I love books. I love all kinds of books and something that got me through 2021 was my ability to lose myself in books, both physical and audio books. Here is my annual list of books that I explored in the past year:
- The Unsettling of America | Wendell Berry
- Will | Will Smith
- The Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles *
- The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music | Dave Grohl
- A Beginner’s Mind | Yo Yo Ma
- To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee
- Entangled Life | Merlin Sheldrake
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | Robert Pirsig
- The Essence of the Heart Sutra | Tenzin Gyatso the Fourteenth Dalai Lama *
- When I Left Home | Buddy Guy
- The Wax Pack | Brad Balukjian
- A First-Rate Madness | Nassir Ghaemi
- The Essential Dogen | Kazuaki Tanahashi
- Musashi | Eiji Yoshikawa
- The Lost Art of Running | Shane Benzie, Tim Major
- Noise | Daniel Kauffman *^
- Water, Wood and Wild Things | Hannah Kirshner
- The Anatomy of Peace | The Arbinger Institute ^
- How Will You Measure Your Life | Clayton Christensen
- Love Your Enemies | Arthur Brooks
- The Sea is My Brother | Jack Kerouac?
- Greenlights | Matthew McConaughey *
- Racing the Rain | John L Parker Jr.
- Let Your Mind Run | Deena Kastor
- The Complete Book of Five Rings | Miyamoto Musashi
- Breath | James Nestor
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running | Haruki Murakami
- The Energy Bus | Jon Gordon
- Stakeholder Capitalism | Klaus Schwab
- The Bomber Mafia | Malcom Gladwell
- Circe | Madeline Miller
* - one of my favorites from the year
^- I think the world could be a better place if everyone read this
I am more than happy to discuss any of these with you. Just go ahead and comment or reach out to me directly and we can set up a time to chat books.
Cheers to more books in 2022!
Sales Enablement Insights & Innovation @Cisco
2 年Great list! Definite inspo for 2022!
Consulting with companies passionate about developing conscious heart-focused leaders | Marquis Who's Who Honoree | Recovering ultra runner | Best-selling author.
2 年I love this!
Program Officer - Walton Family Foundation
2 年Love this Chris! Definitely putting some of these on my list. Would love to talk books sometime.
Product Lead @ Summit Venture Studio (SVS) | MBA - Product Management, MS - Physics
2 年This list is great! I like the idea of posting a list of meaningful things at the end of the year, including events attended etc like your own personal Spotify wrap up. A book you may enjoy from my list of books started this year “How to be an anti racist” - Kendi. Brings a lot more diverse thought into frame. Thank you for your support this year at the U!
Ramon & Nisol’s son | Future ancestor
2 年Love this list! Gonna check out Noise ASAP!