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Fiction
1. 1984, George Orwell
A satire about "big brother" society written by Orwell in 1949
2. The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
A story about a farmer, Wang Lung and his family, in China
3. Night Flight, Antoine de Saint Exupery
A philosophy about flying
4. Centennial, James Michener
A historical novel about America
5. Trinity, Leon Uris
A story about the struggle of the Irish people
6. Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
A philosophy about waiting in life
7. The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry
One of his stories, a master in ending a story
8. Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
An absurd but creative story about someone who read too many books
9. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
A story about stereotyping in the old America
10.Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
A story about survival
11.The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
A children story of Mowgli's adventure with his friends
12.Mereka Yang Dilumpuhkan, Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Stories about the hurting people (THP)
13.Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl
An adventure across the Pacific Ocean by raft
14.Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
A tragedy about passionate love
15.Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne
A classic adventure story written in 1873
16.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A children's story about a witty American boy
17.The Call of the Wild, Jack London
A story about a husky dog named Buck
18.Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
Another children's classic on pirate life
19.Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
A science fiction story about an encounter with Rama, a spacecraft
20.A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
A story about a poor family and a rich boss around Christmas time
Non-fiction
1. Origin of the Species, Charles Darwin
A classic book on biology
2. In Search of Excellence, Thomas Peters et al
Observations of what makes excellence
3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
A compilation of why some people are effective
4. The Road Less Traveled, Scott Peck
An inspirational reflection on life's journey
5. Forgive and Forget, Lewis Smedes
The art of forgiving
6. When I Say No, I Feel Guilty, Manuel J Smith
The way to not feel guilty anymore
7. Stress Without Distress, Hans Selje
The right way to stress
8. Codependent No More, Melody Beattie
On being independent
9. Becoming Human, Jean Vanier
On how to become a human-being
10.Lateral Thinking, Edward De Bono
A new concept on creative thinking
11.How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
A simple way to enjoy life more
12.On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross
An observation on the dying stages
13.Night, Elie Wiesel
Actually a novel but it's an account of his Holocaust experience
14.Seventy Times Seven, Johann Christoph Arnold
The power of forgiveness
15.Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl
An introduction to logotherapy, a psychotherapy method
16.Parkinson's Law, C. Northcote Parkinson
A theory about business behaviour: work expands to fill the time
17.The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter
A theory about business people incompetence
18.How to Lie With Statistics, Darrell Huff
A way to manipulate people using statistics
19.Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
One explanation about suffering
20.The Book of Job, Anonymous
Another perspective of suffering
21.When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner
One more perspective on suffering
22.The Mythical Man-Month, Frederick Brooks
An essay on software engineering
23.Dare to Discipline, James Dobson
Advises on raising children
24.Staying Together, William Glasser
The art of staying together in a marriage based on his Control Theory.
25.Grown Up Children Who Won't Grow Up, Larry Stockman and Cynthia Graves
A resource on managing difficult adult adolescent