What books or reading lists would you suggest for professional development, personal development and leadership improvement? Non-mil as well

that is a tall order, however, i can help. il give you a short list that should cover a wide range of personality's and experience variables...(b4 you can improve yourself you must know yourself) so read "the banal man", that will tell you how far you have to fall, read http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/resources/buddhist_quotes.html it will give you in idea of how far you must climb...

always keep in mind
the best leader does not stand above his brothers on their shoulders, rather he learns their shortcomings and compensates for them without hesitation, correcting his brothers miss-steps, without condemning his brothers, this balance is crucial and impossible to perfect, but just making in effort to do so will keep you off the pedestal most would be leaders break their necks falling from...

last but possibly most important read triplanetary by ee doc smith, and midworld, dont take yourself so seriously that you think you cant learn from fiction books, those two will give you in idea of the pinnacle of mankinds potential, then read anything that catches your attention, any book can teach you if your willing to learn from it

One book I've mentioned elsewhere in a post to a like question is: "The Peter Principle." By Dr. Laurence J. Peter. From Amazon: The Peter Principle explains that everyone in a hierarchy-from the office intern to the CEO, from the low-level civil servant to a nation's president-will inevitably rise to his or her level of incompetence. (Worth a read, IMHO.)

I have read all the books I could find in the war in Vietnam and tried to learn lessons from the way they did things there and try not to make mistakes that were made back then. I read allot of military books to learn our history. Without knowing our history and fight skills and the mistakes that were made you can't better you people in the battle field. I would also recommend books on business management and I took a sigma learn six class of home to better improve the way thing are ran in business and make them better. The best advice I would suggest is to sit down with your elders or a older veteran and listen to them. They have been thought things we have not been though before. As the old saying goes the older people would say ( I have been though what you are going thru you have never been thru what I'm going thru )

I've read several books by Teddy Roosevelt - "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman & the Wilderness Hunter", "The Rough Riders". No other President has written as he did, his winning the west series is also good.

"Citizen Soldier" is a must read. Ambrose did face to face interviews with these men, sometimes you can only shake your head and wonder how they did it.

the classic "the road less traveled". "7 habits of highly effective people". I know they are cliche classic but they are good books.

"Blackhearts" by Jim Frederick

Tankers Wars, I am biased though being Navy.

Colin Powell's 'It Worked For Me' , Russell Simmons' 'Super Rich'

good to great
the one minute manager (or the new one minute manager)
the energy bus
start with why
leading change

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in The Quest For Work You Love by Cal Newport

The Road to Character by David Brooks