Here are all the books I’m trying to read for the year, as I get through them I’ll post a link to the review next to the book. Some I’ve read before and just want to read again. If you have any suggestions PLEASE make a comment – I’d love to hear what you think!
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt – Edmund Morris [Amazon
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller [Amazon
Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes [Amazon
Moby Dick – Herman Melville [Amazon
Of all the stuff I had to read in school I was never forced to read “Moby Dick.” Probably a good thing, I don’t I’d appreciate as much as I would now. I was blown away just from reading the first chapter and can’t wait to start this one:
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago – never mind how long precisely – having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off – then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
Sounds awesome, can’t wait!
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley – Malcolm X [Amazon
The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexander Dumas [Amazon
The Strenuous Life – Theodore Roosevelt [Amazon
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values – Robert M. Pirsig [Amazon
Self-Reliance and Other Essays – Ralph Waldo Emmerson [Amazon
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway [Amazon
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck [Amazon
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie [Amazon
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl [Amazon
The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis [Amazon
The Power of Less – Leo Babuto [Amazon
Fat Land – How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World – Greg Crister [Amazon
The Tipping Point – Malcom Gladwell [Amazon
Save the Cat – Blake Snyder [Amazon
Pour your heart into it – Howard Schultz [Amazon
Flow – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [Amazon
Crush it – Gary Vaynerchuck [Amazon
4 Hour Workweek – Tim Ferriss [Amazon
Don’t Make Me Think – Steve Krug [Amazon
Rocket Surgery Made Easy – Steve Krug [Amazon
The Total Money Makeover – Dave Ramsey [Amazon
Presentation Zen – Garr Reynolds [Amazon
Making Comics – Scott McCloud [Amazon
Good To Great – Jim Collins [Amazon
The Art of Game Design – Jesse Schell [Amazon
Free Prize Inside – Seth Godin [Amazon
The Power of Strategic Commitment – Josh Leibner [Amazon
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger [Amazon
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think – Brian Wansink [Amazon
Unity Game Development Essentials – Will Goldstone [Amazon