As I’ve explained in earlier pieces, I periodically post “most popular” lists of websites or books that I think educators might find useful. Of course, there are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, and find it interesting to see which ones might be particularly “popular.”
Today, I’d like to share two lists.
The first lists the top ten selling books on education, as identified by Amazon. The list changes every hour, and it actually lists the top one hundred books in that category. You can check them all out here, but I’ll just list the top ten in this post.
The second list shares my personal choices of the six books out of the one hundred that I’d highly recommend. Feel free to leave your own picks from Amazon’s list in the comments section. Or, add a book you’d recommend that isn’t on the list.
Here are Amazon’s top ten selling books — at the time of my writing this post:
1) Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: How Self-Education and the Pursuit of Passion Can Lead to a Lifetime of Success by James Marcus Bach
2) Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Author), David Oliver Relin (Author)
3) Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
4) The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
5) The Official SAT Study Guide, 2nd edition by The College Board
6) The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition by Graduate Management Admission Council
7) The Daily Five by Gail Boushey
8. Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom by Daniel T. Willingham
9) A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61) by Eckhart Tolle
10) Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits by Wayne W. Dyer
Now here are my top six choices out of Amazon’s top one hundred (I’m listing them here in Amazon’s order, not in my order of preference):
2) Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Author), David Oliver Relin (Author)
21) The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher by Harry K. Wong (Author), Rosemary T. Wong (Author)
26) On Writing by Stephen King
41) Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher
68) Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement by Stephanie Harvey (Author), Anne Goudvis (Author)
72) Civil Disobedience by Henry David, 1817-1862 Thoreau
I’ll look forward to hearing what others have to say!
Larry, you have created a great list. I would like to add The Element by Ken Robinson.