Comments on: 30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday

I have read 90% of the Books on the list but would add: Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond The Martian - Andy Weir The Goal - Eliyahu M. Goldratt Moby Dick - Herman Melville Animal Farm - Geor...

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Great list. I'm proud to say that I've read most of these. Catch 22 has been my favorite book for years. I've probably read it about ten times.

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Great list. I would add "Jonathon Livingston Seagull," a simply parable that I read every so often as it seems to add perspective on my life at any age.

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In reply to Maria. I totally agree! "The Alchemist" ...

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In reply to Angela. I thought The Hobbit and Harry ...

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No "Prayer for Owen Meany?" Changed my life, but then again I read it after I was 30.

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I've read lots of your blogs....you write informative and common good sense just as a good life coach should. .....but I can't believe you have not got the bible as top 30 books the worlds no 1 b...

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Nice list, thank you. I would add Sigmund Freud's The interpretation of dreams and JRR Tolkien's The hobbit to this mix ... I know one is a child's and the other a psychoanalysis book, but for me...

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I would like to start reading some of these books. I'm an extremely slow reader and this makes it hard for me to read all the books that I wish to read. Thus, I need to choose the ones that I REA...

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I realize everyone who reads this list will have personal favorites... guess I'll add 5 of mine to your list. Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury) All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque) Heart of Darkness...

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I read 9 of the books on the list (e.g. 1984, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Flies, The Great Gatsby, The Tipping Point) before turning 30 but missed out on some of these titles. Glad to see that...

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Thank You so much for all the time you spend encouraging, and giving thoughtful, helpful information....What a blessing you two are! About all the rude, immature comments on here....Weeell that's...

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Fantastic list. I'd add The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. The World Is Flat 3.0 is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lift...

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The Watchmen's gotta be a must-read, no? Or does that not count as a book?

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Also another great book is "Believe and Achieve" by Napoleon Hill. It's a great read about hard work and determination and to make your own life!!

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These are all great reads!! I would also HIGHLY recommend not only "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, but ANY of his books. They are beautifully written in a though provoking way while still tellin...

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I have 15 years more left to read all of these book and I want to read at least 70% of the list . Literally I have one of the book in the list read at this time: How to Win Friends

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Why specifically by age 30? Of the books on your list that I've read (a little under half of them), the only one where age at reading seems to be a factor is The Great Gatsby -- which I re-read l...

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48 LAWS OF POWER IS MISSING...

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Great list but I would add Animal Farm, a short little parable.

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