| Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy | Irvin D. Yalom, M.D. | Fascinating perspective on the therapeutic relationship. |
| The Tao of Pooh | Benjamin Hoff | Cute little intro to Taoism. |
| A Way of Being | Carl R. Rogers | Inspired me to pursue a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. |
| The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living | His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D. | Very useful. |
| Free Play: The Power of Improvisation in Life and the Arts | Stephen Nachmanovitch | This book went a long way in helping me free my creativity and acknowledge my sprirituality. |
| Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country | Peter McWilliams | Very libertarian. Lots of good quotes. |
| Zen in the Art of Archery | Eugen Herrigel | A good introduction to Zen for Westerners. |
| The Prophet | Kahlil Gibran | Poetic. Wise. Beautiful. |
| Maurice | E. M. Forster | A gentle author. |
| The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure | James Redfield | My Grandma Kitty loved it. |
| The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream | Paulo Coelho | Beautiful story. |
| Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew up with Has Lost Its Meaning | Scotty McLennan | I liked reading about different people's spiritual journeys. |
| The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again | J. R. R. Tolkien | It's a classic. |
| Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence | Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin | Get out of the "more is better" mind set. |
| If the Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path | Charlotte Kasl | The best book about dating I've ever read. |
| Are You the One for Me?: Knowing Who's Right & Avoiding Who's Wrong | Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. | Good for getting clear about what you want from a relationship and what you have to offer. |
| The Real Rules: How to Find the Right Man for the Real You | Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. | Passes the primary test for dating advice---it works in both directions. |
| Martha Quest | Doris Lessing | First book in a series following the fictional life of Martha growing up in South Africa. |
| Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand | On the virtue of selfishness. |
| Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert H. Heinlein | Human raised on Mars starts his own religion. |
| Time Enough for Love | Robert H. Heinlein | What if you could live a long, long, long time? |
| I Will Fear No Evil | Robert H. Heinlein | Old rich guy's brain gets put in young woman's body. Philosophy ensues. |
| Dune | Frank Herbert | Good Sci-fi. I don't recommend going beyond the second book. |
| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | Robert M. Pirsig | A look at values, psychology, madness, social conditioning, etc. |
| The Gandalara Cycle | Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron | Humanoids with big incisors, swords, and huge cats. Fun, fun, fun. |
| I, Robot | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi. Stories about androids. |
| The Man in the Tree | Damon Knight | An interesting story about a giant man who could move things to or from parallel universes. |
| The Talisman | Stephen King, Peter Straub | A journey. |
| The Tommyknockers | Stephen King | Scary. |
| The Stand | Stephen King | Scary. |