Inevitably everyone I interview talks about the books that have influenced, inspired, motivated or educated them along their journey. There are so many amazing ones and worth a share…
REBECCA KRUCOFF
- The Colossus of New York, by Colson Whitehead
- American Ruins, by Camilo José Vergara
- We Skate Hardcore, by Vincent Cianni
- Creative Visualization, by Shakti Gawain
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs
KATIE BALDWIN
- This Common Ground: Seasons on an Organic Farm, by Scott Chaskey
Melanie horkan
- Carry Me Down by MJ Hyland
- The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami
- Stasiland and All that I Am by Anna Funder
- Light Years by James Salter
- Love: Selected Poems by e.e cummings
- Collected Poems by W.B. Yeats
- The Leenane Trilogy by Martin McDonagh
- The Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch
- Kieslowski on Kieslowski by Krzysztof Kieslowski
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan
- Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- Breath by Tim Winton
- Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
- The Delta of Venus by Anais Nin
- Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg
- The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Bob McClure
Kena Paranjape
- By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson
- Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Craig KANARICK
- Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
- Influence, by Robert Cialdini
- Why We Buy, by Paco Underhill
- Design Writing Research, by Ellen Lupton
- The Psychology of Everyday Things, by Don Norman
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
- Four Fish, by Paul Greenberg
- The Art of Travel, by Alain de Botton
- A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink
- Tibor Kalman, Perverse Optimist, by Peter Hall
- Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Tender at the Bone, by Ruth Reichl
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward Tufte
- The One Minute Manager, by Kenneth H. Blanchard
Kathy Bacon
- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- The 4 Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
- Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chodron
Pamela Foeckler
- My Brother’s Face by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- A Dictionary Of Color Combinations by Sanzo Wada
Tiffany Washington
- The Conversation by Hill Harper
- The Secret by Rhonda Bryne
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Coldest Winter Ever by Sistah Souljah
Jo-Laine Duke-Collins
- By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexi Maybank & Alexandra Wilkis Wilson
- The 8th Habit by Stephen Covey
- Peace from Broken Pieces by Iyanla Vanzant
Marissa Feinberg
- Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
- Liberating the Adult Within by Helen Kramer
- The Big Enough Company by Adelaide Lancaster
- “The Resume is Dead the Bio is King” by Michael Margolis
Michele Lord
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
- Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
- The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons & Recipes from a Delicious Revolution by Alice Waters
- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
- Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
- Haroun & the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
- The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems by Coleman Barks
- We Were Flying to Chicago by Kevin Clouther
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Susan Hill
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- Wild Nights by Anne Matthews
- Giving Good Weight by John McPhee
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- Any book written by Leo Tolstoy
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Jen Messier & Jonathan Soma
- Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food by Laura Silver
- Viva La Pizza!: The Art of the Pizza Box by Scott Wiener
- The Chinese Takeout Cookbook by Diana Kuan
- Craft-a-Day: 365 Simple Handmade Projects and Pom-Poms!:25 Awesomely Fluffy Projects by Sarah Goldschadt
- Instacraft: Fun & Simple Projects for Adorable Gifts, Decor & More by Alison Caporimo
Nasozi Kakembo
- Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
- In His Own Words by Nelson Mandela
- An African Soldier Speaks by Robert Henry Kakembo
Margaret Roach
- A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
- To Reach the Clouds by Philip Pettit
- Plant Dreaming Deep and Journal of the Solitude by May Sarton
- A Way to Garden, And I Shall Have Some Peace There and The Backyard Parables: Lessons on Gardening, and Life by Margaret Roach
Tracie Lee
- The Art of the Restaurateur by Nicholas Lander
- Canal House Cooks Every Day by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton
- Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi
- East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir through the Seasons by Liza Dalby
- Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
- Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono by Yoko Ono
Elizabeth Rees
- Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
- The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up by Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham
- Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann
- She’s Come Undone and We are Water by Wally Lamb
- Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts
Amanda Peppard
- Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
- Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
- Everyday a Friday by Joel Osteen
- Becoming a Better You by Joel Osteen
Corina Gomez
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Mette te Velde
- Cradle to Cradle by Michael Braungart and William McDonough
- Good & Green Guides
- Greenopia guides
- Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution by Safia Minney
- Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys by Kate Fletcher
Jason Regier
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
- Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
- Fast Company Magazine
- It Starts With by Sarah Peck (blog)
Prill Boyle
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth
- The Satanic Verses by Salmon Rushdie
- No One Is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel
- The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
- The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- Wired for Story by Lisa Cron
- Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Cary Barbor
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Mayor Of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
- Selected Stories by Andre Dubus, Jr.
- Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda
- Harriet the Spy by Louise FitzHugh
Kathryn Murray
- A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Color by Victoria Finlay
- Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
- Matisse- His Art and His Textiles by Hilary Spurling and Ann Dumas
- Encyclopedia of the Exquisite by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins
- Andy Warhol Drawings, 1942-1987 by Mark Francis and Dieter Koepplin
Marla Aaron
- It Chooses You and No One Belongs Here More than You by Miranda July
- This Is a Book and Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin
- The Moth by Catherine Burns and Adam Gopnik
- Horton Hatches an Egg and Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- One Grain of Rice by Demi
Colleen Brierley
- Negotiating Rationally by Max H. Bazerman and Margaret A Neale
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
- The Promise by Rachelle Friedman
Jen Conley
- The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
- The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life by Deepak Chopra
- Nolo Series – Starting & Building a Nonprofit and Effective Fundraising
Melissa Rapoport
- Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck
- Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Trés Taylor
- The Music of Silence by Brother David Steindl-Rast
- The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks
- The Bowl of Saki by Hazrat Inayat Khan [daily emails]
- The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom
- The Art of Being and Becoming by Hazrat Inayat Khan
- The Art of Peace by Morihei Ueshiba
- A Monk in the World by Wayne Teasdale
- Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Anything and everything by Alan Watts
- Terrence Mckenna’s video lectures on YouTube
- The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
- The 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda
- The Seven Mysteries of Life by Guy Murchie
- Rebel Buddha by Dzogchen Ponlop
- A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
Becky Hensley
- #GirlBoss by Sophia Amoruso
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- The Stranger by Albert Camus
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
- Actual Air by David Berman
- A New Path to the Waterfall by Raymond Carver
- Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Kristin Marin
- The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
- The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen
- 365 Tao by Ming-Dao Deng
- 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class by Steve Siebold
Virginia Hart McAnaney
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
- #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
Ysanne Spevack
- Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- The Gardens of Russell Page by Gabrielle van Zuylen
- Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton
- Entertaining by Martha Stewart
- The Union of Hope and Sadness: The Art of Gail Potocki by Gail Potocki
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- Bar Tartine: Techniques and Recipes by Cortney Burns and Nicolaus Balla
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