Check out this comprehensive list of books that Thomas Glocer has put together. He considers these books to be the most influential and enjoyable titles that he has read:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marqueez
“He who awaits much can expect little.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Plague by Albert Camus
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” – Albert Camus
Buy your copy of The Plague by Albert Camus here!
Blindness by Jose Saramago
“I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.” – Jose Saramago
Buy your copy of Blindness by Jose Saramago here!
Check out the rest of Tom Glocer’s most influential and favorite books:
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen
Leaves of Grass
Pere Goriot 
Crime And Punishment
Bio of Thomas H. Glocer: Past Chief Executive Officer – Thomson Reuters
Tom Glocer was the previous Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. It combines unmatched industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization.
Mr. Glocer joined Reuters Group in 1993 as Vice President and Deputy Counsel, Reuters America. He held a number of senior leadership positions at Reuters, including President of Reuters LatAm and Reuters America, before being named CEO of Reuters Group PLC in July 2001.
He is a director of Merck & Co., Inc., a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, the International Advisory Board of British American Business Inc., the Columbia College Board of Visitors, the President’s Council on International Activities at Yale University, the Advisory Board of the Judge Institute of Management at Cambridge University, the European Business Leaders Council, the Corporate Advisory Board of Tate Britain and the Madison Council of the Library of Congress. Mr. Glocer is also involved in several public education initiatives in New York City and London. Mr. Glocer holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Mr. Glocer is married with two children and Luna the Bullmastiff, and lives in New York City.
He writes his own blog at www.tomglocer.com.
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