Beacon Scholars Reading List
12 Rules for Life
by Jordan B. Peterson A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini is a story about Mariam. She is a young Afghan woman and throughout the book she goes through many…
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled HosseiniThis is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years – from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban…
Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama The Audacity of Hope was written in 2006, a year after Barack Obama’s election as the United States Senator of Illinois and a year prior to him…
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
by Geert Hofstede While sociology, social anthropology, psychology, and politics are topics that can be difficult to grasp without a certain extent of background knowledge in the subject areas, Hofstede…
Drive
by Daniel Pink Drive seeks to explain the fundamentals of what Daniel Pink calls ‘Motivation 3.0’. In Drive, intrinsic motivation is subscribed to over extrinsic motivation, relegating the latters usefulness…
Facing Mount Kenya
by Jomo Kenyatta This book is about the Kikuyu culture. The Kikuyu worshiped a god called Ngai. He was known as the creator. Ngai lived at the top of Mountain…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth Angela Duckworth sets out to prove that talent alone is not enough to succeed in life. I have learned the importance of grit in achieving success. Angela describes…
Leaders Eat Last
by Simon Sinek Leaders Eat Last distills contemporary management theory into an easy to understand and relate with package. The theories are succinctly presented, with well thought out examples throughout.…
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography about one of the greatest men on earth Nelson Mandela. Tt describes the South African Apartheid. Mandela describes his childhood;…
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding Lord of the Flies is a book that tells us a story about a group of schoolboys who are involved in a plane crash that leaves them…
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius Meditations by Marcus Aurelius was more than just a book; it was a journey. From the minute I cracked it open, I felt as if I was…
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell “What truly distinguishes their histories is not their extraordinary talent but their extraordinary opportunities.” This quote from chapter two of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is one of…
Persepolis – The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi Satrapi’s Persepolis is a book about growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution. Marjane is a young girl who is experiencing everything from a child’s point…
Slay in Your Lane
by Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinene Halfway between a handbook and a colourful retelling of the author’s and guest contributors experience, this is a book that is relevant to all…
Switch on your Brain
by Dr Caroline Leaf Great book that tackles the aspect of the power of thought and how that can destroy or uplift one’s life. It can definitely be a hit…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
by Sean Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey is a guide book that has the transformative power of changing one’s perception of their ability to…
The Havoc of Choice
by Wanjiru Koinange This is a ravishing story that tackles elitism and the problem of class in Kenya through multiple perspectives experiencing the Election period and the post-election violence of…
The Mammoth Book of Muhammad Ali
by David West (Editor) Great Men are considered great, not only because of what they achieve but also because of the road they travel to reach their final destination and…
The Power of Habit
by Charles Duhigg The power of habit effectively describes The Power of Habit. Charles Duhigg dives into the complex process of forming and breaking a habit showing the reader that whether…
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead The book follows the journey of Cora, a young slave who escapes from a plantation in Georgia with her companion, Caesar, and they head north on an…