Books I read in 2018

According to Goodreads, this year I read 9,544 pages across 28 books and that is down from the 38 books I read in 2017.

This year I wasn’t consistent in my reading. I would read everyday for a few months, then skip a month, then come back. I think a big reason for that was because I rode my bicycle more than ever after work and I was just ready for bed, so I would skip reading.

Either way I’m excited to share my list below on the ones I completed this year. It was a decent mixture of business, classics, and fiction. These are not rated or ranked, but are only books I finished so, in my opinion, they are good. At least good enough to keep me engaged and entertained.

Business / Work

• The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford
• It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and DHH
• Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and DHH
• Finding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• How To Fight a Hydra by Josh Kaufman
• Profit First by  Mike Michalowicz
• The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris. This one is really showing it’s age.
• Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

Personal Finance

• The Simple Path to Wealth by J L Collins
• The Bogleheads’ Guide to Retirement Planning by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Richard A. Ferri, Laura F. Dogu
• The White Coat Investor by James M. Dahle, MD. This one is written for Doctors but much of the advice can be applied to software developers.

Modern Fiction

• Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
• Artemis by Andy Weir
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. This one is massive but good, I plan to finish this series in 2019.
• We are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor. Surprisingly fun.
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. First part great. Second part meh.

Classics

• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. One of my childhood favorites!
• Lord of the Flies by Wiliam Golding
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Others

• The Revenge of Analog by David Sax
• The Arrival by Shaun Tan
• Epic: The Story God is Telling by John Eldridge
• A Higher Loyalty by James Comey.
• Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
• Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn