What I’m reading…
I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see us reading, then we learn, we exercise our imaginations. We show others that reading is a good thing.
Neil Gaiman (Source)
My focus on reading is to make better choices. I’m looking at what smart people are reading and taking direction from them. Instead of being distracted by new books I’m focusing on important books that I’ve overlooked and books I’ve bought but never read.
I’m also reviewing my reading at the start of every month and trying my best to stick to my plan of what I want/need to read.
2019 was the first year that I created a ‘re-reading list’ – a list of books that have had such a great impact on me that I’ll be revisiting. I’ve included my re-reading list for 2021 on this page.
What you’ll find here is books I’ve read or that I’m currently reading. I’m not going to recommend a book to you that I haven’t read. Oh, and you can join me on Goodreads ( where you can find out what I’m currently reading and read my book reviews).
Currently reading…
You should be extending your stay among writers whose genius is unquestionable.
Seneca – Letter II
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Theme for 2021…the biography!
- Churchill by Andrew Roberts
- Einstein by Water Isaacson
- Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
- Grant and Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- Indira by Katherine Frank
- Mandela by Anthony Simpson
- Obama – A promised Land
- Tolstoy by Rosamund Bartlett
2021 re-reads [/r]
…if at any moment you find yourself wanting a change from a particular author, go back to the ones you have read before.
Seneca – Letter II
- The war of art by Steven Pressfield
- Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman [/r]
- The four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday [/r]
- The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday [/r]
- Stillness is the key by Ryan Holiday [/r]
- Man’s search for meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now by Jaron Lanier
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- The family board meeting by Jim Sheils
- Big fish by Daniel Wallace
- The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by Charlie Mackesy [/r]
- The road by Cormac McCarthy [/r]
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- How to be a friend by Marcus Tullius Cicero [/r]
- In praise of wasting time by Alan Lightman [/r]
- When breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi
Daily reading and journals…
- The daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
- The daily Stoic journal by Ryan Holiday
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
- A calendar of wisdom by Leo Tolstoy
- Discourses and selected writings by Epictetus
Read in 2021…
- No time like the future by Michael J. Fox
- A man in full by Tim Wolfe
- Together is better by Simon Sinek [/r]
- The wind-up bird chronicle by Haruki Murakami
- Working identity by Herminia Ibarra
- Leadership in war by Andrew Roberts
- The advantage by Patrick Lencioni
- In cold blood by Truman Capote
- They ask, you answer by Marcus Sheridan [/r]
- The visual sale by Marcus Sheridan
- Authentic happiness by Martin Seligman
- The boy who would be king by Ryan Holiday
- Factfulness by Hans Rosling
- Think again by Adam Grant
- Eleanor Roosevelt: In her words by Nancy Woloch
- How I learned to understand the world by Hans Rosling
- Deep work by Cal Newport
- After dark by Haruki Murakami
- High fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Stillness is the key by Ryan Holiday [/r]
- The obstacle is the way by Ryan Holiday [/r]
- Networking is not working by Derek Coburn [/r]
- The biggest bluff by Maria Konnikova
- Tuesdays with morrie by Mitch Albom
- Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday [/r]
- Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami
- The road by Cormac McCarthy [/r]
- The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
- Do the work by Steven Pressfield
- The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by Charlie Mackesy [/r]
- In praise of wasting time by Alan Lightman [/r]
- How to do nothing by Jenny Odell
- The comfort book by Matt Haig
- The summer book by Tove Jansson