Reading in 2019

Of all the books I read in 2019, the following deserve a mention. Did you read any of these? Or do you have some recommendations for my 2020 reading list?

  • In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto – Michael Pollan
  • Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell
  • Small Fry: A Memoir – Lisa Brennan-Jobs
  • Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigations of a Lifetime – Ron Stallworth
  • The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery – by Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile
  • Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future – Pete Buttigieg
  • Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl, Harold S. Kushner (Foreword), William J. Winslade (Afterword), Isle Lasch (Translator)
  • When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi
  • Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church – Rachel Held Evans
  • David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants – Malcolm Gladwell
  • Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis – J.D. Vance
  • I’ll Be Gone in the Dark – Michelle McNamara, Gillian Flynn (Foreword), Patton Oswalt (Afterword), Paul Haynes (Contributor), Billy Jensen (Contributor)
  • Becoming – Michelle Obama
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain
  • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption – Laura Hillenbrand

2018: Books I’ve Read

At the end of August 2018, I decided to switch off the radio shows and political podcasts and listen to some books during my commute to work.

  • The Shack – William Paul Young
  • Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived – Rob Bell
  • Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen – Christopher McDougall
  • A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership – James Comey
  • Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream – David Platt
  • Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor Noah
  • Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
  • The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis
  • The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
  • Artemis – Andy Weir
  • Die Trying – Lee Child
  • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – Anthony Bourdain