onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/A_Wild_Sheep_Chase');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/037571894X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Wild Sheep Chase

by Haruki Murakami

I love most of Murakami's work, but this is definitely my favorite. If you want to blend fantasy and reality and head off into the underworld of Japan, Murakami is the master.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/Mountains_Beyond_Mountains_The_Quest_of_Dr_Paul_Farmer_a_Man_Who_Would_Cure_the_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0812973011'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

by Tracy Kidder

Dr. Paul Farmer, the man who would cure the world. Read it and buy copies for your friends. Warning: you won't be the same after reading this book. (I’m just saying.)

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/The_War_of_Art_Break_Through_the_Blocks_and_Win_Your_Inner_Creative_Battles');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0446691437'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

Someone much wiser than me once said, "We are all artists, even if we don't know how to draw." This book will help you overcome the enemy of resistance and win the war of art -- no matter which art form you work in.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/Ultramarathon_Man_Confessions_of_an_AllNight_Runner');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1585424803'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

by Dean Karnazes

This book will make you want to get up in the middle of the night and go for a long run. OK, you might not actually do that, but you'll definitely be inspired, even if you're not a runner.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/Your_Money_or_Your_Life_Transforming_Your_Relationship_with_Money_and_Achieving_Financial_Independence');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0140286780'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

by Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin

This classic has reshaped the way thousands of us think about our relationship with money. The lessons on bond investing are largely irrelevant now, but the overall philosophy is timeless.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/Endurance_Shackletons_Incredible_Voyage');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/078670621X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing

If you're ever stranded off the coast of Antarctica without a ship or means of communication, read this book. Even if that's not your exact situation, the lessons of Shackleton may help you anyway.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/Its_Not_How_Good_You_Are_Its_How_Good_You_Want_to_Be_The_Worlds_Best_Selling_Book');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0714843377'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World's Best Selling Book

by Paul Arden

An excellent, short primer on not letting the bad guys get you down in advertising and in life.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/Wishcraft_How_to_Get_What_You_Really_Want');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0345465180'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

by Barbara Sher, Annie Gottlieb

One of the best "lifestyle design" books, published years before the industry was popular and still providing some great food for thought.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/The_Fountainhead');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0452273331'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged is better known (and truth to told, better written), but this first full-length book by Ayn Rand provides a good introduction to her philosophy of objectivism through the model of a heroic young architect.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/11_Great_Books_for_Unconventional_Living/The_Alchemist');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061122416'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

This easy (but stimulating) read is a classic parable of the quest for meaning.

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by Martin Luther King Jr., edited by Clayborne Carson

As cool as unconventional living is, in the end it's not all about you. This collection of King's writings will help you keep that in mind.

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