During college I didn't care to read one more word than I had to, because of the great amount of text we had to plow through. I'm not a great reader and am not well read. I just decided to take up the hobby and have carefully compiled a list for entertainment and educational value. I mostly like books that teach me how to be better and how to help other people.

Books I want to read soon:

Adler Speaks: The Lectures of Alfred Adler

The Anatomy of Peace - The Arbinger Institute

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Bonds That Make Us Free - Terry Warner

Broken Things to Mend - Jeffrey R. Holland

The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis

Common Sense - Thomas Paine

The Continuous Atonement - Brad Wilcox

The E-Myth: Revisited - Michael E. Gerber

EntreLeadership - Dave Ramsey

The Federalist Papers - Alexander Hamilton

Financial Peace - Dave Ramsey

The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis

He Did Deliver Me From Bondage - Colleen C. Harrison

How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Jesus The Christ - James E. Talmage

Lectures on Faith - Joseph Smith

The Lord's Way - Dallin H. Oaks

Man's Search for Meaning - Victor Frankl

Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis

Never Give In! : The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

The Peacegiver - James L. Ferrell

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain

The Problem with Pain - C. S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis

To The Rescue - the biography of Thomas S. Monson - Heidi Swinton

Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom

The Wednesday Letters - Mitch Albom

Understanding Life: An introduction to the psychology of Alfred Adler

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

The Weight of Glory - C.S. Lewis

Along with the Standard Works - Old and New Testament, The Book of Mormon- Another Testament of Jesus Christ, The Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price

Two books that are staples (besides the Book of Mormon) are The Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey and Leadership and Self-Deception, by the Arbinger Institute.

I'm also going back and forth on the audio book/ regular book idea. The two books mentioned above I've listened to countless times and probably wouldn't have picked them up if they weren't on my iPod. But there's something about sitting and turning pages- completely focused on the text. I'll have to discover which kinds of books I prefer in one form or another.

This is very exciting!