Book List
Starting in 2020, I've made a goal to read more than what I've done in the past. With a combination of fiction and non-fiction I hope to expand my knowledge and creative thinking so I can be better than yesterday.
Occasionally, I'll add more books to the list. Some of it is more of a wish list to read. Much of the non-fiction will be business related to help me grow my side business.
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2026
- ✔Employalty by Joe Mull
- ✔The Instant AI Agency by Dan Wardrope
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- ✔101 Things I Learned in Business School by Michael W. Preis with Matthew Frederick
- ✔Growing Groups into Teams by Kobe Bogaert and Pam Fox Rollin
2025
Completed 6 books
Fiction
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- All The Broken Places by John Boyne
- The Ministry of Time by Kalaine Bradley
- Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Non-Fiction
- Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
- Wi-Fi 7 In Depth by Jerome Henry, Brian Hart, Binita Gupta, Malcolm Smith
- Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss
- Outlive by Peter Attia
- ✔Day Trading Attention by Gary Vaynerchuk
- What I Ate in One Year: (and related thoughts) by Stanley Tucci
- Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential by Greg Crabtree
- The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner
- Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman
- Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health by Casey Means
- Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity by Dean Graziosi
- ✔How To Be a Great Boss by Gino Wickman
- ✔Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
- ✔Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles
- ✔Get a Grip by Gino Wickman & Mike Paton
- ✔️Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
2024
Completed 5 books
Fiction
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- All The Broken Places by John Boyne
Non-Fiction
- ✔️Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
- The Art of Community by Charles H. Vogl
- Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
- Wired For Story by Lisa Cron
- The Greatness Mindset: Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today by Lewis Howes
- ✔️The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy by Lewis Howes
- ✔️Get Scalable by Ryan Deiss
- ✔️The Story Selling Method by Philip Humm
- ✔️A Promised Land by Barack Obama
2023
Completed 11 books.
Technical
- Mastering Python Networking by Eric Chou
Fiction
- ✔️A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- A Burning by Megha Majumdar
- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
- Tom Clancy Chain of Command by Marc Cameron
- While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart
- All The Broken Places by John Boyne
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- We Are the Light by Matthew Quick
- ✔️Star Wars: Convergence (The High Republic) by Zoraida Córdova
Non-Fiction
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Millionaire Fastlane by M. J. DeMarco
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
- Think Again by Adam Grant
- ✔️We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
- The Greatness Mindset: Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today by Lewis Howes
- The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy by Lewis Howes
- ✔️How To Grow Your Small Business by Donald Miller
- ✔️Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
- Real Estate by the Numbers by J Scott and Dave Meyer
- ✔️$100M Offers by Alex Hormozi
- ✔️$100M Leads by Alex Hormozi
- ✔️The Leap to Leader by Adam Bryant
- ✔️Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell
- ✔️The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney
- ✔️Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
2022
Completed 18 books.
Technical
- Mastering Python Networking by Eric Chou
Non-Fiction
- ✔️Productize by Eisha Armstrong
- ✔️Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
- ✔️Lean Startup by Eric Ries
- ✔️Atomic Habits by James Clear (again)
- The Practice by Seth Godin
- ✔️Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet-David
- ✔️Who by Geoff Smart
- ✔️Pick Up the Phone and Sell by Alex Goldfayn
- ✔️Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
- ✔️Stories That Stick by Kindra Hall
- ✔️The Business of Belonging by David Spinks
- ✔️The 6 Habits Of Growth by Brendon Burchard
- ✔️Unleash The Power Of Storytelling by Rob Biesenbach
- ✔️High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard
Fiction
- ✔️Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- ✔️How Much Of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
- ✔️Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
- Kenobi: Star Wars Legends by John Jackson Miller
- ✔️The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim
- ✔️The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
2021
Completed 12 books.
Non-Fiction
- ✔️Building A Story Brand by Donald Miller
- ✔️Marketing Made Simple by Donald Miller
- Productize: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Scalable Products by Eisha Armstrong
- The Boutique: How To Start, Scale, And Sell A Professional Services Firm by Greg Alexander
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
- ✔️The Challenger Sale by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
- ✔️Predictable Revenue by Aaron Ross & Marylou Tyler
- Snap Selling by Jill Konrath
- ✔️Objections by Jen Blount
- Cracking the Sales Management Code by Jason Jordan and Michelle Vazzana
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- ✔️E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
- ✔️Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
- ✔️Who Not How - Dan Sullivan
Fiction
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (second time)
- Thrawn (Star Wars) by Timothy Zahn
- Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- ✔️Armada by Ernest Cline
- ✔️Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray
- ✔️Dune by Frank Herbert
- ✔️The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
2020
Completed 18 books
Non-Fiction
- Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss
- ✔️Measure What Matters by John Doerr
- Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
- ✔️Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Satya Nadella
- The Sales Development Playbook by Trish Bertuzzi
- ✔️Fanatical Prospecting by Jeb Blount
- Predictable Prospecting by Marylou Tyler
- ✔️What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
- ✔️High-Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard (for the second time)
- ✔️Indistractable by Nir Eyal
- The Minimalist Way by Erica Layne
- Building A Story Brand by Donald Miller (for the second time)
- ✔️Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
- The Power of Self-Compassion by Laurie Cameron
- ✔️Company of One by Paul Jarvis ( for the second time)
- ✔️Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden
- ✔️Atomic Habits by James Clear
- ✔️How Clients Buy by Tom McMakin , Doug Fletcher
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- ✔️The Snowball System by Mo Bunnell
- Hook Point by Brendan Kane
- ✔️Combo Prospecting by Tony J. Hughes
Fiction
- ✔️The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- ✔️Tinaca Jones by Matt Boren
- ✔️Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston
- Thrawn (Star Wars) by Timothy Zahn
- Pont Neuf by Max Byrd
- Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
- ✔️Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover
- Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno
- ✔️Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline