I keep a list of books I read each year. In 2020, I read 17 books and listened to 3 audiobooks. Some were great, some were mediocre, some I read because I was tired of hearing about them.

Recommended books are denoted with *.

This year, I decided to link each book to Bookshop.org when possible. This is an affiliate link that supports independent book sellers. I would be lying if I told you that I buy only from Bookshop.org. I don’t. I try to buy from them as much as possible, but Amazon’s lower prices are a temptation that I can’t always pass up.

Books

1. Atomic Habits *
2. Sidehustle Millionaire
3. 12 Rules for Life
4. The 80-20 Principle *
5. This Book Will Make You Dangerous
6. How to Take Smart Notes *
7. How to Be An Antiracist
8. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts *
9. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
10. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
11. Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To *
12. Fix This Next: Make the Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business
13. Clockwork: Design your business to run itself
14. Deep Work: Rules for Focus Success in a Distracted World *
15. Schopenhauer as Educator
16. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think *

Audiobooks

1. How to Destory America in Three Easy Steps
2. Rage *
3. Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Hope, Mercy, Justice and Autonomy in the American Health Care System *

I keep a list of books I read each year, by month. In 2019, I read 19 books. Some were great, some were mediocre, some I read because I was tired of hearing about them.

Recommended books are denoted with *. Audible books are denoted with ^.

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January

• The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz.
• Smart Retirement, by Matt Zagula
• The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months, by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington.

February

• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg. *
• Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, by Cal Newport. *

March

• The Dichotomy of Leadership, by Jocko Willink *
• Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great, by Jim Collins

April

• Lead Yourself First:Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude, by Michael S. Sorensent and Raymond M. Kethledge
• Frederick Douglass: The Prophet of Freedom, by David W. Blight ^
• The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts – Vol. 1, by Shane Parish. ^ *

May

• The Odyssey, by Homer translated by Emily Wilson. ^ *

June

• Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, by Dr. Joe Dispenza. ^
• The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. ^ *

July

• Grit, by Angela Duckworth *

August

• The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, by Jeff Cox and Eliyahu M. Goldraft

September

• The Longevity Solution: Rediscovering Centuries-Old Secrets a to a Healthy, Long Life, by Dr. Jason Fungoes and Dr. James Dinicolantonio. *
• Work The System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, 3rd Edition, by Sam Carpenter
• The Lessons of History, by Ariel Durant and Will Durant.

October

• I Hear You, by Michael S. Sorensen. ^

I keep a list of the books I read each year, by month. In 2018, I read 24 books. Some were great, some were mediocre, some I read because I was tired of hearing about them.

Recommended books are denoted with *. Audible books are denoted with ^.

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January

• The Art of War, by Sun Tzu *
• Integrative Advisory Services, by Amy Vetter
• Finance Basics, by Harvard Business Review Press
• The Road to Character, by David Brooks
• Hal Moore on Leadership, by LT General Harold G. Moore *
• The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clason *

February

• The Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey
• The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life., by Craig Ballantyne

March

• Peace is Every Step, by Thích Nhất Hạnh *

May

• Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers, by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. and Gabor Maté, M.D. *

June

• The Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever, by Mark Sisson
• The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan *
• Poor Richard’s Almanac, by Benjamin Franklin
• When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi

July

• Night, by Elie Wiesel *
• Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine, by Mike Michalowicz

August

• Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits: 4 keys to Unlock Your Business Potential, by Greg Crabtree *
• Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment, by George Leonard

October

• Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• It doesn’t have to be crazy at work, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson *
• Maxout Your Life, by Ed Mylett

November

• Several short sentences about writing, by Verlyn Klinkenborg *

December

• Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, by David Goggins * ^
• Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover * ^

I keep a list of the books I read each year, by month. In 2017, I read 29 books. Some were great, some were mediocre, some I read because I was tired of hearing about them.

Recommended books end in “*.”

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January

• Battle Leadership, by Adolf Von Schell *
• Hacking Sales: The Playbook for Building a High-Velocity Sales Machine, by Max Altschuler
• Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into A Sales Machine With The $100 Million Best Practices Of Salesforce.com, by Arron Ross, Marylou Tyler
• Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau *
• 1984, by George Orwell *
• Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl *

March

• Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman *
• Unshakeable — Your Financial Freedom Playbook, by Tony Robbins *
• Smartcuts, by Shane Snow

April

• The Art of Living — The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness, by Epictetus, A New Interpretation Sharon Lebell *
• Pain-Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain, by Pete Egoscue *
• Lying, by Sam Harris *
• Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World, by Donald Sull, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

May

• Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris
• The Undefeated Mind: On the Science of Constructing an Indestructible Self, by Alex Lickerman, MD
• The Machine Stops, by E.M. Forster *
• How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, by Arnold Bennett *

June

• The Compound Effect: Jump Start Your Income, Your Life, Your Success, by Darren Hardy
• On a Beam of Light, by Jennifer Berne

July

• The 4 Disciplines of Execution, by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling *

September

• The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Green *
• Tao Te Ching: The Book of The Way and its Power, John R. Mabry
• Money — Master the Game, by Tony Robbins *

October

• Ego is The Enemy, by Ryan Holiday *

December

• Principles, by Ray Dalio *
• Discipline Equal Freedom Field Manual, by Jocko Willink *
• Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable, by Tim S. Grover *
• The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and The Art of Living, by Ryan Holiday *