I learned that small tasks completed, can lead to big feelings of accomplishment, and thereby increase momentum and productivity. This book has more impact than you might think.

To me there are few things more riveting than someone who gives up a lucrative urban life in order to farm in the country. These are the adventures of one couple as they try to live The Dream. Not romanticized, and very gritty. This couple fights. I wish there had been more pictures, but aside from that I found it deeply engaging.

Now a classic in the self help category; this little book asks us to resist the temptation to become a "dabbler," and instead stick with something until we excel at it. Motivational and to-the-point. And who doesn't want long-term fulfillment?

It seems this book did not get the respect it deserved. It's one of the few books on fat loss and health-improvement that truly contains new information. My sense was that the book's findings -- with its hard-to-hear research and uneasy answers -- are why it wasn't a bigger bestseller. Still, I found it very helpful.

Literary; a classic waiting to be discovered. The protagonist is an unlikely hero -- a fat, pimply boy with no friends. This book will take you by surprise in the best of all possible ways. Its mandate: everyone should be kind. Everyone.

To anyone who experienced profound unhappiness in childhood, this books is illuminating. It teaches us why to meet people 'where they are' and reveals to us ideas about the reasons we are here and what we are meant to remember about our true selves. Particularly helpful in learning how to release judgment.