reading

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”

-Mark Twain

A list of the books I’ve tackled in recent years…

2023
How To Raise A Boy, Michael Reichert
The Power Law, Sebastian Mallaby
Taste, Stanley Tucci
Do Nothing, Celeste Headlee
Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Embrace the Suck, Brent Gleeson audiobook

2022
Hit Refresh, Satya Nadella audiobook
The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
Michael Jordan: The Life, Roland Lazenby
The Trillion Dollar Coach, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle audiobook
Building Successful Partner Channels, Hans Peter Bech
Managing Oneself, Peter Drucker
Turning the Flywheel, Jim Collins
Sundog, Jim Harrison
Amp It Up, Frank Slootman audiobook
Do Nothing, Celeste Headlee

2021
Richer, Wiser, Happier, William Green audiobook
The Simple Path to Wealth, J L Collins
The Sopranos Sessions, Matt Zoller Seitz & Alan Sepinwall
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
Breath, James Nestor
Open, Andre Agassi audiobook
Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey
Pappyland, Wright Thompson

2020
How to be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson
Making Money Simple, Peter Lazaroff audiobook
Financial Freedom, Grant Sabatier
The Year of Less, Cait Flanders
Monkey Mind, Daniel Smith
Mortality, Christopher Hitchens
A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine
H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald audiobook
Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins audiobook

2019
Goodbye, Things, Fumio Sasaki audiobook
To Shake the Sleeping Self, Jedidiah Jenkins
Live Work Work Work Die, Corey Pein
My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh
Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari audiobook
Natural Causes, Barbara Ehrenreich
The Algebra of Happiness, Scott Galloway
The Millionaire Fastlane, MJ Demarco
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan
Unf*ck Yourself, Gary John Bishop audiobook
Angel, Jason Calacanis audiobook

2018
Abundance, Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler audiobook
Bourbon, Straight, Charles K. Kowdery
The Perfectionists, Simon Winchester
The Queen’s Poisoner, Jeff Wheeler
Tasting Whiskey, Lew Bryson & David Wondrich
The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor audiobook
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier audiobook
Home Game, Michael Lewis

2017
Attitude Reflects Leadership, Leo Hamblin
My Struggle: Part 1, Karl Ove Knausgaard
Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
Absolutely on Music, Haruki Murakami & Seiji Ozawa
Let My People Go Surfing, Yvon Chouinard
Proof: The Science of Booze, Adam Rogers
Grit, Angela Duckworth audiobook
The North Water, Ian McGuire
The Bassoon King, Rainn Wilson
For the Love of Money, Sam Polk audiobook
Why Buddhism Is True, Robert Wright
The Expectant Father, Armin A. Brott & Jennifer Ash
Bringing Up Bébé, Pamela Druckerman audiobook

2016
Off to the Side, Jim Harrison
Zero to One, Peter Thiel
1,000 Dollars and an Idea, Sam Wyly audiobook
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson
Medium Raw, Anthony Bourdain
The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman   audiobook
The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey
Tribe, Sebastian Junger
Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday
The Tao of Seneca audiobook
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi   audiobook
Odyssey, John Sculley with John A. Byrne
Information Dashboard Design, Stephen Few
Predictable Revenue, Aaron Ross & Marylou Tyler
The Power of Ambition, Jim Rohn   audiobook
Essentialism, Greg McKeown
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
One Last Great Thing, John Burke
The Everything Labrador Retriever Book, Kim Campbell Thornton

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