My favourite fiction developmental books. Click the title to go to a link at www.amazon.co.uk
Title | Author | Subject |
The Clowns of God | Morris West | Acceptance |
Cry the Beloved Country | Alan Paton | Racism and liberation |
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | Carson McCullers | Loneliness |
The Heaven Tree Trilogy | Edith Pargeter | Courage and integrity |
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Joanna Greenburg | Mental Illness |
In the Spring Time of the Year | Susan Hill | Grief |
Island | Aldous Huxley | An utopian society |
The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula Le Guin | Gender and society |
The Member of the Wedding | Carson McCullers | Adolescence |
The Mountain is Young | Han Suyin | Compassion |
Mr God This is Anna | Fynn | Holiness |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Ken Kesey | Individuality |
Perelandra | C S Lewis | Good and evil |
The Prophet | Khalil Gibran | Poems about life. The ones on “Children” and “Joy and Sorrow” are special. |
The Well of Loneliness | Radclyffe Hall | Forbidden love and gay oppression |
My favourite non-fiction developmental books. Click the title to go to a link at www.amazon.co.uk
Title | Author | Subject |
The Art of Empowerment | Ron Johnson and David Redmond | Empowering employees. |
Caring Enough to Confront | David Augsberger | Managing conflict with love |
Change the world for a fiver: we are what we do | Various | Practical and enjoyable things anyone can do to make the world a better place |
Creative Problem Solving | David O’Dell | Tools for solving problems |
Fifth Discipline Field Book | Peter Senge et al | Practical strategies and tools for building a learning organisation |
Flawless Consulting | Peter Block | Consulting skills |
Freedom to Learn | Carl Rogers | A learner centred approach to education |
A Guide to the Perplexed | E F Schumacher | Philosophy and spirituality |
Honest Business | Michael Phillips and Salli Rasberry | Superior strategy for your own business |
The Human Situation | Harvey Jackins | The causes and cures for human irrationality |
The Spirited Business | Georgeanne Lamont | Success stories of souls friendly companies |
I’m OK You’re OK | Thomas Harris | Interactions between people |
Learning to Fly. Practical lessons from one of the world’s leading knowledge companies. | Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell | Knowledge management |
Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | Liberation from oppression |
A Many Splendoured Thing | Han Suyin | Human love between races |
Maverick! | Enrico Semler | A radically different way to manage an organisation |
Nuts! | Kevin and Jackie Freiberg | Shows the business benefits of caring for and developing people |
On Personal Power | Carl Rogers | The power of being person centred |
The Phenomenon of Man | Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | Evolution and consciousness |
Relate Guide to Better Relationships | Sarah Litvinoff | Intimate relationships |
The Sane Society | Erich Fromm | Society |
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | Steven Covey | Personal effectiveness |
Skills with People | Elisabeth Sydney et al | Skills with people at work |
Small is Beautiful | E F Schumacher | Economics for people |
Time to Think (and More Time to Think) | Nancy Kline | Helping people in organisations think well together |
A Way to Die | Rosemary and Victor Zorza | Death and dying |