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Brian Miller
January 14, 2020

Reading Log 2019 : Top 5

Brian Miller
January 14, 2020
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As always, my goal for the year was 30 books. I finished with 34.

My Top Five Recommendations from the Year, in no particular order:

5.  On Mental Toughness, by Harvard Business Review

4.  Why Courage Matters : The Way to a Braver Life, by John McCain

3.  When: the Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, by Daniel Pink

2.  Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens

1.  Get Out There : Normalize Greatness

Honorable Mentions:

  • The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch

  • Disconnected: How to Reconnect our Digitally Distracted Kids, by Thomas Kersting

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Reading Log 2018
  • Non-Fiction 8
    • Feb 5, 2019 Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions that Matter the Most, by Steven Johnson
    • Mar 28, 2019 Good to Great, by Jim Collins
    • May 14, 2019 The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
    • Aug 13, 2019 My Father Gave Me Ireland, by Michael Brendan Dougherty
    • Sep 18, 2019 The Art of Gathering: How we Meet and Why it Matters, by Priya Parker
    • Oct 7, 2019 Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, by Richard Thaler
    • Nov 18, 2019 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
    • Dec 20, 2019 On Mental Toughness, by Harvard Business Review
  • Non-Fiction : Education 7
    • Feb 19, 2019 Disconnected: How to Reconnect our Digitally Distracted Kids, by Thomas Kersting
    • Feb 26, 2019 Creativity, INC. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull
    • Mar 1, 2019 Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto
    • May 8, 2019 Real Talk for Real Teachers, by Rafe Esquith
    • Jul 5, 2019 Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, by Daniel Goleman
    • Aug 3, 2019 When: the Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, by Daniel Pink
    • Aug 26, 2019 Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education, by Ken Robinson
  • Fiction 6
    • Apr 8, 2019 The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
    • Jul 19, 2019 The High Mountains of Portugal, by Yann Martel
    • Sep 6, 2019 Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
    • Sep 20, 2019 Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
    • Oct 2, 2019 Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson
    • Nov 19, 2019 The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
  • Non-Fiction : Adventure 6
    • Jan 10, 2019 The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, by Rinker Buck
    • Mar 16, 2019 Get Out There : Normalize Greatness
    • Apr 24, 2019 Natural Born Heros: Christopher McDougall
    • May 24, 2019 What Doesn't Kill Us, by Scott Carney
    • Jul 31, 2019 Indian Creek Chronicles, by Pete Fromm
    • Dec 10, 2019 Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Journey, by Alfred Lansing
  • Non-Fiction : Character 5
    • Jan 16, 2019 Why Courage Matters : The Way to a Braver Life, by John McCain
    • Jun 12, 2019 The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road, by Finn Murphy
    • Oct 18, 2019 An Invisible Thread, by Laura Schroff
    • Nov 22, 2019 The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch
    • Dec 6, 2019 The Prodigal God, by Timothy Keller
  • Books I read with my kids 2
    • Mar 20, 2019 Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
    • Nov 6, 2019 Pax, by Jon Klassen

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