Each year I log my reads manually and post them here, and I track author’s gender and race (to the best of my knowledge) to measure how I’m choosing my influences through books.
Of the 38 authors I read this past year, 27 were white men, 8 white women, 2 men of color, and 1 woman or color. I did not make a point to read books by diverse authors this past year, and the result is both embarrassing and enlightening.
My favorites reads and those that had the most impact on me are in bold.
Nonfiction
The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuck
Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuck
Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuck
Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Deep Work by Cal Newport
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Die With Zero by Bill Perkins
Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark
Disney’s Land by Richard Snow
The Disney Revolt by Jake S Friedman
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Art Matters by Neil Gaiman
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
Drive by Daniel Pink
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Setting the Table by Danny Meyer
Outlive by Peter Attia
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
Built to Move by Kelly Starret and Juliet Starret
Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly
Good to Great by Jim Collins
10% Happier by Dan Harris
Incognito by David Eagleman
The Board of Directors by Marianne Jennings
The 80/20 Principle and 92 other Powerful Laws of Nature by Richard Koch
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder by Chip Conley
Fiction
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Star Wars: The Weapon of a Jedi by Jason Fry
Star Wars Inqusitor: Rise of the Red Blade by Delilah Dawson
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn
Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White
The One and Only Ivan by by Katherine Applegate
The Making of another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
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