2020 Reading List
In a promise to make this a yearly exercise, I'm publishing the list of books I read in 2020. From economics and business to psychology and (one and only) fiction, they all carried me through the tumultuous times we all went through. Every book was special, and the 5 that particularly stood out are underlined:
- The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, Michael A. Singer
- How Asia Works, Joe Studwell
- Singapore's Success: Engineering Economic Growth, Henri Ghesquiere
- How to American, Jimmy O. Yang
- New Sales. Simplified, Mike Weinberg
- Fanatical Prospecting, Jeb Blount
- Capital in the Twenty First Century, Thomas Piketty
- Become Who You Are, Alan Watts
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth
- Daily Rituals, Mason Currey
- Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards, Yu-kai Chou
- Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal
- One Perfect Pitch, Marie Perruchet
- The 1-Page Marketing Plan, Allan Dib
- Einstein: His Life and Work, Walter Isaacson
- Ask: The Counterintuitive Online Formula, Ryan Levesque
- Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A. Moore
- Tiny Habits, BJ Fogg
- Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
- Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari
- Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
- How to Build an In-law Unit in California, Ron Chin
- The Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene
- Backdoor Revolution, Kol Peterson
- The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing
- Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson
- Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink
- That Will Never Work, Marc Randolph
- The Rook, Daniel O'Malley
What were your favorites and what are you reading in 2021?
facilitating resilience
4 年Nice list.
Financial Professional at Equitable Advisors
4 年Thanks for the list, Kat! I really enjoyed the book The Happiness Advantage! On the positive psychology topic I also have out of the library: Flow, The Courage to Be Happy, A Primer in Positive Psychology, and Happiness by Design.
UX Content Strategy @ Mosaic Health (formerly apree health, Castlight Health), published poet, ex-competitive badminton player, ex-partner, okay tennis player. UC Berkeley & On Deck alum
4 年I bought Jimmy's book after you recommended it! Definitely one of my favorite books. My dad loves him too now.
co-founder and storyteller @ CharacterHub | [email protected]
4 年Whoa! You got in a lot of book!