GIVE! Books

One of my favorite things to give and to receive is a good book.

I read all kinds… business, marketing, fiction, leadership, biographies, devotionals…

I love to read.  I love to learn.

And I love imposing this love on others 🙂

I do have a couple rules, though about how I choose books.  Any book I read must be recommended to me by someone I know, trust and respect.  There are just too many books out there and I have too little time to waste on a bad book.

So here are a couple of my favorite books this year:

So Long, Insecurity by Beth Moore

This book will wreck your world.  I don’t care how confident you are, insecurity has influenced your life somewhere along the way.  This was the best Christian personal/spiritual growth book I read this year.

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

Ok, no big shocker here since I’m such a tennis fan and I had a crush on Andre Agassi in high school.  🙂  However this was one of the most moving, honest… appropriately titled “open” autobiographies I have read.  Nothing compares to the power of real stories.

Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

I love, love, love this book!  Full of contrarian thoughts on usual business models and practice, Rework was a breathe of fresh air and a kick-in-the-pants at the same time.

My Sister’s Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult

And for a little fiction, I love this one by Jodi Picoult.  Gut-wrenching and heart-breaking… it’s the story of two sisters and the lengths they go to love and protect each other.  I’m a sucker for that.

Ok, I’ll stop there.  There are so many more that could be listed.

What was your favorite book this year?