The following book list is recommended by our Leadership Fauquier board members, alumni, and participants.
- Good to Great: Jim Collins
- Influencer: Kerry Patterson
- Crucial Accountability: Kerry Patterson
- Lean Startups for Social Change: Michel Gelobter
- Strengths Finder 2.0: Tom Rath
- Dare to Lead: Brene Brown
- The Four Agreements: Don Miguel Ruiz
- Crucial Conversations: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
- Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun: Wess Roberts
- True North:Bill George
- Anything by Barry Dym
- Leading with Soul: Lee Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
- The Last Lecture: Jeffrey Zaslow, Randy Pausch
- A Whack on the Side of the Head: How to Unlock Your Mind for Innovation: Roger von Oech
- Alpha Project Management: Andy Crowe
- Are You a King or Queen of Conflict in Project Management?: Dave Gerber and Dave Maurer
- Barbarians to Bureaucrats: Lawrence Miller
- Be, Know, Do- Leadership the Army Way: Gen Eric Shinseki
- Blink: Malcolm Gladwall
- Boss Talk – in the 21 st Century: Thomas Mattus
- Churchill on Leadership: Steven Hayward
- Churchill’s Adaptive Enterprise: Mark Kozak-Holland
- Corporate Cultures: Terrence Deal
- David and Goliath: Malcolm Gladwell
- Developing the Leaders Around You: John Maxwell
- Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff at Work: Richard Carlson
- Duty, Honor, Company: West Point Fundamentals for Business Success: Gil Dorland and John Dorland
- Drive: Daniel Pink
- Encourage the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others: James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
- Extreme Project Management: Doug DeCarlo
- Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win-Jocko Willink
- Fierce Conversations: Susan Scott
- First, Break All The Rules: Marcus Buckingham
- Five Star Leadership – The Art and Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level: Patrick L. Townsend
- Flip: Peter Sheanhan
- Hope is Not a Method: Gordon Sullivan
- How to Get What You Want: Leiberman
- Leadership Locomotive: Get and Stay on Track Using Great Leadership: Rob Collinsworth
- Leadership: Stories, Lessons and Uncommon Sense: Ron Taylor
- Leadership Lessons from West Point: Doug Crandall
- Leadership: Rudolph Guiliani
- Leading Leaders: Jeswald Salacuse
- Lessons From the Top: The Search for America’s Best Business
- Leaders: Thomas Neff and Jane Citrin
- Machiavelli on Modern Leadership. Why Machiavelli’s Rules are as Timely and Important Today as 5 Centuries Ago: Michael A. Ledeen
- Managing as a Performing Art: Peter B. Vaill
- Managing By Values: Ken Blanchard and Michael O’Connor
- My American Journey: Colin Powell
- Negotiate to Win: Jim Thomas
- Never Eat Alone: Keith Ferrazzi
- On Becoming a Leader: Warren Bennis
- Presentation Zen: Garr Reynolds
- Presentations that Persuade and Motivate: Harvard Business School Press
- Primal Leadership: Daniel Goleman
- Project Lessons From the Great Escape: Mark Kozak-Holland
- Project Management in the 21 st Century: Lientz and Rea
- Reengineering the Corporation: Hammer and Champy
- Reinventing Project Management: Aaron Shenhar
- Rules and Tools for Leaders: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Effective Managing: Perry M. Smith
- Shackleton’s Way: Margot Morrell
- Smart Choices: John Hammond
- Strengths Based Leadership: Tom Rath
- Taking Charge: Perry Smith
- Talking to Strangers: Malcolm Gladwell
- Ten Steps to Empowerment: A Common-Sense Guide to Managing People: Diane Tracy
- The 360 Degree Leader: John Maxwell
- The 80/20 Principle. The Secret to Success by Achieving More With Less: Richard Koch
- The Art of War. Sun Tzu. Translated by Thomas Cleary
- The Big Talk: Debra Fine
- The Big Short: Michael Lewis
- The Carrot Principle: Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
- The Chalice and the Blade: Riane Eisler
- The Challenge of Command: Roger Nye
- The Dance of Legislation: Eric Redman
- The Dynamic Path: James Citrin
- The Eagles Secret: David McNally
- The Effective Executive: Peter Drucker
- The Exceptional Presenter: Tim Koegel
- The Fearless Executive: Alan Downs
- The Five Dysfunctions of A Team: Patrick Lencioni
- The Goal: Eli Goldratt
- The Leadership Challenge: Kouzes and Posner
- The Long Tail: Chris Anderson
- The New Art of the Leader: William Cohen
- The Next Level: Scott Eblin
- The No Asshole Rule: Robert Sutton
- The One Minute Manager: Ken Blanchard
- The Power of Nice: Ron Shapiro
- The Stuff of Heroes: William A. Cohen
- The War for Talent: Ed Michaels
- West Point Leadership Lessons: Scott Snair
- What Color is Your Parachute: Richard Bolles
- What Leaders Really Do: John Kotter
- Winning: Jack Welch
- Working With You is Killing Me: Katherine Crowley