I read a lot in 2017. Everything ranging from non-fiction, biographies, Buddhist texts, sprinkled in with a bit of fiction. Some of them I didn’t finish or wasn’t that excited about, so I won’t include those.
Here are some of my favorites.
- The Alchemist
- Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
- METAMORPHOSIS
- Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
- Origin: A Novel
- How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
- Free Will by Sam Harris
- Leonardo da Vinci
- The Internet of Money
- The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
- Sapiens
- Homo Deus
- Principles: Life and Work
- Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude
- Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Live (while this is directed towards women, much of the information can be applied broadly and was a very eye opening read)
- The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology
- Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Children
- The Power of Myth
- The Case Against Sugar
- The Oxygen Advantage: The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter You
- What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
- When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
- The Devotion Of Suspect X (this is a best selling mystery-thriller by a well known Japanese writer. Must read!)
- Slaughterhouse Five
- The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
- How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft’s Cult of the Puzzle – How the World’s Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers
- The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5
Enjoy!
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