I’ve always been an advocate of lifelong learning. Ever since I’ve graduated from college, I’ve used reading as my source of education, for all aspects of life. Here’s the list of books I’ve read since matriculation.
Sorted in alphabetical order by last name, per year.
Last Updated: 1/24/22
Favorite Books of All Time
2021
- Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do for Us by Pete Etchells
- The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by W. Timothy Gallwey
- Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness by Tim S. Grover
- Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy
- Unf–k Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11797475-off-balance by Matthew Kelly
- Good Luck Have Fun: The Rise of eSports by Roland Li
- The Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen
- Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World by Michael Pollan
- Happy Is the New Healthy: 31 Ways to Relax, Let Go, and Enjoy Life NOW! by David Romanelli
- Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art by Andrew Schartmann
- Thicker Than Water by Tyler Shultz
- The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: Guidance on the Path to Mindfulness from a Spiritual Leader by Haemin Sunim
2020
- Zen Habits – Handbook for Life by Leo Babauta
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
- Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
- Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- How to Build Meaningful Relationships through Conversations by Carol Ann Llyod
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier
- The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success by Bob Sullivan
- Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
- Born to Win: Find Your Success Code by Zig Ziglat
2019
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Code Complete by Steve McConnell
- The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon
- The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath
- How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price
2018
- 2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron
- The Invisible Game: Mindset of a Winning Team by Zoltan Andrejkovics
- Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
- Team Ben: A Year as a Professional Gamer by Christopher K. Fabiszak
- Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book by Tim Grahl
- The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
- Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content by Ann Handley
- Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
- The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal
- Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina
- Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
2017
- So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister by Anna Akana
- Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
- Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality by Henry Cloud
- There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love by Kelsey Crowe
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee
- The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley
- The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone
- How to Be Black by Baratunde R. Thurston
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
- If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
- Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech by Sara Wachter-Boettcher
2016
- Elite Minds: Creating the Competitive Advantage by Stan Beecham
- God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours by Regina Brett
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by James C. Collins
- Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
- Going Solo by Roald Dahl
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker
- Poke the Box by Seth Godin
- The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
- Brainstorm: Unleashing Your Creative Self by Don Hahn
- The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus: How to Get Big Things Done in YOUR “Workshop”…All Year Long by Eric Harvey
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andy Hunt
- Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking by Tim Hurson
- How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design by Katherine Isbister
- The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die by John Izzo
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking by Mikael Krogerus
- The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms by Vishen Lakhiani
- Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman
- Code by Charles Petzold
- Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz
- Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz
- On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
- How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh
- Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual by John Z. Sonmez
- The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling
- The Will to Keep Winning by Daigo Umehara
- Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most by Hendrie Weisinger
2015
- How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler
- A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull
- HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites by John Duckett
- Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Jeff Gothelf
- Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover
- Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success by Edward Guiness
- Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real by The Imagineers
- The Unwritten Laws of Engineering by W.J. King
- Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
- The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact by Edmond Lau
- Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It by Ian Leslie
- The Philosophy of Albert Einstein by Walt Martin
- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
- The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man by Brett McKay
- Above the Fold by Brian D. Miller
- Starting Point: 1979-1996 by Hayao Miyazaki
- Turning Point: 1997-2008 by Hayao Miyazaki
- Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job by John Mongan
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
- My Fight / Your Fight by Ronda Rousey
- Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination by J.K. Rowling
- Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin
- Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
- What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey
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