My Audiobook Listening Log

I’ve always been a heavy reader, and I’m pretty sure I picked that up from my late mom. She read a lot, constantly, and books were just part of everyday life growing up. On this page, I’m sharing a snapshot of my own reading and listening journey, mostly through audiobooks.

I started using Audible in 2020, and without really planning it, my library there grew to more than 500 purchased titles. As of January 2026, I’ve finished listening to 310 audiobooks. The topics reflect what naturally pulls my attention: AI, history, astronomy, philosophy, personal development, health, memoirs, and related areas.

Sometimes my listening choices line up very closely with what’s happening in my life. When my mom was in a coma, I found myself listening to books about consciousness and vegetative states. After she passed away, I turned to audiobooks on grief and loss. Looking back at the list, those moments are quietly there.

Listening stats from my Audible library, reflecting audiobooks completed since 2020.

Very few of the books here are academic. I usually avoid audiobooks for research-related work because I like to read those texts digitally, annotate them, and work carefully with sources (e.g., references and page numbers). Almost all of these listens happened while walking, commuting, or traveling. Having hundreds of audiobooks on my phone makes it easy to listen whenever a bit of time opens up. You’ll also notice there isn’t much fiction here. It’s just never been where my curiosity goes.

I’ve organized the list by year of listening. I don’t know how far you’ll scroll, but maybe you’ll spot a title or two that catches your eye.

2026

A Brief History of Intelligence, by Max Bennett (currently listening)
Lights On: Consciousness, Awareness, and the Mind, by Annaka Harris

2025

Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past, by Firas Alkhateeb
Patriot: A Memoir, by Alexei Navalny
Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, by Stephen Jenkinson
A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution, by Jeremy D. Popkin
Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It, by Jenny Wood
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data, by Kevin Mitnick
Trading in the Zone, by Mark Douglas
The Complete TurtleTrader: How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires, by Michael W. Covel
Best Loser Wins: Why Normal Thinking Never Wins the Trading Game, by Tom Hougaard
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefèvre
Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress, by Christopher Ryan
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, by Anna Lembke
The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures, by António Damásio
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire, by Eckart Frahm
Deep Work, by Cal Newport
Change by Design, Revised and Updated, by Tim Brown
Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life, by Bill Perkins
Indistractable, by Nir Eyal
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs, by Marc David Baer
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence, by Zeinab Badawi
Modern Occultism, by Mitch Horowitz
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI, by Karen Hao
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds, by Carmine Gallo
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Omar El Akkad
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
Beyond Good and Evil, by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Lessons of History, by Will Durant and Ariel Durant
The Happiness Files, by John Purkiss
Dare to Lead, by Brené Brown
How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History, by Josephine Quinn
The Fall of Civilizations, by Paul Cooper
The Crusade Wars, by Thomas Asbridge
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric H. Cline
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, by Carl Sagan
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, by Anil Seth

2024

The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential, by Wim Hof
Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me, by Anna Mehler Paperny
Extraordinary Awakenings, by Steve Taylor
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, by Anna Lembke
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again, by Johann Hari
Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing, by Brad Stulberg
A Short History of Russia, by Mark Galeotti
A Brief History of Japan, by Jonathan Clements
The Transpersonal Vision: The Healing Potential of Nonordinary States of Consciousness, by Stanislav Grof
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz
The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain, by John E. Sarno
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, by Cal Newport
The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne
The Laws of Human Nature, by Robert Greene
A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel Defoe
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, by Gabor Maté
Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, by Dava Sobel
The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz
Rework, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, by Celeste Headlee
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense, by Gad Saad
It’s OK That You’re Not OK, by Megan Devine
Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died, by Ty Alexander
On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, by Amy Bloom
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It, by Kamal Ravikant
The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn Achor
Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye, by Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair
American Mother, by Colum McCann and Diane Foley
I’m Not a Mourning Person, by Kris Carr
Grief Is Love, by Marisa Renee Lee
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, by David Kessler
Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End, by Alua Arthur
Medieval Myths and Mysteries, by Dorsey Armstrong
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Fifteenth Century, by Joel F. Harrington
Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius
On the Genealogy of Morals, by Friedrich Nietzsche
Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer
Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind, by Kay Redfield Jamison
A Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis
War, by Sebastian Junger
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present, by Fareed Zakaria
The Book of Rumi, by Rumi

