Only made it through 17 books in 2019. New baby. Big move. Shorter commute. Podcasts are becoming better than books. But, my top 3 were all “wow” levels of great for me. Rest in descending order. DNF = did not finish.
* Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
* Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Walter Isaacson
* Power Moves: Lessons from Davos - Adam Grant
Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell
Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator - Ryan Holiday
Comedy Sex God - Pete Holmes
Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) - Jeff Tweedy
Mating in Captivity - Esther Perel
To Sell is Human - Daniel Pink
Here is Real Magic: A Magician’s Search for Wonder in the Modern World - Nate Staniforth
The Startup Way - Eric Ries
What I Know For Sure - Oprah Winfrey
Let’s go exploring. Calvin and Hobbes - Michael Hingston
100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation - Clint Emerson
This is Marketing - Seth Godin
The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
The Universal Christ - Richard Rohr (DNF)
How the Bible Actually Works - Petter Enns (DNF)
This: Becoming Free - Michael Gungor (DNF)
Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity - Iliza Shlesinger (DNF)
I’m Fine and Other Lies - Whitney Cummings (DNF)