fiction

• the arabian nights
• the lord of the rings: fellowship of the ring - j.r.r. tolkien
• colorless tsukuru tazaki and his years of pilgrimage - haruki murakami
• seconds - bryan lee o'malley [graphic novel]
• the strange library - haruki murakami

non-fiction

• blink: the power of thinking without thinking - malcolm gladwell
• outliers: the story of success - malcolm gladwell
• mindless eating - brian wansink
• how to win friends and influence people - dale carnegie
• the perfect bait - bobby chiu