Whether you’ve found yourself with extra time on your hands, you’re looking for additions to your “To Be Read” pile, or you want to support your fellow brothers, we have compiled a list of 20 books that were either written by or tell the stories of members of Pi Kappa Alpha.

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change – Stephen Covey (Utah, Alpha Tau ’50)
• The 4-Hour Work Week Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich – Tim Ferriss (Princeton, Kappa Beta ’96)
• Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life – Tim McGraw (Eta Omicron ’86)
• Indestructible: The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima – Jack H. Lucas (High Point, Delta Omega ’56)
• The Power of Being Yourself – Joe Plumeri (William & Mary, Gamma ’64)
• A Nose for Trouble: Sotheby’s, Lehman Brothers, and My Life of Redefining Adversity – Michael Ainslie (Vanderbilt, Sigma ’62)
• Digging for the Truth: One Man’s Epic Adventure Exploring the World’s Greatest Archaeological Mysteries – Josh Bernstein (Cornell, Beta Theta ’90)
• The Power of Pasta: A Celebrity Chef’s Mission to Feed America’s Hungry Children – Bruno Serato (Chapman, Theta Psi ’17)
• Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 – John C. McManus (Missouri, Alpha Nu ’84)
• Wearing the “C”: Leadership Secrets from Hockey’s Greatest Captains – Ross Bernstein (Minnesota, Beta Chi ’88)
• It’s In God’s Hands – Tim Siegel (Texas Tech, Epsilon Gamma ’19)
• Call Your First Witness: The Untold Story of Abwehr General Erwin Lahousen, First U.S. Witness at the Nuremberg Trial – Harry Schaub (Pennsylvania, Beta Pi ’49)
• Cucamonga Valley Wine: The Lost Empire of American Winemaking – George Walker (Indiana State, Theta Omicron ’79)
• Con Thien: The Hill of Angels – James P. Coan, tells the story of Vietnam War Gold Star Hero Captain Robert E. Harris (Georgetown, Alpha Lambda ’58)
• Think Like a Dog: How Dogs Teach us to Be Happy in Life and Successful at Work – Scott MacDonald (Indiana, Delta Xi ’66)
• The Bowden Dynasty: A Story of Faith, Family & Football An Insider’s Account – Charlie Barnes (Florida State, Delta Lambda ’65) and Bobby Bowden (Samford, Alpha Pi ’49)
• Madness, Miracles, Millions – Joseph Semprevivo (Rockhurst, Kappa Epsilon ’97) and Larry Semprevivo (Rockhurst, Kappa Epsilon ’03)
• Roots of Gratitude: A Young Man’s Global Search for Happiness – Daria Hosseinyoun (Southern California, Gamma Eta ’06)
• The Road to Madness: How the 1973-1974 Season Transformed College Basketball – J. Samuel Walker (Delaware, Delta Eta ’65)
• Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam’s Most Infamous Prison, The Women Who Fought For Them, and The One Who Never Returned – Alvin Townley (Washington & Lee, Pi ’94)