Lifehacker.com has a post asking its users what books have changed their lives.

So what about you? What books have changed your life?

Choose anything, whether fiction or non-fiction. Feel free to omit any scriptural texts (such as The Bible), as such things go without saying for people of various faiths.

Here's my summarized list:

• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card -- I've read this book (or the awesome unabridged audiobook) probably close to 20 times. It's taught me a lot about how to approach various roles on a team, whether as a leader or as a follower.
• Getting Things Done by David Allen -- This book has saved my butt. Skip all the other self-help crap out there and read this book. It's taught me how to not get overwhelmed by life. When I am overwhelmed, I find I'm not doing what I know I should be doing.
• The Thrawn Trilogy (unofficial title) by Timothy Zahn & the X-Wing: Rogue Squadron series by Michael Stackpole -- These series gave me what should have been an unecessary reminder that books can often be better than movies.
• Misery and The Tommyknockers, both by Stephen King -- These taught me the beauty of a simple story and the agony of an overcomplicated mess trying to evolve into a story, respectively. While I don't always practice this, I've learned that simpler is better.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams -- This book has taught me two important things. First, keep things in perspective; the universe is a really big place, and I am not at its center. Secondly, it's okay to be silly.

There are others I'd mention too, such as Made to Stick, Born Standing Up by Steve Martin, and The Total Money Makeover (which I've yet to implement, but I'm moving in the right direction). Perhaps this would make a good podcast topic...?