2012 in Books: 60 Books Read This Year
Looking back at my 2012 year, I realized that I completed 60 books in those 12 months. I do love to read, but I didn't realize I read that many books this year (and I have to admit, I am proud of myself). I thought I would share my top five reads in each of three categories. The links are to my reviews on Goodreads.Business books (or, what I consider books that I can apply to my business):
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
- Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
- The Sketchnote Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking by Mike Rohde
- The tasti D-lite Way: Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave by BJ Emerson
Other non-fiction books:
- Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEAL's Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him by Eric Blehm
- Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III
- The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
- Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia by Edward Humes
Fiction books:
- Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
- Canada by Richard Ford
- Maine by Courtney J. Sullivan
- A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
If you follow me over on Goodreads, you can keep up with the books as I read them. I am thinking I will set a goal for 75 books read in 2013.