• patrickstrother: The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
• halalpiar: Shantaram by Greg Rogers Brutally spectacular 933-page story & brilliant writing.
• rickrichbourg:Waking the Dead by John Eldredge
• Seorse: 1776 by David McCullough…. Amazing book..
• Citril: The Shack. Some very beautiful moments in it that enforce the depth of love God has for us.
• blfarris: Parenting from the Inside Out – amazing!
• JonDiPietro: Conqueror series (Ghengis Khan) by Conn Iggulden
• rhondakwrites: Best book: Wrestler’s Cruel Study-Steve Dobyns. His poetry isn’t bad either. Gothic classic: Melmoth the Wanderer.
• ppizzi: Marketing Metaphoria by Zaltman – a great read
• JasonAltenburg: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
• swaynette: Groundswell
• MarkMatson: Atlas Shrugged – killer!
• KathyKeatingPR: Secrets of Social Media Marketing-Paul Gillin
• sharilee: In marketing: The Cluetrain Manifesto, best non-work-related: Benjamin Franklin by Isaacson
• bertowud: Daemon by Daniel Suarez
• tim_rueb Marketing Warfare, Basic Economics, First Break All The Rules, Now Discover Your Strengths, Purpose Driven Life
• Nitewraith: Stephen King Goes to the Movies. Five of his Novellas that were made into movies. Light reading.
• SherKro: Deaf Sentence by David Lodge
• susan_s_smith: Inside the Revolution by Joel Rosenberg
• SherKro: Nothing To Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes
• Cogiva: Good to Great by Jim Collins and All I Ever Wrote by Ronnie Barker
• pattidigh: Novels The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers and The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle. Memoir The Planet of the Blind by S. Kuusisto
• swaynette: Credit Risk Assessment by Clark Abrahams and Mingyuan Zhang
• Alexandra_A: Good to Great by Jim Collins
• SusanMacD: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
• bruceb: Team of Rivals – The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (long slow read – but good)
• Anonymous: Series of books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the first one in the series is Brimstone

I love how almost random the mix of books is. It’s a little heavy on marketing focus, but that’s my specialty, so it’s not surprising or problematic. There are easily a dozen great new finds for me in this list.

How about you?

Do you have a great book to add to the list? If so, please add it in a comment to this post.

If you like some or all of the recommendations, pick up the books – and follow the people who recommended them. They’re great, generous people, and hopefully you’d learn as much from them as I am.