What I read in 2024
In 2024 I had the goal of reading more books. I set out to read one book per month, I did not read 12 books last year but I did read “more” than I have in the last few years (besides an infinite number of children’s books) so I still see it as a win.
And in case you are looking for some books to read, here is what I read last year, organized by genre/topic. I put asterisks next to the books I particularly enjoyed and think you would too.
“Pop” Psychology/a pretty easy read
all about love by bell hooks
* The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
The Grieving Brain by Mary: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss - Frances O’Connor
Deep-dive Psychology
The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions by Jaak Panksepp and Lucy Biven
Trauma and the Soul: A psycho-spiritual approach to human development and its interruption by Donald Kalshed
Quick/Smart/Entertaining Reads
*The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
*The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon
For My Entrepreneur Friends (still interesting to anyone)
*Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depends On It by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz
Books Recommended to me in 2025
The Beartown book series by Fredrick Backman
The Umbrella Maker’s Son: A Novel of WWII by Tod Lending
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Start With Why by Simon Sinek
The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman
Happy Reading!
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