65 books billionaire Richard Branson things you should read

Arriving in Australia this week for the World Business Forum – and speaking on Thursday – Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson is the newest member of the billionaire-club to put forward a list of books he thinks everyone can benefit from reading in their lifetime.

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Unlike many others who have done the same, Branson’s list wanders far beyond business and self-help books, instead covering everything from autobiographies and several children’s classics.

Here are 65 books Branson wants everyone to read:

  Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

  Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl

  George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl

  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

  Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr Seus

  Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

  The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

  Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

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  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

  Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson

  The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

  Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

  1984 by George Orwell

  Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

  The Quiet American by Graham Greene

  The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart

  Shantaram by Gregory Roberts

  One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

  The Outermost House by Henry Beston

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  Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

  Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege by Antony Beevor

  The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

  In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

  Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck

  Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

  Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang

  A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety by Jimmy Carter

  No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu

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  Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

  Mandela's Way: Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage by Richard Stengel

  Limitless: Leadership That Endures by Ajaz Ahmed

  Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant

  If I Could Tell You Just One Thing: 50 of the World's Most Remarkable People Pass on Their Best Piece of Advice by Richard Reed

  Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried

  Start With Why by Simon Sinek

  One Hundred & One Reasons to Get Out of Bed by Natasha Milne

  Letters to a Stranger: A publishing project in aid of MIND by Various

  Self Belief: The Vision by Jamal Edwards

  The Meaning of the 21st Century by James Martin

  Time for New Dreams by Ben Okri

  Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard

  A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

  The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution by Frank White

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  Beyond the Blue by Jim Campbell

  Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter Diamandis

  Cosmos by Carl Sagan

  The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery

  Big World, Small Planet by Johan Rockstrom and Mattias Klum

  An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore

  Necker: A Virgin Island by Russell James

  Lost Ocean by Johanna Basford

  Arctica: The Vanishing North by Sebastian Copeland

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  In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin

  Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

  The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

  In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules by Stacy Perman

  In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

  Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

  Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

  Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

  Ending the War on Drugs by Various