2020 Reading List

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:

  1. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, Michael A. Singer
  2. How Asia Works, Joe Studwell
  3. Singapore's Success: Engineering Economic Growth, Henri Ghesquiere
  4. How to American, Jimmy O. Yang
  5. New Sales. Simplified, Mike Weinberg
  6. Fanatical Prospecting, Jeb Blount
  7. Capital in the Twenty First Century, Thomas Piketty
  8. Become Who You Are, Alan Watts
  9. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth
  10. Daily Rituals, Mason Currey
  11. Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards, Yu-kai Chou
  12. Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal
  13. One Perfect Pitch, Marie Perruchet
  14. The 1-Page Marketing Plan, Allan Dib
  15. Einstein: His Life and Work, Walter Isaacson
  16. Ask: The Counterintuitive Online Formula, Ryan Levesque
  17. Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A. Moore
  18. Tiny Habits, BJ Fogg 
  19. Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
  20. Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari
  21. Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
  22. How to Build an In-law Unit in California, Ron Chin
  23. The Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene
  24. Backdoor Revolution, Kol Peterson
  25. The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor
  26. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing
  27. Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson
  28. Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink
  29. That Will Never Work, Marc Randolph
  30. The Rook, Daniel O'Malley

What were your favorites and what are you reading in 2021?

Michael Liquori

facilitating resilience

4 年

Nice list.

Daniel Beck, CFA

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.

Maria C.

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.

Sydney Liu

co-founder and storyteller @ CharacterHub | [email protected]

4 年

Whoa! You got in a lot of book!

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