KGB - Komitet Gozudarstvenoy Bezopaznosti

twas the very first political book I've read at age 8, but I was never able to find it in any bookstore, online or otherwise. it's all about the Kremlin's KGB and it's inner workings - really dark but you'll learn a lot if you can find it

The Art of War,

by Sun Tzu

my bible since age 8

The Little Prince

by Antoine de St-Exupéry

Arabian Nights

Fairy tales are still my favorite

Yes, fairy tales!

As Einstein advised,

"if you want your children to become intelligent, read them fairy tales. if you want them to become more intelligent, read them more fairy tales"

Gitanjali

Crescent Moon

Greatest Works of Rabindranath Tagore

The Prophet

by Khalil Gibran

The Treasured Writings of Khalil Gibran

Rumi's Little Book of Life

The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit

by Jala al-din Rumi