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Luxury Leisure : My Top 50 Books of All Time

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Some of the books from my collection

     As I have mentioned before, I love reading everything and anything that I come across. Books basically raised me. Here are my top 50 books of all time. Each one of them have exposed me to a different world and I appreciate the authors for that.



1.       Kira Kira - Cynthia Kadohata
2.       The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
3.       Looking For Alibrandi - Melina Marchetta
4.       White Oleander - Janet Fitch
5.       Say You’re One Of Them - Uwem Akpan
6.       I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
7.       Letter To My Daughter - Maya Angelou
8.       Girlboss - Sophia Amoruso
9.       Losing My Virginity – Richard Branson
10.   Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
11.   The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
12.   The Richest Man In Babylon - George Samuel Clason
13.   Cashflow Quadrant - Robert Kiyosaki
14.   The Woman That I Wanted To Be - Diane Von Furstenberg
15.   Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility - Mireille Guiliano
16.   The Famished Road – Ben Okri
17.   Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
18.   Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga
19.   Nejma - Nayyirah Waheed
20.   By The Light Of My Fathers Smile – Alice Walker
21.   The Second Sex - Simone de Beauvoir
22.   Salt – Nayyirah Waheed
23.   Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth - Warsan Shire
24.   Maru - Bessie Head
25.   When Rain Clouds Gather - Bessie Head
26.   Spud - John van de Ruit
27.   Endings And Beginnings- Redi Tlhabi
28.   The Heart Of A Woman – Maya Angelou
29.   A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
30.   Shirley, Goodness And Mercy - Chris Van Wyk
31.   Animal Farm - George Orwell
32.   Nice Girls Dont Get The Corner Office -  Lois P Frankel
33.   Get That Feeling – Ian Fuhr
34.   48 Laws Of Power – Robert Greene
35.   The Art Of Seduction – Robert Greene
36.   Sula – Toni Morrison
37.   It’s Me Anna - Elbie Lötter
38.   The Power Of Focus - Mark Victor Hansen
39.   The Most Dangerous Game (Short Story) - Richard Connell
40.   Adrian Mole (Books. All Of Them) - Sue Townsend
41.   Gossip Girl (Book collection) -  Cecily von Ziegesar
42.   Zimbabwe – Tapiwa Mugabe
43.   Bone – Yrsa Daley-Ward
44.   I Have Life – Alison and Marianne Thamm
45.   Confessions of Georgina Nicholson - Louise Rennison
46.   Chin Up, Girls!: A Book of Women's Obituaries from the Daily Telegraph - Georgia Powell, Katharine Ramsay
47.   Brand Leadership - David Aaker
48.   The Brand Book: How to Build a Profitable Brand - Fast, Effectively and Efficiently - Thomas Oosthuizen
49.   Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
50.   Lost and Found – Sarah Jakes

      Please feel free to leave suggestions of books that I should definitely read this year and I will compile book reviews of all the recommended books at the end of the year.
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  1. Unknown4 June 2017 at 09:43

    Thank you ❤️... I absolutely hated reading, because I fall asleep within the first 3 pages.. I've recently gotten back to it, I'll certainly consider this list!

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    1. King Gina Luxe6 June 2017 at 08:25

      Sounds great!!! Let me know how it goes :)

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