261 books and counting
I read widely and across formats — Kindle for highlighting, Audible for walks and drives, Libby for the joy of borrowing from the library, and physical books for everything else. This is a running list of what I've read and what's on my shelves, organized by the themes that keep pulling me back: how to lead well, how to be a better parent, how to think more clearly, and how to live with more intention. It's not ranked or reviewed — just an honest record of the books that have shaped how I think about work, family, faith, and life.
The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky
Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy
1Q84Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleHaruki Murakami
Killing CommendatoreHaruki Murakami
After the QuakeHaruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep ChaseHaruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldHaruki Murakami
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
FrankensteinMary Shelley
Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe
A Passage to IndiaE.M. Forster
Heat and DustRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Half a LifeV.S. Naipaul
The Turn of the ScrewHenry James
SilenceShusaku Endo
NightElie Wiesel
ManazuruHiromi Kawakami
A ManKeiichiro Hirano
Theo of Golden: A NovelAllen Levi
The Last UnicornPeter S. Beagle
SurvivorChuck Palahniuk
World War ZMax Brooks
Red RisingPierce Brown
WoolHugh Howey
The Bear and the DragonTom Clancy
Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin
CentennialJames A. Michener
Tears of the GiraffeAlexander McCall Smith
Morality for Beautiful GirlsAlexander McCall Smith
The Kalahari Typing School for MenAlexander McCall Smith
The Journeys of SocratesDan Millman
World of WondersAimee Nezhukumatathil
Pilgrim at Tinker CreekAnnie Dillard
ConsolationsDavid Whyte
Crossing the Unknown SeaDavid Whyte
Everything Is Waiting for YouDavid Whyte
The Bell and the BlackbirdDavid Whyte
The Best American Essays 2003Anne Fadiman (ed.)
The Best American Essays 2006Lauren Slater (ed.)
The Penguin Book of Modern Short StoriesMalcolm Bradbury (ed.)
On Writing WellWilliam Zinsser
Writing Down the BonesNatalie Goldberg
The Power of Writing It DownAllison Fallon
How to Write a Book: An 11-Step ProcessScott Allan
The Creative ActRick Rubin
The Artist's WayJulia Cameron
Daily RitualsMason Currey
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You ThinkBrianna Wiest
My Ideal BookshelfThessaly La Force (ed.)
The Landscapes of Anne of Green GablesCatherine Reid
Obviously AwesomeApril Dunford
Sales PitchApril Dunford
Courageous MarketingDes Cahill
dot: Rory Sutherland: Thinking like a marketing geniusRory Sutherland
AlchemyRory Sutherland
This Is MarketingSeth Godin
Permission MarketingSeth Godin
LinchpinSeth Godin
This Is StrategySeth Godin
The 22 Immutable Laws of MarketingAl Ries & Jack Trout
Hello, My Name Is AwesomeAlexandra Watkins
What Great Brands DoDenise Lee Yohn
Building a StoryBrandDonald Miller
Business Made SimpleDonald Miller
The Lean StartupEric Ries
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
The Ride of a LifetimeRobert Iger
No Rules RulesReed Hastings & Erin Meyer
The Challenger SaleMatthew Dixon & Brent Adamson
The Revenue Operations ManualSean Lane & Laura Adint
How to Build Relationships and Get Job Offers Using LinkedInJosh Turner
Your Move: The Underdog's Guide to Building Your BusinessRamit Sethi
The End of JobsTaylor Pearson
The Personal MBAJosh Kaufman
The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni
The Ideal Team PlayerPatrick Lencioni
The 6 Types of Working GeniusPatrick M. Lencioni
Radical CandorKim Scott
The Infinite GameSimon Sinek
Impact PlayersLiz Wiseman
Leadership and Self-DeceptionThe Arbinger Institute
The Go-GiverBob Burg & John Mann
Unreasonable HospitalityWill Guidara
Know What You're FORJeff Henderson
Permission to Speak FreelyMatt Kincaid & Doug Crandall
The AI-Driven LeaderGeoff Woods
Co-IntelligenceEthan Mollick
The Captain ClassSam Walker
Work InspiredAron Ain
Reinventing OrganizationsFrederic Laloux
The Perfect StoryKaren Eber
Atomic HabitsJames Clear
The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel
The Art of Spending MoneyMorgan Housel
Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday
The Daily StoicRyan Holiday
Stillness Is the KeyRyan Holiday
Discipline Is DestinyRyan Holiday
Right Thing, Right NowRyan Holiday
Wisdom Takes WorkRyan Holiday
A Handbook for New StoicsGregory Lopez & Massimo Pigliucci
The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz
Immunity to ChangeRobert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey
Think AgainAdam Grant
Give and TakeAdam Grant
Clear ThinkingShane Parrish
The Great Mental Models Volume 2Shane Parrish
Noise: A Flaw in Human JudgmentDaniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony & Cass R. Sunstein
Talking to StrangersMalcolm Gladwell
SupercommunicatorsCharles Duhigg
How to Know a PersonDavid Brooks
CharacterDavid Brooks
Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
Superhuman Social SkillsTynan
How to Listen with IntentionPatrick King
The GameNeil Strauss
The Examined LifeStephen Grosz
Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneLori Gottlieb
Don't Believe Everything You ThinkJoseph Nguyen
The Mountain is YouBrianna Wiest
The Pivot YearBrianna Wiest