2023

Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality, by Jacob Tomsky
The Wisdom of Your Cells: How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology, by Bruce H. Lipton
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, by Steven Pinker
Steal Like an Artist, by Austin Kleon
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
My Best Mistake: Epic Fails and Silver Linings, by Terry O’Reilly
The Great Depression: A Diary, by James Ledbetter and Daniel B. Roth
Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire, by Roger Crowley
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge, by Richard Ovenden
Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement from Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will, by Steve Lopez
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account, by Miklós Nyiszli
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
How to Write Non-Fiction: Turn Your Knowledge into Words, by Joanna Penn
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems, by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
The ChatGPT Millionaire: Making Money Online Has Never Been This Easy, by Neil Dagger
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World, by Pedro Domingos
I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari
The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life, by Lisa Miller
Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, by Jeff Bezos
Why Smart People Hurt: A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative, by Eric Maisel
I Will Teach You to Be Rich, by Ramit Sethi
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, by Ruha Benjamin
The Universe Is Talking to You: Tap into Signs and Synchronicity to Reveal Magical Moments Every Day, by Tammy Mastroberte
Single on Purpose: Redefine Everything. Find Yourself First, by John Kim
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself, by Nedra Glover Tawwab
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, by Mark Wolynn
Hijab Butch: A Memoir, by Lamya H
Ten Years a Nomad, by Matthew Kepnes

2022

Will, by Will Smith and Mark Manson
Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died, by Ty Alexander
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, and Their Own Families, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom
The Essential Habits of Six-Figure Bloggers, by Sally Miller
The 4-Hour Workweek, by Timothy Ferriss
Crushing It!, by Gary Vaynerchuk
The Sassy Way to Starting a Successful Blog When You Have No Clue, by Gundi Gabrielle
Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day, by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, by Adam Alter
Looking Out for #1, by Robert Ringer
Get Rich with the Law of Attraction, by Stephen Hyang
Best Seller Kindle Publishing, by Gundi Gabrielle
Success Secrets: Change Your Life with Neuro-Linguistic Programming, by James Alder
21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires, by Brian Tracy
Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight
The $100 Startup, by Chris Guillebeau
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
Hook Point, by Brendan Kane
A World Without Email, by Cal Newport
Rework, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Super Thinking, by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
What Do You Care What Other People Think?, by Richard P. Feynman
Tireless, by Kim Lorenz
How to Talk to Anyone, by Leil Lowndes
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, by Caitlin Doughty
Vagabonding, by Rolf Potts
The Aladdin Factor, by Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield
The Power of Moments, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, by Amy Bloom
Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner
The Salem Witch Hunt, by Captivating History
A Delusion of Satan, by Frances Hill
The Last Boat Out of Shanghai, by Helen Zia
The Last Bookshop in London, by Madeline Martin
A World Undone, by G. J. Meyer
The Sun Is a Compass, by Caroline Van Hemert
Finding Me, by Viola Davis
Last Witness, by Svetlana Alexievich
Skin in the Game, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Art of Thinking Clearly, by Rolf Dobelli
Religion’s Sudden Decline, by Ronald Inglehart
Antifragile, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Ego Is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday
The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
Red Famine, by Anne Applebaum
The Girls with No Names, by Serena Burdick
The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
Write Your Book on the Side, by Hassan Osman
Powers and Thrones, by Dan Jones
The Silk Roads, by Peter Frankopan
Atlas of the Heart, by Brené Brown
Memories, Dreams, Reflections, by Carl Jung
The Psychology of the Unconscious, by Carl Jung
The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition, by Carl Jung
Modern Man in Search of a Soul, by Carl Jung
Aion, by Carl Jung
On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
Man and His Symbols, by Carl Jung
The Mental Game of Trading, by Jared Tendler
Trading in the Zone, by Mark Douglas
The Complete TurtleTrader, by Michael W. Covel
The New Market Wizards, by Jack D. Schwager
Metaverse Mastery, by Cameron Belford
What Is a Woman?, by Matt Walsh
Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman
The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck
The Eight Great False Responsibilities of Life, by Guy Finley
Freezing Order, by Bill Browder
The Man’s Guide to Women, by John Gottman et al.
Alone on the Wall, by Alex Honnold and David Roberts
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass
The Ride of a Lifetime, by Robert Iger
No Rules Rules, by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
The Minimalist Entrepreneur, by Sahil Lavingia
Synchronicity, by Joseph Jaworski
Breaking the Spell, by Daniel C. Dennett
Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Talking to Strangers, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Art of Dying Well, by Katy Butler
A Whole New Mind, by Daniel H. Pink
The Art of Living, by Thích Nhất Hạnh
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande
When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
The Bright Hour, by Nina Riggs
When Air Hits Your Brain, by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
All That Remains, by Sue Black
Every Patient Tells a Story, by Lisa Sanders
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Do No Harm, by Henry Marsh
Unnatural Causes, by Richard Shepherd
Complications, by Atul Gawande
Life After Life, by Raymond Moody

