Reading List: Books to Read in 2013

In yesterday’s post, I indicated that in 2013 The Invisible Mentor will be hosting a Virtual Literary Tour around the World. Here are 20 books, which are a sampling of the books that I will be reading to prepare for the Tour.

20 Books to Read in 2013 for the First Virtual Literary Tour around the World

1. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark
2. Hunger: A Novel, Knut Hamsun, Norway
3. Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri, Italy
4. Great Expectations (Dover Thrift Editions), Charles Dickens, United Kingdom
5. Tales By Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe, United States
6. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Stephen Leacock, Canada
7. My Name Is Red, Orhan, Pamuk, Turkey
8. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,  Colombia
9. The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (“”The Devil in the Street, In the Middle of the Whirlwind”), João Guimarães Rosa, Brazil
10. Ficciones (Collected Fictions), Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina
11. The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy, India
12. Ramayana (Ramayana of Valmiki), Valmiki, India
13. The Masnavi I Ma’navi of Rumi: Complete 6 books, Persia
14. Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, Samuel Beckett, Ireland
15. Le Père Goriot, Honoré de Balzac, France
16. Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Spain
17. The Trial, Franz Kafka, Austria
18. Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol, Russia
19. The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman’s Library), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
20. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, Australia

Other Books to Read in 2013

1. For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business, Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter
2. The Impact Equation: Are You Making Things Happen or Just Making Noise? by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
3. Xenogenesis Trilogy: Dawn; Adulthood Rites; Imago by Octavia E. Butler
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
5. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (Movie Tie-in): The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)

Which books are on your reading list for 2013? How important do you think it is for you to read consistently? Earl Nightingale recommends that we read at least one book each week, do you agree or disagree with him? Please write your comments in the box below.

Note: Although I read many books in 2012, I didn’t stick to my list. This year with the Virtual Book Tour, I have a reason for reading the books on my list. I have a goal to achieve.

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Did You Know…

On this day in 1892, JRR Tolkien was born. See the Review of the Hobbit.

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