We have an expression : you are what you eat. I believe you are what you read

We have an expression : you are what you eat. I believe you are what you read. So, in that spirit, tell me what book or books I should read in 2012. Tell me what I should read and why.....thank you for the suggestions!!


Ex:


1. Charles Hill, "Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order;"
2. Ian Morris, "Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future;"
3. John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, Lang Davison, "The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion,"
4. Richard Florida, "The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity,"
5. Daniel Yergin, "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World;"
6. Arnold Weinstein, "Morning, Noon, and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books;"
7. Matt Ridley, "The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves,"
8. Richard Rumelt, "Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters;"
9. Daniel Kahneman, "Thinking, Fast and Slow,"
10. P. W. Singer, "Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century,"
11. Joel Kotkin, "The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050;"
12. Charles Emmerson, "The Future History of the Arctic;"
13. Gregg Easterbrook, "Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed;"
14. Atul Gawande, "Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance;"
15. Nathaniel C. Fick, "One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer;"
16. Tim Harford, "Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure;"
17. Plutarch, "Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans;"
18. Joseph Conrad, "The Secret Agent;"
19. Sophocles, "Antigone" and "Oedipus Tyrannus;"
20. Jonathan Fenby, "The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2009."