My 2011 Reading List

2011 was a great year for reading. Many of the titles reflected my 2011 guiding phrase “growing as a host of conversations that matter” and the learning from these pages has been rich.

So on the eve of the final day of 2011, I sit here reflecting on this list trying to determine which one I might name book of the year. It’s tough. Power and Love, Storycatcher, Walk Out Walk On, The Circle Way, Engaging Emergence, Turning to One Another and Calling the Circle would be my shortlist. From this, Walk Out Walk On would be the one to name my book of the year (it weaves in themes from several of the other shortlisted books).

Here’s the list:

1. Deep Water Passage
2. Power and Love
3. Mustang Sallies
4. Perseverance
5. The Way of Council
6. The Seven Whispers
7. Storycatcher
8. The Anatomy of Peace
9. A Little Book on the Human Shadow
10. Standing in the Fire
11. Walk Out Walk On
12. Being Genuine
13. Speak Peace in a World of Conflict
14. The Circle Way
15. The Power of Appreciative Inquiry
16. Engaging Emergence
17. The World Cafe
18. Covert Processes at Work
19. Turning to One Another
20. It Gets Easier
21. Hand Wash Cold
22. Calling the Circle
23. Two Is Enough
24. Visual Meetings
25. The Dream Manager
26. Thinking in Systems
27. Theory U

What were the books you read or listened to this year? What is your book of the year?