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!
