Favorite Books

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Liberty

• The Coming Aristocracy: Education & the Future of Freedom by Oliver DeMille
• FreedomShift: 3 Choices to Reclaim America’s Destiny by Oliver DeMille
• The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Jay, & Madison
• The 5,000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen
• The Other Greeks: The Family Farm & the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization by Victor Davis Hanson
• Beyond Capitalism & Socialism edited by Tobias J. Lanz
• The Law by Frederic Bastiat
• The American Tradition by Clarence B. Carson
• Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
• The Bridge at Andau by James Michener
• The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
• The Proper Role of Government by Ezra Taft Benson
• The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

Transcendence

• And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance
• Against the Pollution of the I by Jacques Lusseyran
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
• Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza
• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz
• Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie

Fiction

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas
• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Little Britches by Ralph Moody
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• The Pearl by John Steinbeck
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• The Chosen by Chaim Potok
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
• The Virginian by Owen Wister
• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
• One Second After by William Forstchen
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
• The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
• These is My Words by Nancy Turner
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
• Tales of Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card
• The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak

Soul Purpose & Leadership

• A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
• Rascal: Making a Difference by Becoming an Original Character by Chris Brady
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
• The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey
• Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer
• Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
• Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
• The Triumphs of Joseph: How Today’s Community Healers are Reviving our Streets & Neighborhoods by Robert Woodson
• The Great Learning by Confucius
• Business as a Calling: Work & the Examined Life by Michael Novak
• Critical Path by Buckminster Fuller
• Destinae by Roy H. Williams

Education

• A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the 21st Century by Oliver DeMille
• Leadership Education: The Phases of Learning by Oliver & Rachel DeMille
• Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
• The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto
• A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola

History & Biography

• Night by Elie Wiesel
• Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans & the Holocaust by Daniel Goldhagen
• John Adams by David McCullough
• The Real George Washington by Parry, Allison, & Skousen
• The Real Thomas Jefferson by Allison, Maxfield, Cook, & Skousen
• A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
• America’s Great Depression by Murray Rothbard

Personal Finance

• The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
• The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources by Lynne Twist
• Thou Shall Prosper by Daniel Lapin
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
• Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing by Robert Kiyosaki
• Getting Rich Your Own Way by Srully Blotnick

Business

• The Discipline of Market Leaders by Fried Wiersema & Michael Treacy
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
• E-Myth Mastery by Michael Gerber
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Built to Last by Jim Collins
• The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
• Theory of Constraints by Eliyahu Goldratt
• The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt
• Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service by Kenneth Blanchard

Marketing/Persuasion

• The Wizard of Ads by Roy H. Williams
• Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads by Roy H. Williams
• Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads by Roy H. Williams
• Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries & Jack Trout
• Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
• Unleashing the Ideavirus by Seth Godin
• Permission Marketing by Seth Godin
• Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive & Others Die by Chip & Dan Heath
• Words that Work by Frank Luntz
• Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Robert Cialdini & Noah Goldstein
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
• Currencies that Buy Credibility by Tom Wanek
• Call to Action: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results by Bryan & Jeffrey Eisenberg
• The New Rules of Marketing & PR by David Meerman Scott

Creativity & Writing

• Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink
• The Grace of Great Things: Creativity & Innovation by Robert Grudin
• The Complete Artist’s Way: Creativity as a Spiritual Practice by Julia Cameron
• Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational & Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers by Betty Edwards
• Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You by Ray Bradbury
• Story: Substance, Structure, Style & the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

Relationships

• Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John & Stasi Eldredge
• Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John & Stasi Eldredge
• Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey by John Eldredge
• Bonds that Make Us Free by C. Terry Warner
• Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg

Philosophy

• The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
• The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
• The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
• The Dialogues of Plato
• Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach
• Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
• The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Majesty of Calmness by William George Jordan
• The Power of Truth by William George Jordan
• A Theory of Everything by Ken Wilber
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
• The Gift of Change by Marianne Williamson

Psychology

• The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, & Achievement by David Brooks

Preparing for the Future

• The Fourth Turning by Strauss & Howe
• The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler
• Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
• Revolutionary Wealth by Alvin & Heidi Toffler
• The Coming Generational Storm by Laurence Kotlikoff & Scott Burns

Sustainable Agriculture

• Everything I Want to Do is Illegal by Joel Salatin
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• Wisdom of the Last Farmer by David Mas Masumoto

Religion

• The LDS Standard Works
• The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

Poetry

• Fire in the Soul: 100 Poems for Human Rights