I still remember the toughest interview question I’ve ever been asked. In 2004, my future consulting colleague asked: “What’s your favorite book?”

While I still can’t get my head around picking a favorite book, I love giving and receiving book recommendations. Below are some favorite books I return to and recommend often. Feel free to send a recommendation in return!

Bookshelf

  • All About Love
    by bell hooks

    Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection
    by Deepa Iyer

    Emergent Strategy
    by adrienne maree brown

    The Power of Positive Deviance
    by Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin & Monique Sternin

  • We Do This ‘Til We Free Us
    by Mariame Kaba

    Healing Justice Lineages
    by Cara Page and Erica Woodland

    The Sum of Us
    by Heather McGhee

  • The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash A Culture of Innovation
    by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless

    The Inclusion Nudges Guidebook: 100 how-to behavioral designs to de-bias and make inclusive behavior, culture, and systems the default and norm
    by Lisa Kepinski and Tinna C. Nielsen

    The Art of Gathering
    by Priya Parker

  • The Trusted Advisor
    by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford

    Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
    by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen

    Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time
    by Susan Scott