2021

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain
We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life, by Laura McKowen
Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success, by Shawn Stevenson
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, by Sonya Renee Taylor
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, by Aubrey Gordon
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World, by Fareed Zakaria
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, by Laila Lalami
The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way, by Wayne W. Dyer
In the Black, by B. Denham Jolly
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, by Suleika Jaouad
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, by Daniel Goleman
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram X. Kendi
Motorcycle Therapy: A Canadian Adventure in Central America, by Jeremy Kroeker
Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World, by Elspeth Beard
Jupiter’s Travels: Four Years on One Motorcycle, by Ted Simon
Hell’s Angels, by Hunter S. Thompson
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, by Neil Peart
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed
Girls in the Woods, by Aspen Matis
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery, by Scott Kelly
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed, by Michelle Knight and Michelle Burford
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah
Educated, by Tara Westover
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, by Malala Yousafzai
Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope, by Wendy Holden
A House in the Sky: A Memoir, by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir, by Madeleine Albright
Long Walk to Freedom, by Nelson Mandela
The Untethered Soul, by Michael A. Singer
Stop People Pleasing: Be Assertive, Stop Caring What Others Think, Beat Your Guilt, and Stop Being a Pushover, by Patrick King
No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline, by Brian Tracy
The Art of Exceptional Living, by Jim Rohn
The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell
Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks, by Barry McDonagh
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality, by Nancy R. Pearcey
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
The 5 Love Languages, by Gary Chapman
The Science of Self-Discipline, by Peter Hollins
Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe, by Laura Lynne Jackson
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chödrön
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day, by Jay Shetty
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, by Adam Grant
What a Time to Be Alone, by Chidera Eggerue
Through the Dark Wood: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, by James Hollis
The Wedge: Evolution, Consciousness, Stress, and the Key to Human Resilience, by Scott Carney
Peak: The New Science of Mid-Life Health for a Leaner, Stronger Body and a Sharper Mind, by Marc Bubbs
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, by Ryan Holiday
How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism, by Stephen Guise
Objections: The Ultimate Guide for Mastering the Art and Science of Getting Past No, by Jeb Blount
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms, by Hannah Fry
Lying, by Sam Harris
Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis, by Ada Calhoun
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store, by Cait Flanders
You Are the Guru: Six Messages to Move You Through Difficult Times with Certainty and Faith, by Gabrielle Bernstein
Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, by Gabrielle Bernstein
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, by Seth Godin
Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life’s Work, by Steven Pressfield
The Mastery of Love, by Don Miguel Ruiz
Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More, and Be More Productive, by Kevin Horsley
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret to Transform Your Life Before 8 A.M., by Hal Elrod
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, by Robin Sharma
The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy, by Chris Bailey
Getting Things Done, by David Allen
Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick, by Amanda Kloots and Anna Kloots
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, by Nir Eyal and Julie Li
Wave, by Sonali Deraniyagala
Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life, by Trevor Blake
The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity, by Norman Doidge
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know, by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, by John M. Barry
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure, by Grant Cardone
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, by Eckhart Tolle
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime, by M. J. DeMarco
The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss, by Jason Fung
Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be, by Dave Asprey
The Bulletproof Diet: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life, by Dave Asprey
The Longevity Solution: Rediscovering Centuries-Old Secrets to a Healthier, Happier, Longer Life, by Jason Fung and James DiNicolantonio
The Body Fat Solution: Five Principles for Burning Fat, Building Muscle, and Living a Lean, Healthy Life, by Tom Venuto
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku
The 10 Pillars of Wealth: Mind-Sets of the World’s Richest People, by Alex Becker
Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth and Prosperity, by Dean Graziosi
Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Creating a Mass Movement of People Who Will Pay for Your Advice, by Russell Brunson
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self, by Michael Easter
Fast. Feast. Repeat.: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don’t Deny Intermittent Fasting, by Gin Stephens
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, by Jonathan Haidt
Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success, by John C. Maxwell
Why Didn’t They Teach Me This in School?: 99 Personal Money Management Principles to Live By, by Cary Siegel
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time, by Brian Tracy
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, by Nir Eyal
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, by Daniel H. Pink
Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, by T. Harv Eker
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers
This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See, by Seth Godin
The Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey
The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns, by Mohnish Pabrai
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business, by Paul Jarvis
Rich Dad Poor Dad, by Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Millionaire Next Door, by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
The Internet of Money, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Blue Ocean Strategy, by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
Million Dollar Habits, by Brian Tracy
The Magic of Awareness, by Anselm Grün
Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, by Thomas Sowell
Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck, by Jon Acuff
The 1-Page Marketing Plan, by Allan Dib
Sell or Be Sold, by Grant Cardone
The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman
The Wealthy Barber Returns, by David Chilton
Work-Life Balance, by Nigel Marsh
Google Ads Workbook, by Jason McDonald
The Illusion of Money, by Kyle Cease
Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship, by M. J. DeMarco
The Psychology of Selling, by Brian Tracy
First, Break All the Rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
The Worthy Project, by Meadow DeVor
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling
Unfair Advantage, by Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, by John C. Bogle
Elon Musk, by Ashlee Vance
If You’re Not First, You’re Last, by Grant Cardone
So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
The 12 Week Year, by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington
Raise Your Vibration, by Kyle Gray
I Will Teach You to Be Rich, by Ramit Sethi
Stories That Stick: How Storytelling Can Captivate Customers, Influence Audiences, and Transform Your Business, by Kindra Hall
Turn Your Computer into a Money Machine, by D. L. Wallace
They Said This Would Be Fun, by Eternity Martis
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo
Hustle, by Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits, and Jonas Koffler
How I Built This, by Guy Raz
Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t, by Jim Collins
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most, by Greg McKeown
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown
It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand, by Megan Devine
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness, by Tim S. Grover and Shari Wenk

