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Created: Aug 28, 2019 | Modified: Nov 20, 2024 | 6 min read

This is where I keep track of the books I read. The books are arranged in reverse chronological order with the most recent on top.

Starred (★) entries are good reads. Double-starred (★★) entries are must-reads.

Numbers in parentheses represent the month I finished reading the book.

I borrowed the idea for this page from Frank Chimero, which I learned through Austin Kleon (who also keeps his own list).

2024

2023

2022

  • Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans (12) ★★
  • The Gift by Lewis Hyde (9)
  • You Need a Budget by Jesse Mecham (9)
  • Kissa by Kissa by Craig Mod (6) ★★
  • DIY MFA by Gabriela Pereira (5)
  • Transcend by Scott Barry Kaufmann (3) ★
  • A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros (1) ★

2021

  • Be the Gateway by Dan Blank (4) ★
  • How I Cured My Silent Reflux by Don Daniels (2)
  • Sandali by Rofel Brion (1) ★
  • How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens (1) ★★

2020

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (12)
  • Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offil (12) ★
  • The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837–1861 by Henry David Thoreau (12) ★★
  • Switching Languages by Steven Kellman (10) ★★
  • The Stoic Challenge by William Irvine (10) ★
  • Winter Hours by Mary Oliver (09)
  • Nine Horses by Billy Collins
  • Newspaper Blackout Poetry by Austin Kleon
  • Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal (05) ★
  • Selected Poems by Carl Sandburg (04)
  • The Getting Things Done Workbook by David Allen and Brandon Hall (03)
  • 101 Uses for a Dead Meerkat by Massimo Fenati (03)
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (03) ★★
  • Misdiagnosed by Jody Berger (02) ★
  • Ochre Tones by Marjorie Evasco (02)
  • The Popularity Papers 6 by Amy Ignatow (02)
  • Rewiring Tinnitus by Glenn Schweitzer (02)
  • Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins (01) ★

2019

  • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (12)
  • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (11)
  • Influence by Robert Cialdini (11)
  • The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco (11)
  • Devotions by Mary Oliver (11) ★
  • Ultralearning by Scott Young (10) ★
  • Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (10) ★
  • Beyond Morality by Richard Garner (09) ★★
  • Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod (09) ★
  • Thoreau by Laura Dassow Walls (09) ★★
  • Company of One by Paul Jarvis
  • The Art of Fully Living by Tal Gur
  • Belong by Radha Agrawal (06) ★
  • Keep Going by Austin Kleon ★
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin (02) ★
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (01)
  • Night by Elie Wiesel (01)

2018

  • Show Your Work by Austin Kleon (12) ★
  • Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (12) ★
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear (10) ★★ (Read my summary)
  • Getting Things Done by David Allen (10) ★★
  • The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Frank Cherry
  • Walking by Henry David Thoreau
  • What Does it All Mean? by Thomas Nagel ★ (Read my summary)
  • The Independent Scholar’s Handbook by Ronald Gross (03) ★★
  • Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Square One by Steve Patterson (01) ★★ (Read my summary)

2017

  • Saved by Ben Hewitt ★
  • Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker (10) ★★
  • Don’t Go Back to School by Kio Stark (09) ★
  • Peak Learning by Ronald Gross (09)
  • Better Than College by Blake Boles (08)
  • The Art of Work by Jeff Goins (08)
  • My Morning View by Tammy Strobel (08)
  • Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominquez (07) ★★
  • Living Forward by Hyatt and Harkavy (05)
  • How to Be Everything by Emilie Wapnick (05) ★
  • A Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan (04) ★
  • Localization by Norberg-Hodge (04)
  • The Thought Leader’s Practice by Matt Church, Peter Cook, and Scott Stein (03) ★★
  • The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan (03) ★
  • The 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton (02)
  • Pivot by Jenny Blake (01) ★

2016

  • Smart Choices by John Hammond, Ralph Keeney, and Howard Raiffa ★ (12)
  • A Handmade Life by William Coperthwaite (11) ★
  • Creating a Life Worth Living by Carol Lloyd (09)
  • The Last Safe Investment by Bryan Franklin and Michael Ellsberg (09) ★
  • You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap) by Tammy Strobel (08)
  • Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer (08)
  • Create Your Own Religion by Daniele Bolelli (08) ★
  • Beyond Biocentrism by Robert Lanza (08)
  • Zen to Done by Leo Babauta (08)
  • Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck (07) ★
  • Book Yourself Solid by Michale Port (06)
  • Biocentrism by Robert Lanza (03)
  • The Bhagavad Gita translated by Eknath Easwaran (01)
  • Essential Zen Habits by Leo Babauta (01)
  • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (01)

2015

  • The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte (12)
  • I Am We by Dave Ursillo (09)
  • Feeling Good by David Burns (09)
  • Running Lean by Ash Maurya (08)
  • The 7 Day Startup by Dan Norris (08)
  • God Whispers on the Wind by Dave Ursillo (08)
  • Darkness Visible by William Styron (08)
  • Mini Habits by Stephen Guise (05)
  • The Renaissance Soul by Margaret Lobenstine (03) ★★
  • The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

2014

  • Flourish by Martin Seligman

Unsorted

  • Moneyless Manifesto by Mark Boyle

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