2000 - Year Mind Reading List 
In no particular order……..

• The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

• Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J Dubner  

• When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink 

• The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene 

• Mastery by Robert Greene 

• The Road to Character by David Brooks

• The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life by Boyd Varty

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

• Noise by Kahneman Daniel 

• The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance by H.A. Dorfman, Karl Kuehl 

• Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky

• Shackleton’s Way by Margot Morrell

• Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden

• Small Unit Leadership: A Common-Sense Approach by Dandridge Malone

• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

• Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

• The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday

• Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

• Life as Sport: What Top Athletes Can Teach You about How to Win in Life by Jonathan Fader

• On Obedience: Contrasting Philosophies for the Military Citizenry and Community by Pauline Shanks Kaurin

• Be, Know, Do: Leadership the Army Way by Francis Hesselbein

• Call Sign Chaos by Jim Mattis

• No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point To The West Wing by Martin Dempsey

• The Future of Strategy by Colin S. Gray

• Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime (Bridging the Gap) by Lt. General David Barno, Nora Bensahel

• On War, Indexed Edition by Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Eliot Howard

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield

• ​The Talent War: How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent by Mike Sarraille, George Randle

• Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living by Bruce Lee, John Little 

• The Art Of War by Sun Tzu 

• Passion of Command by Col B P McCoy USMC 

• We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway 

• Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose 

• With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B.

• The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle

• In Extremis Leadership: Leading As If Your Life Depended On It by Thomas A. Kolditz

• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

• Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court by Jay Wright, Michael Sheridan

• Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson

• Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by T. E. Lawrence

• The Village by Bing West

• National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear by David Rothkopf

• Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert M. Gates

• My American Journey by Colin Powell, Joseph E.

• The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant

• The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin

• Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell, John Bruning

• Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by Admiral William H. McRaven

• Leaders: Myth and Reality by Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers

• ​The Real George Washington by Jay A. Parry, Andrew M. Allison 

• George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation by George Washington 

• Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow 

• The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph J. Ellis 

• Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin 

• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 

• The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin 

• Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words by Larry Smith, Eddie Adams 

• Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers by Nick Offerman 

• Hal Moore on Leadership: Winning when Outgunned and Outmanned by Harold G. Moore, Mike Guardia 

• Warfighting by Department of the Navy 

• Leadership Bones: 5 Lessons to Lead Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime by Timothy R. Clark 

• The Leader's Bookshelf by James Stavridis, R. Manning Ancell 

• On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis 

• The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell by Harry S. Laver, Jeffrey J. Matthews 

• The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War (Civil War Trilogy) by Michael Shaara 

• The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander by Pete Blaber 

• The Warrior Ethos by Steven Pressfield 

• Radical Inclusion: What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership by Martin Dempsey, Ori Brafman 

• Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life by Patrick Van Horne, Jason A. 

• Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth Blanchard 

• It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, 10th Anniversary Edition by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff 

• Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger 

• Periodization: Theory and Methodology of Training by Tudor O. Bompa, Carlo Buzzichelli 

• The Mind Side Manifesto: The Urgency to Create a Competitive Mindset by Bhrett McCabe PhD 

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, William J. 

• 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson 

• The Turn The Ship Around! Workbook: Implement Intent-Based Leadership In Your Organization by L. David Marquet, Andy Worshek 

• Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker 

• Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek 

• Five-Star Leadership: The Art and Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level by Patrick L. Townsend, Joan E. Gebhardt 

• Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer 

• Coaching for Improved Work Performance, Revised Edition by Ferdinand Fournies, Ferdinand F. Fournies 

• Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dr. Dan Ariely 

• Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level by Mark Divine 

• Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things by Laurence Gonzales 

• Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales 

• On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace by Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen 

• Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World by Mr. Chris Lowney 

• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins 

• Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War by Randy Brown, Steve Leonard 

• Tie-Ins For Life: Stories That Teach Great Values and Inspire Moral Action by Joseph C. Shusko 

• Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers by James C. Humes 

• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 

• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, James Fallows 

• Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters, Cole C. Kingseed 

• The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950 by U.S. Department of Defense 

• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink 

• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J Dubner 

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 

• Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool 

• About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior by Colonel David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman 

• Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way by W. Brad Johnson, Greg P. Harper 

• Leadership: The Warrior's Art by Christopher D. Kolenda, Lt. Gen. Walter F. Ulmer 

• Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin 

• Dichotomoy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink 

• The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac by Joshua Chamberlain 

• Behind Human Error by David D. Woods, Sidney Dekker 

• Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle by Ardant du Picq 

Fire Service related: 

• 20,000 Alarms by Lt. Richard Hamilton 

• On the Construction of Fire-Engines and Apparatus, the Training of Firemen, and the Method of Proceeding in Cases of Fire by James Braidwood 

• Attacking and extinguishing interior fires by Lloyd Layman 

• Step Up and Lead by Frank Viscuso 

• Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies by Vincent Dunn 

• Report from Engine Co. 82 by Dennis Smith 

• Firehouse by David Halberstam, Denis Leary 

• The Engine Company by John Salka 

• Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics by John Norman 

• Street smart firefighting: the common-sense guide to firefighter safety and survival by Robert c Bingham 

• Safety & Survival on the Fireground by Vincent Dunn 

• The Rescue Company by Ray Downey 

• 25 to Survive: Reducing Residential Injury and LODD by Dan Shaw, Doug Mitchell 

• Working with Giants by John Norman 

• Leadership Values: An Introspection: A Philadelphia Fire Chief’s Forty-Year Journey to Understanding and Practicing Authentic Leadership by Gary Appleby