Unfortunatly all throughout high school I hated reading. As of about three years ago I've found books that I enjoyed to read that I acquire useful information from. Currently I'm reading Dune and Startide Rising...for some reason I'm trying to get into sci fi lately.
Books I've read and would recommend highly
1. Children's Books
- The Witches by Ronald Dahl
- Tuck Ever Lasting by Natalie Babbit
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Cinderella and Other Favorite Fairy Tales illustrated by Darcy May (the illustrations are great)
2. Fiction
- The Horse Whisperer (uh I don't remember the name of the author)
- The Thirteenth Amendment (I think that's the title, arg) by John Grisham
- Once Upon a More Enlightened Time by Garner
- Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by Garner
3. Hardcore Literature
- Paradise Lost
- Dante's Inferno
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
- Twelth Night by Shakespeare
4. Science
- Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan
- Forbidden Knowledge by Roger Shattuck
- Woman: Your Body, Your Health by Josleen Wilson
- The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller
5. Philosophy
- The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Anthem by Ayn Rand
- The Philosophy of Mind by Peter Smith and O.R. Jones
- Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff
6. Psychology
- Psychology (fifth edition) Wade and Tavris
- Child Development (third edition) Bukatko/Daehler
- The Six Pillars of Self Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
- Judgement Day by Nathaniel Branden
- Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology
- Change Your Brain Change Your Life by Dr. Daniel Amen
- About Love by Robert Solomon
7. Other
- The Banquet Years (La Belle Epoque) by Roger Shattuck
- Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
- The Wilkomirski Affair: A Study in Biographical Truth by Stefan Maechler
- Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Books to read list
- We the Living by Ayn Rand
- Anything by Shakespeare
- The Psychology of Romantic Love by Nathaniel Branden
- Consilience by Edward O. Wilson
- Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
- The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
- Healing the Hardware of the Soul by Dr. Daniel Amen
- Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett
to be continued....