2017 in Review: Books Read
I’m currently dealing with what I think are some frozen pipes in my heating system, so this post will be abbreviated. Trying not to freak out and start cutting up the drywall to thaw the pipes.
I’m pleased to see that I hit a new books read in a year record of 113. For full transparency the vast majority of the books I “read” were actually audio books, however I can read far faster than I can listen. It again is a way to leverage my abysmal commute. Below are my top picks for the year and all of my books read.
Top 3 Books of 2017
[image error]Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek This is a fantastic set of lectures on big topics. Watts had an interesting perspective that blends both Western and Eastern ideas into something easy to digest and apply in everyday life. I recall having many “ah-ha” moments while reading this and plan to do so again.
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The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
This book will never make you want to complain again. This man went through hell and back and to hell again and survived. Alistair Urquhart was a member of the Scottish Gordon Highlanders. His group was sent to Singapore in 1939 and by December, 1941, the Japanese had seized control. Singapore, Britain’s main outpost in the Far East, fell to an invading force only 1/3 the size of the defenders. Urquhart and thousands of others became prisoners of the Japanese. This began a 3 1/2 year odyssey for Urquhart which saw him endure sadistic treatment at the hands of the Japanese.
The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended This is an awesome book that goes deep on all the health benefits of fasting and intermittent fasting. Long duration fasting (more than 24 hours) has taught me most importantly of all that hunger is usually a result of conditioning more often than true bodily hunger.
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2017 Reading List
I’m pleased to report I hit a new yearly book PR of 113 books read.
Beyond Redemption
Michael R. Fletcher
The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
Steven Kotler
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Brian Christian,Tom Griffiths
More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
Sebastian Mallaby
Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
Brian Tracy
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddh
Tara Brach
Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results
Stephen Guise
Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?
Jimmy Moore, Eric C. Westman
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah
One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives
Bernd Heinrich
The Science of Energy
The Great Courses and Professor Michael E. Wysession
The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life
Piero Ferrucci
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
Money Management Skills
The Great Courses, Professor Michael Finke
Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
Dani Rodrik
The Complete TurtleTrader: How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires
Michael W. Covel
Lincoln
David Herbert Donald
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Tim Ferris
Pets on the Couch: Neurotic Dogs, Compulsive Cats, Anxious Birds, and the New Science of Animal Psychiatry
Nicholas Dodman
The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
Alistair Urquhart
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
Oliver Sacks
The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended
Jason Fung, Jimmy Moore
Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market
Scott Patterson
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
Roger Lowenstein
Civilization: The West and the Rest
Niall Ferguson
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Full Dark, No Stars
Stephen King
Big Sur
Jack Kerouac
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
James Mahaffey
Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the Foods That Work for You
Robb Wolf
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
Gary Vaynerchuk
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic
John F. Kennedy
Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting
Wayne W. Dyer
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris
Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
Cesar Hidalgo
The Heavens May Fall
Allen Eskens
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor)
Mark Lawrence
When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
Frank Vertosick Jr.
The Lost Art of Listening, Second Edition: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships
Michael P. Nichols
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
Thor Hanson
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport
The Strangler Vine (A Blake and Avery Novel)
M.J. Carter
The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Shadowrun 15: Burning Bright
Tom Dowd
Becoming a Writer
Dorothea Brande
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang
NPCs (Spells, Swords, & Stealth Book 1)
Drew Hayes
Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets
Michael W. Covel
The Hike: A Novel
Drew Magary
What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
Scott Carney
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning
Benjamin K. Bergen
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Timothy Egan
Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Dan Flores
The Sociopath Next Door
Martha Stout Ph.D.
A Perfect Union of Contrary Things
Maynard James Keenan
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
Jo Marchant
Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
Jennifer Wright
Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
How to Get Run Over by a Truck
Katie C. McKenna
Coilhunter – A Science Fiction Western Adventure (A Coilhunter Chronicles Novel) (The Coilhunter Chronicles Book 1)
Dean F. Wilson
Kai O’Connal
The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too)
Gretchen Rubin
Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks
Dave Asprey
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the RadicalRight
Jane Mayer
Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind
Joe Dispenza
The Internet of Money
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
See my 2015 and 2016 years in review below:
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