Here’s the Books that You Recommended During Our Nerdy Thirty Giveaway
Need some new reading material? During our Nerdy Thirty Giveaway, celebrating our 30th anniversary, we asked participants to share a book that has lifted up, encouraged, or inspired them.
Below is a compiled list of the books that were recommended.
They are in alphabetical order, bold titles were recommended more than once.
Thanks to everyone who shared one of their favorites! Enjoy!
11/22/63 by Stephen King |
A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren |
A More Perfect Union by Ben Carson |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith |
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson |
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank |
Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez |
Art of War by Sun Tzu |
As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer |
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand |
Awareness Heals by Steven Shafarmann |
Baa Baa Black Sheep by Pappy Boyington |
Beyond Ourselves by Catherine Marshall |
Blink by Malcom Gladwell |
Books by Mark Twain |
Born to Win by Zig Ziglar |
Business by the Book by Larry Burkett |
Captain Rickenbacker’s Story Of The Ordeal And Rescue Of Himself And The Men With Him by Eddie Rickenbacker |
Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT by Paul Marciano |
Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick |
China Cry by Nora Lam with Irene Burk Harrell |
Crime and Pubishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown |
Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath |
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh |
Demian by Hermann Hesse |
Die Empty by Todd Henry |
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink |
East of the Mountains by David Guterson |
Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross |
Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker |
File… Don’t Pile! by Pat Dorff |
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen |
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi |
Follow the River by James Alexander Thom |
Gabby: A Story of Courage, Love and Resilience by Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Jeffrey Zaslow |
Galatians a Book of the Bible by Paul |
Generational Insights by Cam Marston |
Getting Things Done by David Allen |
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton |
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours by Regina Brett |
God Ventures; True Accounts Of God In The Lives Of Men by by Irene Burk Harrell |
God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew, John and Elizabeth Sherrill |
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell |
Good Marriages Grow! A Book for Wives by Irene Burk Harrell |
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t by Jim Collins |
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown |
Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine by Max Lucado |
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski |
Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner |
Healing the Heart: Overcoming Betrayal in Your Life by Joan Hunter |
Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney |
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams |
How To Enjoy You Life and Your Job by Dale Carnegie |
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie |
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie |
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck |
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini |
Isn’t it Amazin’? by Tommy Lewis as told to Irene Burk Harrell |
It’s Easier to Succeed Than to Fail by S. Truett Cathy |
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë |
Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry |
Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard |
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman’s |
Life After Life by Raymond Moody |
Life Matters by A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill |
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin |
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Look Great, Feel Great by Joyce Meyer |
Made to Stick by Dan & Chip Heath |
Man of Peace by Jerry D Thomas |
Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi: My Humble Quest to Heal My Colitis, Calm My ADD, and Find the Key to Happiness by Brian Leaf |
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics by Richard Thaler |
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson |
Muddy Sneakers and Other Family Hassles by Irene Burk Harrell |
My Story, My Song: Mother-Daughter Reflections on Life and Faith by Lucimarian Roberts, Missy Buchanan, Robin Roberts |
Not Without My Child by Rebecca Winters |
Nudge by Cass Sunstein |
Off Balance on Purpose: Embrace Uncertainty and Create a Life You Love by Dan Thurmon |
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Suess |
On Combat by Col. Dave Grossman |
On Gold Mountain by Lisa See |
On Writing by Stephen King |
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr.Seuss |
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez |
One Thousand Beautiful Things Compiled by Marjorie Barrows |
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp |
Personal Power by Tony Robbins |
Point Man: How a Man Can Lead His Family by Steve Farrar |
Prayerables II: Ordinary Days with an Extraordinary God by Irene Burk Harrell |
Prayerables: Meditations of a Homemaker by Irene Burk Harrell |
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely |
QB VII by Leon Uris |
Ready Player One by Earnest Cline |
Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You’ve Always Wanted To Be by Steve Chandler |
Return to Eden by Dean Harrison |
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki |
Security Blankets Family Size Irene Burk Harrell |
Self-Defeating Behaviors by Milton R Cudney |
She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler |
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse |
Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise by Pam Young & Peggy Jones |
Silver Boxes: The Gift of Encouragement by Florence Littauer |
Strategy Matters: A Simple 7-Step Process To Go From Struggle To Success by Robert Stover |
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Meg Meeker |
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath |
Synchronicity by Joseph Jaworski |
Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk by Ben Carson |
Talk Your Way to the Top: Communication Secrets to Change Your Life by Kevin Hogan |
The 21 Undeniable Secrets of Marriage by Dr. Allen Hunt |
The 4:8 Principle by Tommy Newberry |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey |
The Bible |
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak |
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande |
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy |
The Covenant Secret: The Master Key to Success by John Feloni |
The Disease Delusion by Dr. Jeffrey Bland. |
The E Myth Revisted by Michael Gerber |
The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon |
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni |
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz |
The Frances Treasury: Four Books in One by Russell Hoban (Author), Lillian Hoban (Illustrator) |
The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth by Chris Brogan |
The Game of Work by Charles A Coonradt |
The Gift of the Jews by Thomas Cahill |
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry |
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls |
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck |
The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino |
The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor |
The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn |
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom with John & Elizabeth Sherrill |
The Kneeling Christian by Albert Richardson |
The Land Uncharted by Keely Brooke Keith |
The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch |
The Learning Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore |
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks |
The Mentor’s Spirit by Marsha Sinetar |
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma |
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah |
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion by Moshe Feldenkrais |
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg |
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle |
The Power of Your Story by Ben Arment |
The Road Less Traveled by M Scott Peck |
The Robe by Lloyd C Douglas |
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis |
The Secret Drawer by Nancy Gee |
The Shack by William P. Young |
The Stand: The Final Flight of Lt Frank Luke, Jr. by Stephen Skinner |
The Stoning of Soraya M. by Freidoune Sahebjam |
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson |
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff |
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell |
The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes |
The Way Things Ought To Be by Rush Limbaugh |
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal |
Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman |
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey |
To kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee |
Trinity by Leon Uris |
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand |
Uncontainable by Kip Tindell |
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose |
War On The Middle Class by Lou Dobbs |
When God Says Go by Lorry Lutz |
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson |
Wholeness and the Implicate Order by David Bohm |
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling |
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich |
Winged Defense by Billy Mitchell |
Your Natural Gifts by Margaret Broadley |
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