Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon LIvingston
Disrupted by Dan Lyons
Books
The Books I Read in 2021
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Taleb
Screw It, Let’s Do It by Richard Branson
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead by Jerry Weintraub
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
My Meditations by Mike Dariano
The Books I Read in 2020
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler
Food Rules by Michael Pollan
Barbarian Days by William Finnegan
Open by Andre Agassi
When a book is recommend I add it to my Amazon wishlist. When I hear it recommended for a second time I buy it immediately. This is how Open made it on my reading list this year. The fact that I know very little about tennis and don’t follow the sport should be a testament to how readable and entertaining this book is.
Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
If I could only recommend one book about money and personal finance to my children, this would be the one. Housel has been one of my favorite writers for years, and this is his best work to date.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
I avoided this book because of the title, but it kept popping up. My curiosity got the best of me, and this book was not at all what I expected. I looked back on my Kindle and I highlighted about 20% of this book. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
The Daily Stoic and A Calendar of Wisdom
I know, that’s two books. But these are daily reads and make a good pair. I can’t say I read them every single day, but I tried to make it part of my routine. It’s one of the things that worked for me in 2020 and I will continue it next year.
The Razor’s Edge by Somerset Maugham
This was a re-read from 20 years ago. The last time I read this book I was in a different stage of life. This time I related to the author and the characters in an entirely new way. This book reveals more with each visit.
The Books I Read in 2019
These are not all the books I read in 2019. Instead of adopting some form of rating system (like Derek Sivers), I find it much easier to put books into one of two categories…
1) worth reading (and therefore would likely recommend to someone)
or
2) not worth reading (or the benefit I gained in knowledge or entertainment value did not outweigh the cost of the book and my time).
So, here are the list of books that I think are worth reading:
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner
The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning by Scott Galloway