AWF has a long tradition of asking speakers to recommend a book that has influenced them in some way. These books are then offered as prizes in the monthly raffle and listed on this page as a helpful resource.
NB: This page is currently being updated – March, 2024
2024 Reading List
- Be Your Own Mentor – by Sheila Wellington
- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There – by Marshall Goldsmith
2023 Reading List
- Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time – by Keith Ferrazzi
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones – by James Clear
- 忙しいパパのための子育てハッピーアドバイス – 明橋 大二
- LISTEN — 知性豊かで創造力がある人になれる – ケイト・マーフィ
- Happiness(HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) – (English Edition)
- Who Moved My Cheese – by Spencer Johnson
- The Last Lecture – by Randy Pausch
- Rebel Ideas – by Matthew Syed
- Be Your Future Self Now – by Dr. Benjamin Hardy
- The Big Leap – by Gay Hendricks
2022 Reading List
- The Kite Runner – by Khaled Hosseini
- CEO Excellence – by Mckinsey
- Aware – The science and Practice of Presence – The groundbreaking meditation practice – by Daniel Seigel
- Wherever you go you are there – by Jon Kabat Zinn
- Expect to Win – by Carla Harris
- 絵でわかる地球温暖化 渡部雅浩著
- – 茨木のり子
- 夜と霧 - ヴィクトール・E・フランクル
- Lone Stars – by Justin Deabler
- Crying in H Mart – by Michelle Zauner
- The Richest Man in Babylon – by George Clason
- Do Less Get More: How to Work Smart and Live Your Life Your Way – by Shaa Wasmund
2021 Reading List
2020 Reading List
2019 Reading List
2018 Reading List
- ウォール街のマネー・エリートたち―ヘッジファンドを動かす人びと by Sachiko Ohi (大井幸子)
- 円消滅! ~第二の金融敗戦で日本は生き残れない by Sachiko Ohi (大井幸子)
2017 Reading List
- The Great Degeneration : How Institutions Decay and Economics Die by Niall Ferguson
- The Influence Effect: A New Path to Power for Women Leaders by Kathryn Heath
- The social styles handbook : adapt your style to win trust by Larry Wilson
- Women and Leadership by Deborah Rhode
- Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management by John Kotter
- Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate by Roger Fisher, Daniel Shapiro
- The Wisdom of Crowds by Surowiecki, James
- Silence (Picador Modern Classics) by Scorsese, Martin
- Washington: A Life by Chernow, Ron
- The Martian by Weir, Andy
- Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon, by Zetter, Kim
- Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
2016 Reading List
- Oh, The Places You’ll Go! By Dr Seuss
- The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
- Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras by Leza Lowitz
- Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization by John Wooden
- The Final Season: The Perseverance of Pat Summit by Maria M. Cornelius
- India Grows at Night by Gurcharan Das
- An Economist in the Real world by Kaushik Basu
- How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life by Joanna Barsh
- Female Breadwinners by Suzanne Doyle-Morris
- Lean in:Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
- 三国志 by 吉川英治
- Competitive Strategy by Micheal Porter
- Caleb’s crossing by Geraldine Brooks
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- In Search of the Warrior Spirit by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
- Mogul, Mom and Maid by Liz O’Donnell
- Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
- 生き方―人間として一番大切なこと by 稲盛和夫
- フェルドマン博士の日本経済最新講義 by Robert Alan Feldman
- Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Meadows, Donella
- Energy Revolution: the Physics and the Promise of Efficient Technology by Prentiss, Mara
- Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- The Big Short by Michael Lewis
- A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel
- 「序の舞」by上村松園
- The upside of stress by Kelly McGonigal
2015 Reading List and more
- This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Hacktivists, and Cypherpunks Are Freeing the World’s Information by Andy Greenberg
- 色の名前 by 近江 源太郎
- スコールの夜 by 芦崎 笙
- 日本を創った男たち ─はじめにまず“志”ありき─ by 北 康利
- Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W.Dower
- ふしぎなキリスト教 (講談社現代新書) by 橋爪 大三郎
- Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; Seymour – an Introduction by Salinger, J
- Personal History by Graham, Katharine
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller by Sr. Chernow, Ron
- The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
- Accountability Leadership by Gerald A. Kraines, M.D., CEO of The Levinson Institute
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition) by Patrick Lencioni, illustrated by Kensuke Okabayashi
- Building Performance-Based 360 Degree Assessments: From Design to Delivery– Lawrence John Cipolla
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Harperbusiness Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini
- The Rice-Paper Ceiling: Breaking Through Japanese Corporate Culture by Rochelle Kopp
- The World is Flat; A brief history of the 21st century by Thomas Friedman
- Be Your Own Mentor Strategies from the top women on the secrets of success by Sheila Wellington
- You can get anything you want in life but you haveto do more than ask by Roger Dawson
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Getting to Yes; Negotiating an agreement without giving in by Roger Fisher and William Ury
- Fierce Conversations – Achieving Success at Work & in Life, Susan Scott
- Beyond Reason – Using Emotions as You Negotiate, Roger Fisher & Daniel Shapiro
- A Whole New Mind, Donald Pink
- The Elements of Style Third Edition by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White – a classic writing reference manual
- Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge by Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus
- TheTrusted Advisor by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green & Robert M. Galford
- Be your Own Mentor by Sheila Wellington
- Play Like a Man Win Like a Woman by Gail Evans
- 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, by Laura Vanderkam
Some reading recommendations from the AWF Board:
- Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide, L. Babcock & C. Laschever
- Careers Advice for Successful Women, Mrs Moneypenny
- Marketing to Women: How to Understand, Reach, and Increase Your Share of the World’s Largest Market Segment, M. Barletta
- Gender and Diversity in Management: A Concise Introduction, C. Gatrel & E. Swan
- In A Different Voice, C. Gilligan
- Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career, H. Ibarra
- Why Women Mean Business, A. Wittenberg-Cox & A. Maitland
- Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, Lois P. Frankel
- The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
- The Power of a Positive No, William Ury
- The Future of Management, Gary Hamel
- Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Roger Fisher & William Ury
- Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Jerry Weissman
- Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds
- Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, Nancy Duarte
- Wikinomics, by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams
- You, Inc., Harry Beckwith & Christine Clifford Beckwith