People ask me all the time, “What’s a good book to read?” This is a list of some of my favorite titles. Some are old. Some are new. Some you’ve probably never heard of. And some are business reads about marketing and selling. Mine are at the bottom of the list.
Books with an * was a favorite.
Business Books: Must Reads for the Self-Employed
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Barfam
Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping by Paco Underhill
The Art of Closing the Sale by Brian Tracy
The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy
H.M. WARD (aka MY BOOKS & MAJOR MILESTONES)
DEMON KISSED – debut novel written in 2010, agented and shopped in NY, pulled MS and pubbed in 2011. See why in this Forbes article about me.
SCANDALOUS – 1st book to hit a list (NYT & USA Today) Jan 2013, approx 9 months after publication.
DAMAGED – 1st book to hit #1 in the entire Amazon Store – April 2013
THE ARRANGEMENT – 1st series to sell over 1 million copies – late 2013/ early 2014
More of H.M.’s milestone books will be listed soon!
TAHEREH MAFI
SAMMIE SPENCER
VERONICA ROTH
KAREN MARIE MONING
HARLAN COBEN
NEIL GAIMAN
WILLIAM GOLDMAN
G.K CHESTERTON
D. BARRY & R. PEARSON
ALYSON NOEL
KIM HARRISON
The Good the Bad and the Undead
JESSICA DAY GEORGE
Princess of the Midnight Ball**
PHILIPPA GREGORY
BARBARA KYLE
STEPHANIE MYER
JAMES PATTERSON
RICHELLE MEAD
GAIL CARRIGER
SUZANNE COLLINS
JANET EVANOVICH
SHANNON HALE
Enna Burning***
JULIET MARILLIER
RICK RIORDAN
The Percy Jackson Lightening Thief Series
LAURA WHITCOMB
A Certain Slant of Light* (really good & kinda creepy)
CHLOE NEIL
EOIN COFFER
Artemis Fowl: Arctic Incident*
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
Eragon*, Eldest*, Brisingr & Inheritance
PC & KRISTIN CAST
RACHEL CAINE
J.K. ROWLING
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