Chris' Book List

I got a gift certificate for Amazon.com as a gift and I need to find out what to buy. The difficulty is that I rarely buy books and that there are a ton that I want to read. I've been into fiction lately and have noticed that since my master's degree a non-fiction book has to be really good or very relevant for me to enjoy it.

My intent is to use this post to serve as my book list from now on (instead of the note in my former palm pilot/current treo) and keep it updated. Let me know what you think about any of these books, if I should add one to my list, or if I should remove one in your opinion.

Business:
The Cluetrain Manifesto, by Levine, Locke, Searls, and Weinberger
Eat That Frog, by Brian Tracy
Who Moved My Cheese?, by Spencer Johnson
Good to Great, by Jim Collins
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert B. Cialdini
Competitive Strategy, by Michael E. Porter

Leadership:
Leadership by the Book, by Ken Blanchard
Lincoln on Leadership, by Donald Phillips
Oh, The Places You'll Go, by Dr. Seuss
29 Leadership Secrets from Jack Welch, by Robert Slater
Jack Welch & the G.E. Way, by Robert Slater

Spiritual:
Stong Fathers, Strong Daughters, by Meg Meeker
Shepherding Your Childs Heart, by Tedd Tripp
The Dad in the Mirror, by Pat Morley
Tender Warrior, by Stu Weber
Chasing Daylight, by Erwin McManus
The Everlasting Man, by GK Chesterton
Blue Like Jazz, by Donald Miller

Children's books (to give to or read with the kids):
The Chip Hilton series, by Clair Bee (23 books in the series)
Recommended kids reading: A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy and the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.

Miscellaneous:
To Hell and Back, by Audie Murphy
The Napoleon of Notting Hill, by GK Chesterton
It's Better to Build Boys than Mend Men, by S. Truett Cathy
The Anger Trap, by Les Carter

Finished Reading:
The Zion Covenant series, Brock & Bodie Thoene — Summer and Fall 2006
The Rising Tide, Jeff Shaara — January-March 2007
The Glorious Cause, Jeff Shaara — March-June 2007
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling — June 2007
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling — July 2007
Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis — July 2007 (with the boys)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling — July 2007
Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches, David Nichols editor — July/August 2007
Thr3e, Ted Dekker — August 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling — August 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling — August 2007
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling — August/September 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling — September 2007
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw — December 2007
Same Kind of Different as Me, by Ron Hall & Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent — January 2008
Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lews (with the kids) — February 2008
Review of 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, by John Maxwell — March 2008
Blink/Blink of an Eye, by Ted Dekker — April 2008
[I think missing several here!!]
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Rick Riordan — March 2010
Eragon, Christopher Paolini — March 2010

In Progress:
And the Angels Were Silent, Max Lucado
How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins (about to start it)