I had always felt the dearth of  Guidance as what book to read. Most of the books I had read in my early days were always based on some positive feedback from my friends. I have always realised choosing a right book is such a masterly work, and if you miss one good book it is just like you missing a good friend at that time.

Good books are like good friends. They give a lasting comfort, good dimension of thought, poetic way of thoughts and lot of very very good things... just like very good friends.

I came across a list of books that are of Self - Motivation genre - Philosophical or Philanthropic(al) you can say.. but these are list of very good Books. All demand a possession for life time. Even few of them can give you drastic changes to the way you look at yourself, your life, others and other's Life.

List of very Good Books: Make your picks....

• Greatest Miracle in the World by Og Mandino

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill

• The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

• Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins

• E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

• Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

• One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard

• Influence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini

• The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson

• Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey

• See You at the Top by Zig Ziglar

• The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

• In My Own Words by Mother Teresa

• No Greater Love by Mother Teresa

• A Simple Path by Mother Teresa

• First Things First by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill,

and Rebecca R. Merrill

• Copy This! by Paul Orfalea and Ann Marsh

• Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

• The Spell Binder’s Gift by Og Mandino

• Key to Yourself by Venice Bloodworth

• Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton

and John Huey

• You and Your Network by Fred Smith

•Wake Up and Live by Dorothea Brande

• How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler

and Charles Van Doren

• Coming Out of the Ice by Victor Herman

• The Bible

• The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant

• Developing the Leader within You by John C. Maxwell

• Developing the Leaders around You by John C. Maxwell

• Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson

• Principle Centered Leadership by Stephen R. Covey

•Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen R. Covey

and Sandra Merrill Covey

• The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley

and William D. Danko

• The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton

• Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray

• The Rainmaker by John Grisham

• Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming

• Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

and Kenneth H. Blanchard

• The Thinker’s Way by John Chaffee

• The Selling Bible by John F. Lawhon

• Don’t Fire Them, Fire Them Up by Frank Pacetta

• The Firm by John Grisham

• The Chamber by John Grisham

• Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow

• The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning

• A New Pair of Glasses by Chuck C.

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by

Benjamin Franklin

• When Life is a Barbed Wire Fence by Greg Winston

• God Owns My Business by Stanley Tam

• Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch

and John A. Byrne

• The McKinsey Way by Ethan M. Rasiel

• Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks

• Be Happy You Are Loved by Robert H. Schuller

• A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards

• In the Heart of the World by Mother Teresa

• An Encounter with a Prophet by Clyde A. Lewis

• Small Miracles by Yitta Halberstam

• The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans

• Living Faith by Jimmy Carter

• The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

• The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton

• Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter

• The Performance Edge by Robert K. Cooper

• Corporate Lifecycles by Ichak Adizes

• How to Make Luck by Marc Myers

• The Change by Robert Grupe

•Trump: Surviving at the Top by Donald J. Trump

• A Passion to Win by Sumner Redstone and Peter Knobler

• The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley

• Pushing the Envelope by Harvey Mackay

• The CEO Chronicles by Glenn Rifkin and Douglas Matthews

• Business Dad by Tom Hirschfeld and Julie Hirschfeld

• Prescription for Success by Anne Morgan

• Making a Habit of Success by Mack R. Douglas

• Business at the Speed of Thought by Bill Gates

• Zig Ziglar’s Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar

• Prospecting Your Way to Sales Success by Bill Good

• Leap of Strength by Walt Sutton

• How to Have Power and Confidence in Dealing with People

by Les Giblin

• The Keys to Empowerment by Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos,

and Alan Randolph

• Leadership by the Book by Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels,

and Phil Hodges

• Whale Done! by Ken Blanchard, Thad Lacinak,

Chuck Tompkins, and Jim Ballard

• Bill Gates Speaks by Janet Lowe

• Living the 7 Habits by Stephen R. Covey

• On Becoming Baby Wise by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam

• Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

• University of Success by Og Mandino

• God is Not in the Thesaurus by Bo Don Cox

• I Dare You! by William H. Danforth

•Turning Hurts Into Halos by Robert H. Schuller

• The One Minute Father by Spencer Johnson

• Hope from My Heart by Rich DeVos

• More Than Enough by Dave Ramsey

• Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury

• It’s Not about the Bike by Lance Armstrong

and Sally Jenkins

• Kiss Theory Good Bye by Bob Prosen

•Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do! by

Robert H. Schuller

• 101 Reasons to Own the World’s Greatest Investment by

Robert P. Miles

• More Than a Pink Cadillac by Jim Underwood

• The Secrets Men Keep by Stephen Arterburn

• The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle by Jim Rohn

• Gung Ho! by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles

• George Burns: In His Own Words by Herb Fagen

and George Burns

• City Kid by Mary MacCracken

•Tex by S.E. Hinton

• An Uphill Climb by Dave Sargent

• The 3 Keys to Empowerment by Kenneth Blanchard,

John Carlos, and Alan Randolph

• Freedom from Fear: Overcoming Worry and Anxiety by

Neil T. Anderson and Rich Miller

• Vernon Can Read! by Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

and Annette Gordon-Reed

• Big Bucks! by Kenneth Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles

• When God Winks at You by Squire Rushnell

• The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson

• Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s by Ray Kroc

and Robert Anderson