Imposter No MoreJill Stoddard
I Don't Want to Talk About ItTerrence Real
You Are the One You've Been Waiting ForRichard Schwartz
Black Box ThinkingMatthew Syed
Notes on Being a ManScott Galloway
The AntidoteOliver Burkeman
The Thomas Sowell ReaderThomas Sowell
The Velveteen PrinciplesToni Raiten-D'Antonio
The Intellectual DevotionalKidder & Oppenheim
What's Best NextMatt Perman
EssentialismGreg McKeown
Digital MinimalismCal Newport
IndistractableNir Eyal
Superhuman by HabitTynan
Thinker vs DoerDavid Henzel
Digital Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & ExamplesDavid Kadavy
Building a Second BrainTiago Forte
The PARA MethodTiago Forte
The Organized MindDaniel J. Levitin
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect TimingDaniel H. Pink
DriveDaniel H. Pink
Organize Tomorrow TodayJason Selk
The 5AM ClubRobin Sharma
The Willpower InstinctKelly McGonigal
The Slight EdgeJeff Olson & John David Mann
Get SmartBrian Tracy
SoundtracksJon Acuff
Your Best Year EverMichael Hyatt
The Good Enough JobSimone Stolzoff
Goodbye, ThingsFumio Sasaki
NiksenOlga Mecking
The Hunger HabitJudson Brewer
Scarcity BrainMichael Easter
Peace Is Every StepThich Nhat Hanh
Getting UnstuckPema Chödrön
When Things Fall ApartPema Chödrön
The Pema Chödrön Audio CollectionPema Chödrön
How We Live Is How We DiePema Chödrön
The Places That Scare YouPema Chödrön
The Surrender ExperimentMichael A. Singer
Everything BelongsRichard Rohr
The Great Themes of Scripture: New TestamentRohr & Martos
On the Brink of EverythingParker J. Palmer
Let Your Life SpeakParker J. Palmer
The Way of the HeartHenri J.M. Nouwen
The Anatomy of PeaceThe Arbinger Institute
Living FearlessJamie Winship
Mere ChristianityC. S. Lewis
The Screwtape LettersC.S. Lewis
The Great DivorceC.S. Lewis
The Problem of PainC.S. Lewis
MiraclesC.S. Lewis
Studies in WordsC.S. Lewis
New Morning MerciesPaul David Tripp
Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to MakePaul David Tripp
Lost in the Middle: MidLife and the Grace of GodPaul David Tripp
How People ChangeTimothy Lane & Paul David Tripp
E.M. Bounds on PrayerE.M. Bounds
Future GraceJohn Piper
The Safest Place on EarthLarry Crabb
SoultalkLarry Crabb
The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the BibleDave Earley
Twelve Ordinary MenJohn MacArthur
The Mind of the MakerDorothy L. Sayers
Practicing His PresenceBrother Lawrence & Frank Laubach
How Now Shall We Live?Charles Colson
Amazing GraceEric Metaxas
The Way of the LordN.T. Wright
Rich Mullins: His Life and LegacyJames Bryan Smith
Sacred MarriageGary Thomas
CherishGary Thomas
The Christian HusbandBob Lepine
Living into CommunityChristine Pohl
Cure for the Common LifeMax Lucado
The I FactorVan Moody
Unstoppable: 4 Steps to Transform Your LifeNick Vujicic
The Self-Driven ChildWilliam Stixrud & Ned Johnson
Strong Fathers, Strong DaughtersMeg Meeker
Simplicity ParentingKim John Payne
Punished by RewardsAlfie Kohn
Growing Without Schooling Volume 1John Holt
How to Raise an AdultJulie Lythcott-Haims
How to Raise a Healthy GamerAlok Kanojia
Siblings Without RivalryAdele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Fourteen Talks by Age FourteenMichelle Icard
The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt
Good InsideBecky Kennedy
Why Will No One Play with Me?Caroline Maguire & Teresa Barker
The Price You Pay for CollegeRon Lieber
The 5 Love LanguagesGary Chapman
It. Goes. So. Fast.Mary Louise Kelly
Math MindShalinee Sharma
10x Is Easier Than 2xDan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Do Hard ThingsSteve Magness
EndureAlex Hutchinson
It Takes What It TakesTrevor Moawad & Andy Staples
Leveling UpRyan Leak
UntetheredDoug Bolton Ph.D.
What Got You Here Won't Get You ThereMarshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter
No EgoCy Wakeman
Necessary EndingsHenry Cloud
The Monk Who Sold His FerrariRobin Sharma
The Leader Who Had No TitleRobin Sharma
Success One Day at a TimeJohn Maxwell
Choose Yourself: Guide to WealthJames Altucher
The Power of NoJames Altucher & Claudia Azula Altucher
Build the Life You WantArthur C. Brooks & Oprah Winfrey
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to BePaul Arden
Wisdom @ Work: The Making of a Modern ElderChip Conley
When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi
GreenlightsMatthew McConaughey
Scar TissueAnthony Kiedis
American PrometheusKai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
The Great BridgeDavid McCullough
Lawrence in ArabiaScott Anderson
Finding UltraRich Roll
Good for a GirlLauren Fleshman
Choosing to RunDes Linden & Bonnie D. Ford
Unreliable NarratorAparna Nancherla
On the EdgeNate Silver
The 4-Hour BodyTimothy Ferriss
The Fresh 20 Paleo Meal PlansMelissa Lanz
Shareholder YieldMeb Faber
Global ValueMeb Faber
Invest With The HouseMeb Faber
Global Asset AllocationMeb Faber
The Algebra of WealthScott Galloway
The RepublicPlato (Allan Bloom translation)
The PoliticsAristotle
The Basic Works of AristotleAristotle
The Monocle Book of Gentle LivingTyler Brûlé et al.
The Monocle CompanionTyler Brûlé et al.
Schoolhouse BurningDerek W. Black
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse DoorJack Schneider & Jennifer Berkshire
The Superintendent as CEOHoyle, Björk, Collier & Glass
Bad CompanyMegan Greenwell
These are the PlunderersGretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner