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Books Read – Non Fiction

Last Updated in June 2006

A list of non-fiction books I have read over the years. The list is not complete as I forgot to jot down names of the books I have read.

Rating guide: 

5 Star: Highly Recommended book
4 Star: Good Book : Worth Reading - Includes some learning and wisdom
3 Star: Good Book: Worth Reading for Information/Entertainment Purposes
2 Star: OK Book: Consider Browsing through. 
1 Start: Not Recommended: Read this book more out of curiosity, but don't recommend reading. 

I have started rating books recently. I will update ratings as I get time. 

Title

Link (Rating)

Author(s) (Month I Read the book)

The Accidental Manager 4 Star Gary S. Topchik
The Positive Principle Today 4 Star Norman Vincent Peale
The monk who sold his ferrari 4 Star Robin Sharma
The Power of Positive Thinking 5 star Norman Vincent Peale
Working at warp speed: The new rules for Project Success in a sped-up world 4 star Barry Flicker
The Purpose Driven Life 5 star Rick Warren (August 2004)
Firing on All Cylinders 4 star Jim Clemmer (June 2004)
Power of Six Sigma 4 star Subir Choudhury (March 2004)
Jesus CEO Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership 4 star (Feb 2004)
The Soul of Mind 5 star Gary Zukav (Jan 2004)
The Present 5 star Spencer Johnson (Dec 2003)
Fish: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results cover (5 Star) Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen (May 2003)
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover(4 Star) Tom Demarco (May 2003)
Leader's Digest   Jim Clemmer (May 2003)
Tempered Radicals   Debra Meyerson (Feb 2003)
Wings of Fire   A P J Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (Jan 2003)

BusinessThink

 

Dave Marcum, Steve Smith and Mahan Khalsa (Jan 2003)

The Dog Ate my Homework

 

Vincent Barry (October 2002)

Whale Done

 

Ken Blanchard (November 2002)

Hanuman: Messenger of God

 

Anantanand Rambachan (September 2002)

80/20 Principle

 

Richard Koch (September 2002)

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

 

Benjamin Franklin (August 2002)

There is a spiritual solution to every problem

 

Wayne Dyer (July 2002)

Greatest Mystery in the world

 

Og Mandino (June 2002)

Greatest Miracle in the world

 

Og Mandino (June 2002)

Greatest Salesman in the world

 

Og Mandino (June 2002)

Growing the distance

 

Jim Clemmer (Feb 2002)

The Four Agreements

 

Don Miguel Ruiz (Feb 2002)

Don’t Sweat the small Stuff with your family

 

Richard Carlson (Dec 2001)

Who moved my Cheese

 

Spencer Johnson

High Tech Startup

 

John L. Nesheim

Be Happy Attitude

 

Robert Schuller

Rise and Resurrection of American Programmer

 

Edward Yourdon

One Minute for myself

 

Spencer Johnson

One page management

 

Riaz Khadem, Robert Lorber

Effective Executive

 

Peter Drucker

Yes or No

 

Spencer Johnson

Pursuit of WOW

 

Tom Peters

Managing from the Heart

 

Hyler Bracey, Jack Rosenblum, Aubrey Sanford, Roy Trueblood

One Minute Manager

 

Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

Putting the one minute manager to work

 

Kenneth Blanchard, Rober Lorber

Leadership and the one minute manager

 

Kenneth Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi

Completeness

 

Philip Crosby

Motivating People

 

Kurt Hanks

Work a 4-hour day

 

Arthur K. Robertson, William proctor

Gung Ho

 

Kenneth Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles

Motivating People

 

Robert Heller

Customers for Life

 

Carl Sewell, Paul B. Brown

The Greatest Success in the world

 

Og Mandino

Simple Ways to bring out the best in your employees

 

Pramod Batra, Vijay Batra

Quality Through Design

 

John Fox

About Face

 

Allan Cooper

Microsoft Secrets

 

Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby

The Road Ahead

 

Bill Gates

The Richest man in Babylon

 

George S. Clason

The power of positive living

 

Norman Vincent Peale

Don't Sweat the small stuff and it's all small stuff

 

Richard Carlson

Dare to Win

 

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen