Reading List 2020

I’m not usually one who picks what books he’s going to read in advance. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve really tried at times – making long and elaborate plans for what I’m going to read next.

But, by the time I finish the first book in the plan, I usually decide to read something else – and the plan goes forgotten.

However, I think a reading list can be valuable as a constant reference through the year – for when I am trying to decide what to read. I think it’s more flexible than a reading plan – but still gives me some of the benefits.

And so, here is the initial list of books I want to read in 2020 (not in order):

Non-fiction.

• Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley
• Indistractable by Nir Eyal
• High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard
• When Breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi
• The Elements of Legal Style by Bryan A. Garner
• Improve your handwriting by Rosemary Sassoon and Gunnlaugur se Briem
• Tuxedo Park by Jennet Conant
• Win your case by Gerry Spence
• The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger

Fiction

• Full throttle by Joe Hill
• The Stand by Stephen King
• Ender’s game by Orson Scott Card
• Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Red seas under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
• What makes Sammy run? By Budd Schulberg
• Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

That’s twenty books in total, so even if I go off course a bit, I should still be able to finish them before the year ends.

These are the books that have been sitting on my shelves, that I feel bad for putting off reading. I should be able to get through them all this year, and will do Monthly reading posts to add books and provide updates on what I’ve read.