My 2019 reading list

One of my 2019 goals is to read more. The intent is to spend at least 30 minutes/day reading, and I’ve set up a target on my Goodreads profile to hit at least 25 books in 2019 – that’s one book every two weeks, which is totally doable.

I got my old Kindle all charged up, and the first thing I did (after linking my Goodreads account) was to integrate all my Amazon Kindle purchases. It turns out I’ve bought quite a few books over the years that I haven’t yet read. All told, there’s 48 books on my to-read list at the moment (of the 130-odd in my Kindle library). A bit more than 25, but then I do love a challenge 🙂

These are all the books I plan to have read before the year is out. And if I can get through one book per week (should be completely doable on weekends) I may even add a few more.

History and Politics (9)

• The Dictator’s Handbook – Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
• People’s War – Anthea Jeffery
• On Tyranny – Timothy Snyder
• Algorithms of Oppression – Safiya Umoja Noble
• Countdown – Alan Weisman
• Democracy for Realists – Christopher H. Achen
• The Coddling of the American Mind – Jonathan Haidt
• Who owns the future? – Jaron Lanier
• The Death of Expertise – Tom Nichols

Psychology, Philosophy and Self Improvement (7)

• Games People Play – Eric Berne
• Atomic Habits – James Clear
• Wisdom of Insecurity – Alan W. Watts
• Zero Excuses – Gabriel Machuret
• How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big – Scott Adams
• Solving the Procrastination Puzzle – Timothy A. Pychyl
• Bowling Alone – Robert Putnam

Business and Startups (6)

• How to Measure Anything – Douglas W. Hubbard
• The Best Dick – Mike Sharman
• Traction – Gabriel Weinberg
• Drive – Daniel H. Pink
• The 7 Day Startup – Dan Norris
• The Innovator’s Dilemma – Clayton M. Christensen

Science Fiction / Fantasy (12)

• Split Second – Douglas E. Richards
• Why You Were Taken – JT Lawrence
• 3001: The Final Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke
• Darknet – Matthew Mather
• Project Northwoods – Charles J. Bruce
• Arrival – Ryk Brown
• BrainWeb – Douglas E. Richards
• Failsafe – Daniel Gage
• Silo 7 – Daniel Gage
• AfroSF – Ivor W. Hartmann
• Departure – A. G. Riddle
• A Scanner Darkly – Philip K. Dick

Writing Craft (14)

• How to Write Short Stories – James Scott Bell
• How to be an Author – Ashton Cartwright
• Write to Market – Chris Fox
• How to Write Faster – Marcy Kennedy
• Writing Deep Point of View – Rayne Hall
• The 7 Secrets of the Prolific – Hillary Rettig
• She Sat He Stood – Ginger Hanson
• The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction – C.S. Lakin
• How to Write Dazzling Dialogue – James Scott Bell
• Super Structure – James Scott Bell
• Story Climax – H.R. D’Costa
• Techniques of the Selling Writer – Dwight V. Swain
• Rock Your Plot – Cathy Yardley
• Write. Publish. Repeat. – Sean Platt

I think you can tell by that last, largest category that I’m really interested in being a writer 😉

My progress will be tracked on my Goodreads profile – Kindle makes it really easy to flag which book you’re reading. Now it’s just about finding the time to sit down and do the reading.

If you’re doing a reading challenge this year, let me know!