Julie, Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" is annual reading for me!

You might also like Og Mandino's "University of Success." It's a compendium of information gleaned from 50 of the world's most successful people, arranged as lessons. Mandino relates tales of these people in his own words, and with commentary that is inciteful and inspiring.

(My copy is bound with rubber bands, because it's falling apart from my frequent handling.)