In the constant pursuit of learning and improving myself, I’ve discovered that going through books is a great way to expand my knowledge on a wide variety of subjects. I’m going to keep this post open and update it with each new book I read.
I’ve categorized the book list into the following divisions:
- Faith & Spirituality
- Business
- Development & Science
- Skill
- History
- Fiction
2017 Book List
Book List Category: Faith & Spirituality
- 66 Love Letters: A Conversation with God That Invites You into His Story
- God’s Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty
- Play the Man: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be
- The Pursuit of God
- Praying the Names of God
- Jesus: The Greatest Life of All
- Divine Direction 7 Decisions That Will Change Your Life
- Church History In Plain Language
- The Comeback: It’s Not Too Late and You’re Never Too Far
- Experiencing God: How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing the Will of God
- The Sower: Follow in His Steps
- Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
- Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation
- The Gospel Code: Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Da Vinci
Book List Category: Business
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
- Shoe Dog
- The Art of Living
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
- Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
- The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life
- Art of Critical Decision Making
- Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection
- Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do
- What You Need to Know about Project Management
- Rule The Room: A Unique, Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Making a Successful Presentation
- Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck–Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
- In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Book List Category: Development & Science
- Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Man’s Search for Meaning
- A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
- Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
Book List Category: Skill
- Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking
- Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
- Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
- The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
- The Art Of Problem Solving 101: Improve Your Critical Thinking And Decision Making Skills And Learn How To Solve Problems Creatively
- Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works
- Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
- The Memory Illusion: Why You May Not Be Who You Think You Are
- The Five Keys to Mindful Communication: Using Deep Listening and Mindful Speech to Strengthen Relationships, Heal Conflicts, and Accomplish Your Goals
- The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life — Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process
- What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
- Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done
- Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be
- Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One
- A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life
- The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living
- Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level
- Neurosculpting: A Step-by-Step Program to Change Your Brain and Transform Your Life
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Book List Category: History
- Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
- Bonhoeffer
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
- The Wright Brothers
- Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
- The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
- Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest
- Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
- Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
- Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
Book List Category: Fiction
- The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
- The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
- The Drawing of the Three
- The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
- The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
- The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
- The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
- The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
- When Heaven Weeps (Martyr’s Song, Book 2)
- Anthem
- Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
- Slaughterhouse-Five
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Point of Contact
- It: A Novel
- The Days of Noah, Book One: Conspiracy: A Novel of the End Times in America
- The Lost World
- The Hobbit
- The Bride Collector
- Jacob T. Marley
