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An extensive list of recommended reading across a broad spectrum of personal development topics:

Spirit-Art-Love

• Funky Business: Talent Makes Capital Dance
• Karaoke Capitalism: Management For Mankind
  

Consciousness, Awareness, Spirituality

• Power vs. Force by David Hawkins (levels of consciousness)
• Ask and It Is Given and The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther Hicks (manifesting intentions)
• The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (consciousness and awareness)
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra (manifesting intentions)
• The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (consciousness and awareness)
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman (inner peace)
• Cosmic Trigger Vol I, Vol II, and Vol III by Robert Anton Wilson (”weird” doesn’t begin to describe it)
• A Course in Miracles by the Foundation for Inner Peace (channeled teachings from Jesus)
• The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard (awareness and forgiveness)
• Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak (channeled teachings of the Pleiadians)
• Operation Terra by Sara Lyara Estes (channeled messages)

Meaning, Purpose, Fulfillment

• There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, The Power of Intention, and Inspiration by Wayne Dyer (spiritual problem solving, finding your purpose)
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (finding meaning in the Holocaust)
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Holocaust story)
• A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer (abuse and recovery)

Philosophy, Wisdom

• The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (wisdom)
• As You Think aka As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (power of thought)
• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu (wisdom)

Productivity, Time Management, Effectiveness

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (personal effectiveness)
• Getting Things Done by David Allen (workflow and productivity)
• Maximum Achievement and Time Power by Brian Tracy (time management)
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (personal effectiveness)
• Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern (getting organized)
• Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham (finding your strengths)
• Is Your Genius at Work? by Dick Richards (finding your genius)

Success, Behavior, Victory

• Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins (achievement and NLP)
• Using Your Brain for a Change by Richard Bandler (NLP)
• Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman (optimism)
• The Now Habit by Neil Fiore (overcoming procrastination)
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers (overcoming procrastination)
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu (slaughtering your enemy efficiently)
• The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (ensuring your enemy doesn’t slaughter you first)
• The Psychology of Winning by Denis Waitley (victory)

Wealth, Business

• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (wealth)
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (wealth advice)
• Built to Last and Good to Great by Jim Collins (business)

Relationships

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (social skills)
• Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (communication)
• Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray (male-female communication)
• Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum (diagnosing relationship issues)
• Should I Stay or Go? by Lee Raffel (healing or ending relationships)

Health, Medicine

• The China Study by T. Colin Campbell (health)
• Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution by John Robbins (health and ethical food choices)
• Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman (why a cattle rancher won’t eat meat)
• The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion by Pete Egoscue (pain-free structural alignment)
• Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins (laughter as medicine)
• 5 Secret Tibetan Exercises To Tone Your Muscles And Gain Energy
• Fine Waistline! The Hidden Wisdom of weight loss.

Mental Development, Intelligence, Science

• The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne (develop a superior memory)
• Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (visualization exercises)
• Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks by Marilyn vos Savant (boosting your intelligence and mental clarity)
• Chaos and Genius by James Gleick (chaos science and fractals; Richard Feynman bio)
• The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (social and mental phenomena)

Fiction

• Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (philosophy of objectivism)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (the insanity of social conditioning)
• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (the insanity of war)
• Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony (fascinating fiction series): On a Pale Horse (Death), Bearing an Hourglass (Time), With a Tangled Skein (Fate), Wielding a Red Sword (War), Being a Green Mother (Nature), For Love of Evil (Satan), And Eternity (God)
• The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer (the Trojan War and classic Greek mythology)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (stranded boys turn into savages)
• Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels by Mark Twain (a true literary genius)
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (outgrowing your old self)

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