2020

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones, by James Clear
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, by Jordan B. Peterson
The Choice: Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible, by Edith Eva Eger
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, by William Dalrymple
Think. Do. Say.: How to Seize Attention and Build Trust in a Busy, Busy World, by Ron Tite
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, by Sam Harris
Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back, by Gary John Bishop
The Little Book of Big Change: The No-Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit, by Amy Johnson
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem (Abridged), by Nathaniel Branden
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
(with a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson)
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues, by Pamela Paul
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, by Philip Gourevitch
Orientalism, by Edward W. Said
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir, by Samra Habib
Out of the Shadows: A Memoir, by Timea Nagy and Shannon Moroney
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School, by Bev Sellars
The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures, by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife, by Eben Alexander
Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing, by Anita Moorjani
Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body, by Martin Pistorius
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness, by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Evil: The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side, by Julia Shaw
The Story of Human Language, by John McWhorter
Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, by Max Lugavere with Paul Grewal
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, by David D. Burns
The 5 Forces That Will Make You Healthy, Fit, and Eternally Awesome, by Darin Olien
When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life, by David D. Burns
The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight, by Satchin Panda
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit and When to Stick, by Seth Godin
A Promised Land, by Barack Obama
Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead, by Laszlo Bock
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir, by Samantha Power
Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For, by Susan Rice
One Man’s Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey, by Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living, by Shauna Niequist
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: And Other Tough-Love Truths to Make You a Better Writer, by Steven Pressfield