Books everyone must read

Hi all!

I was asking a few people at work today if they could offer the world one book to read, what would it be?

So far I've gotten a few responses.

The first was Ishmael.
The second was The Secret.

(Neither of which I've read, but a lady said she'd bring me a copy of Ishmael tomorrow to read.)

What book would you offer the world to read?

I Really really had a life changing experience from the book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success was written by Carol S. Dweck and focuses on how differing attitudes affect the way that people view both themselves and their interactions with others" Especially since it's backed by my college's psychology department (ASU). I Think everyone should read that book before anyone tries to learn something new ,so everyone.


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Just general mind expanding books.

How the Mind Works is a 1997 book by Canadian-American cognitive scientist Steven Pinker. The book attempts to explain some of the human mind's poorly understood functions and quirks in evolutionary terms.

How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the first best-selling self-help books ever published. Written by Dale Carnegie and first published in 1936, it has sold 15 million copies world-wide.

The Agile Gene, Armed with extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley turns his attention to the nature-versus-nurture debate in a thoughtful book about the roots of human behavior.

Tricks of the mind, "Derren Brown's amazing television and stage performances have entranced and amazed millions. His baffling tricks and stunning illusions have set new standards of what's possible, as well as causing controversy"

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey.

The Selfish Gene is a book on evolution by Richard Dawkins, published in 1976. It builds upon the principal theory of George C. Williams's first book Adaptation and Natural Selection.

The secret isn't that big, and your already getting it in your Jedi training.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
by Robert M. Pirsig

I've read Ishmael; that's a really good book, so your coworker has great taste in literature

The single most influential book I've ever read was Star Wars: Traitor. It would be nearly impossible to understand without the context of having read the dozen or so books before it, however, the author Matthew Stover took Jediism and turned it on its head. Some (those who don't understand it) might call it dark. Others might just call it honest.

Illusions by Richard Bach
Though, I second Ishmael and Tricks of the Mind.
I have been thinking of making a list of books everyone should read.

Aristotle - Ethics

fiction: either 'steel beach' by john varley or 'starship troopers' by heinlein.

non- an abridged encylopedia. and for serious. like any good nerdling, i used to do this when i was a kid.

if I were to choose one book, I think I'd ask them to read Turning the Mind into an Ally by my teacher, the Sakyong Mipham.