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
2019 Book List
Book List Category: Faith & Spirituality
- Joseph: A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness (Great Lives From God’s Word)
- Think, Act, Be Like Jesus: Becoming a New Person in Christ
- Hope in the Dark: Believing God Is Good When Life Is Not
- Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
Book List Category: Business
- Total Focus: Make Better Decisions Under Pressure
- Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
- Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed
- What Every Body Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People
- Great at Work: How Top Performers Work Less and Achieve More
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
- The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business
Book List Category: Development & Science
- Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
- Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design
Book List Category: Skill
- Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- Own the Day, Own Your Life: Optimized Practices for Waking, Working, Learning, Eating, Training, Playing, Sleeping, and Sex
- Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
- Willpower Doesn’t Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
- The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
- The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype–and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More
- Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
- Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better
- 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success
- The 1% Rule: How to Fall in Love with the Process and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams
- Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
- Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back
- How to Consciously Design Your Ideal Future
- Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
- Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance
- The Tao of Pooh
- Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
- Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
- The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest Teams
- Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
- If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
Book List Category: History
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- Twain’s Feast
- The Ranger Way: Living the Code On and Off the Battlefield
- Brave Companions: Portraits In History
- The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
- Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
- Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World