Wednesday, December 31, 2008

2009 Reading List

I like to read. I read a bunch in 2008 and I want to continue that in 2009. Several of the books that I read this year were off the cuff. I didn't plan on reading them but I would pick them up at airports or borrow them from others. I'm going to take a different approach this year and make a list to stick to.

This list runs the gamut. Fiction, Non-Fiction, Literature, Biographies, Inspiration and a few classics...36 in total, average of 3 a month...

I have a few already but still need to get a bunch...If you want to hook a brother up with a gift or let him borrow one, that would be swell...

And in the spirit of the upcoming Inaguation, I'm going to start off 2009 with Nixonland and Audacity of Hope.

1. Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
2. Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
3. Einstein – Walter Isaacson
4. Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama (On the Shelf)
5. Getting Things Done – David Allen (On the Shelf)
6. Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
7. Good To Great – Jim Collins
8. Crazy Love – Francis Chan (On the Shelf)
9. The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the Whitehouse – Nancy Gibbs
10. The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
11. Hot, Flat and Crowded – Thomas Friedman
12. Screwtape Letters – CS Lewis
13. Same Kind of Different as Me – Ron Hall
14. Lions of Lucerne – Brad Thor
15. State of the Union – Brad Thor
16. Take Down – Brad Thor
17. Blow Back – Brad Thor
18. The Apostle – Brad Thor
19. Depression Economics – Paul Krugman
20. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith – Rob Bell
21. Machine that Changed the World: The Story of Lean Manufacturing – James Womack (On the Shelf)
22. Through Painted Deserts – Donald Miller
23. The Paths We Choose – Sully Erna
24. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time – Greg Mortenson
25. The Man Who Owns the News – Rupert Murdoch
26. Hemingway on Fishing – Ernest Hemingway (On the Shelf)
27. The Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger (On the Shelf)
28. 1984 – George Orwell
29. The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
30. On the Road – Jack Kerouac
31. A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir – Donald Worster
32. The Working Poor: Invisible in America - David K. Shipler
33. Servant Leader – Ken Blanchard
34. Flight of Passage: A Memoir – Rinker Buck (On the Shelf)
35. Turnaround: How Carlos Ghosn Rescued Nissan – David Magee
36. The Wisdom of Listening – Mark Brady

3 comments:

Wes said...

You should read Daniel Tammet's Born On A Blue Day.....or his new one coming out called Embracing The Wide Sky. Mindblowing stuff....especially the new one.

or if lazy, just watch the 5 part youtube video Discovery Channel did on him.

Anonymous said...

This looks like a fantastic list! I really look forward to hearing what you think about them. I may pick up some on your list this year, too (some are already on there!).

Brownman said...

Thats a lot of books bro...Not sure If I have read that many total outside of school....