The Hobbit - Liked, classic.<p>How Ideas Spread - It was decent, I feel like it could be condensed into an infographic after the fact, and hold great value.<p>The Lean Startup - Excellent.  Changed the way I do business.<p>A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 - Great book, wonderful universe. Apparently Martin loves himself a good descriptions of clothes.<p>A Clash of Kings: A song of Ice and Fire, Book 2 - Great book.<p>Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Good book for a kid, pretty irritating kid though (the kid in the book, not mine).<p>The Andromeda Strain - Excellent!<p>Christ the Sum of All Spiritual Things - Great book!  Very healthy view of a Christocentric theology.<p>Dracula - Sleeper hit of the year.  This book was awesome.<p>Pippi Longstocking - Read this to my son, and we really enjoyed it.<p>The Secrets of Power Negotiating - Helped me out during the process of buying a house by understanding various negotiation gambits.  Would recommend.<p>Scrum - Another book that changed the way I work.  Would absolutely recommend it.<p>The Wizard of Oz - Much better than the movie.<p>The 4-Hour Workweek - .... It was &quot;okay&quot;.  I don&#x27;t know.  I&#x27;m still torn.<p>The Swiss Family Robinson - Awesome book, full of fun things to talk about with your kids.<p>The BFG - This was the start of the Roald Dahl stage for bedtime reading.. It&#x27;s a great book, one of my favorite Dahl books.<p>Matilda - Reading this as an adult, it was not nearly as fun as when I was a kid, however my son loved it.<p>The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Fun and easy read for the kids.<p>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Pretty decent book.<p>Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Terrible.  Absolutely terrible.