Fiction: 1) Chesapeake by James A. Michener (ARL Book Club) 2) A Song of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons 3) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (ARL Book Club) 4) The Persian Letters by Montesquiue (ARL Book Club) 5) The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (TED recommends) Non-Fiction: 1) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steve Covey 2) Innovation and Entrepreneurship , by Peter Drucker 3) Thinkertoys , Michael Michalko 4) Brain Rules , John Medina 5) Albert Einstein,