkoff
Years 3-6: read “Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage” by Aubrey Hargis
Years 7-10: read “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Years 11-14: read “Your Ten To Fourteen Year Old” by Bates Ames, Ilg, and Baker
Years 15-18: read “The Teenage Brain” by Amy Ellis Nutt and Frances E Jensen
Years 19-24: read “Born to Be Wild” by Jess Shatkin
Years 25-30: read “The Defining Decade” by Meg Jay
Years 31-39: read “Tiny Beautiful Things” by Cheryl Strayed
Years 40-49: read “In Our Prime” by Patricia Cohen
Years 50-59: read “Life Reimagined” by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Years 60-69: read “Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide” by Michael Kinsley
Years 70-79: read “A Positively Final Appearance” by Alec Guinness
Years 80+: read “Ending Up” by Kingsley Amis
· The Amazing Development of Men, by Alison Armstrong
· The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, by Mark Manson
· Grit, by Angela Duckworth
· Better Together, by Robert Putnam
· Love & Respect, by Emerson Eggerichs
· The Intentional Family, by William Joseph Doherty
· The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman
· The Cartoon Guide to Sex, by Larry Gonick
· Sleep Revolution, by Arianna Huffington
· Mindless Eating, by Brian Wansink
· No Sweat, by Michelle Segar
· The Patient Will See You Now, by Eric Topol
· Klan-destime Relationships, by Daryl Davis
· Breaking Bitch, by J.R. Baker-Flowers
Other suggested authors: Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ta Nahisi Coates, Alex Haley, Langston Hughes, and Toni Morrison.