books to read in 2015

Don’t be distracted of the books on the photo. They are just some of my beloved books I already have at home. I have already read most of them. When I started to take photos of the book pile, it only took seconds till Finchen stole into the photo. But it’s so cute, I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.

When I started to make plans for 2015, set goals and planned countless projects, another idea crossed my mind. What if I set a list of books I want to read through the year? Would it be wise to set them at the beginning of a year or just go along and pick whatever I feel like at the moment? I decided to do the list. The reason is simply, I have lots of books I want to read for years and always forgot about them or had another book already, when I remembered them. So this little list isn’t something to stick to religiously, but will be an inspiration and help, if I look for a new book. It’s mostly novels and classics, but there are some book about creativity and lifestyle as well as craft and photography books to inspire me, to lern new crafts and get better at photography and other work related themes.

Novels & Classics:

• A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
• Handbuch des Krieger des Lichts – Paul Coelho
• Yes Please – Amy Poehler
• Für Eile fehlt mir die Zeit – Horst Evers
• The Essential of Rumi
• New Slow City – William Powers
• The Book of Lost Things – John Connolly
• The Wilder Life – Wendy McClure
• Let’s pretend this never happened – Jenny Lawson
• One Thousand Gifts – Ann Voskamp

Inspiration & Work:

• Die Empty – Todd Henry
• The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg
• Lean in – Sheryl Sandberg & Nell Scovell
• Money, a love story – Kate Northrup
• The Power of Less – Leo Babauta
• Share or Die – Malcolm Harris, Neal Gorenflo & Cory Doctorow
• The Accidental Creative – Todd Henry
• The Art of Asking – Amanda Palmer
• Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman

Crafts & Photography:

• A Beautiful Mess – Elsie Larson & Emma Chapman
• The Guerilla Art Kit
• Embroidery Effects – Jenny Hart
• Paper to Petals – Rebecca Thuss & Patrick Farrell
• A year of mornings – Maria Vettese & Stephanie Congdon Barnes
• Origami Mini Library: Bookbinding With Folds Alone
• Advanced Origami: An Artist’s Guide to Performances in Paper
• Made by Hand – Lena Corwin

Until now my favorite books of all time are The Nightcircus, The Hobbit, The Art of Non-Conformity, The Neverending Story and Rumo, to name just a few. Do you have any suggestions for me, that could suit my taste? What are you reading at the moment?