My goal in 2016 was to read 50 books and I accomplished that by making it through a total of 59 books. I’ve decided to keep a running list of books I read, so I’ll think of this as my virtual bookshelf. If you have any comments or recommendations please reach out to me on twitter @TheBrianDeBelle Or join me on Goodreads.
2020 Books
- Originals by Adam M. Grant
- Everyone Deserves A Great Manager by Scott Jeffery Miller
- Own The Day, Own Your Life by Aubrey Marcus
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink
2019 Books
- Along Came A Spider (Alex Cross 1) by James Patterson
- Kiss The Girls by (Alex Cross 2) James Patterson
- The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by Michio Kaku
- Without Remorse (Jack Ryan book 1) by Tom Clancy
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- Crushing it by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler
- Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly
- Critical Failures by Robert Bevan
- Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
- Jack & Jill (Alex Cross 3) by James Patterson
- Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America’s Kings of Beer by William Knoedelseder
- Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More by Morten Hansen
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The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
- Messing with the Enemy by Clint Watts
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Who: The A Method For Hiring by Geoff Smart & Randy Street
- Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go by Beverly Kaye & Julie Winkle Giulioni
- Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Cat and Mouse (Alex Cross 4) by James Patterson
- I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
- The Sawbones Book: The Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern Medicine by Justin McElroy and Sydnee McElroy
- The Name of The Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle 1) by Patrick Rothfuss
- Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle
- Just Do It: The Nike Spirit in the Corporate World by Donald Katz
- The Wise Man’s Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle 2) by Patrick Rothfuss
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
- Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things (Kingkiller Chronicle 2.5) by Patrick Rothfuss
- Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
- Billion Dollar Whale by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
- Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
- The Last Wish (Witcher #0.5) by Andrzej Sapkowski
- Sword of Destiny (Witcher #0.75) by Andrzej Sapkowski
- Blood of Elves (Witcher #1) by Andrzej Sapkowski
- Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin
- The Stand by Stephen King
- The Time of Contempt (Witcher #2) by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Rescue by Steven Konkoly
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
- Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop
- Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas
2018 Books
- The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower 7) by Stephen King
- You Need a Budget by Jesse Mecham
- IT by Stephen King
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
- The Way of Kings (Book One of the Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson
- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
- Words of Radiance (Book Two of the Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson
- Edgedancer (Book 2.5 of the Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson
- Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
- The Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
- Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
- Oathbringer (Book 3 of the Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson
- American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Be Different: How to Be the Change in a Toxic Workplace by Dianna Booher / Larry Iverson
- Days of Rage: America’s Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough
- Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez
- Directorate S by Steve Coll
- The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
2017 Books
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Off To Be The Wizard (Magic 2.0 book 1) by Scott Meyer
- The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
- You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
- Spell or High Water (Magic 2.0 book 2) by Scott Meyer
- An Unwelcome Quest (Magic 2.0 book 3) by Scott Meyer
- The Alliance: Managing Talent In the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, Chris Yeh
- My Year of Running Dangerously by Tom Foreman
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
- Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
- CyberStorm by Matthew Mather
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower 1) by Stephen King (second time)
- Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
- The Drawing of The Three (The Dark Tower 2) by Stephen King
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
- Good To Great by Jim Collins
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
- The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
- The Great Courses: Critical Business Skills for Success by Various Lecturers
- Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
- The Phantom of The Opera by Gaston Leroux
- Armada by Ernest Cline
- The Likeness by Tana French
- The 4 Hour Body (Abridged Audiobook Version) by Timothy Ferriss
- The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower 3) by Stephen King
- Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic 1) by Drew Karpyshyn
- Catalyst: A Rouge One Novel by James Luceno
- Aftermath: Star Wars (Aftermath Book 1) by Chuck Wendig
- Lords of the Sith: Star Wars by Paul S. Kemp
- Heir to the Jedi: Star Wars by Kevin Hearne
- Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- Tarkin by James Luceno
- Drive by Daniel H. Pink
- The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
- Becoming the Boss by Lindsey Pollak
- The Hands Off Manager by Steve Chandler
- Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History’s Most Iconic Extinct Creatures by Ben Mezrich
- How to Win Friends and Influence People (In the Digital Age) by Dale Carnegie
- The Richest Man In Babylon by George S. Clason
- The $100 Startup By Chris Guillebeau
- Essentialism by Greg Mckeown
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- The Eye of The World (The Wheel of Time Book 1) by Robert Jordan
- You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
- Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower 4) by Stephen King
- The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower 4.5) by Stephen King
- Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower 5) by Stephen King
- Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower 6) by Stephen King
2016 Books
- Do Over by Jon Acuff
- The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
- The Everything Store by Brad Stone
- The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
- The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
- The Hedge Knight by George RR Martin
- The Wonderful Wizard of OZ by L. Frank Baum
- A Clash Of Kings by George RR Martin (reading for my second time)
- The Shadow over Innsmouth by HP Lovecraft
- A Storm Of Swords by George RR Martin (reading for my second time)
- The Boron Letters by Gary C. Halbert
- The Great Gatsby by F Scotts Fitzgerald
- A Feast For Crows by George RR Martin (reading for my second time)
- A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin (reading for my second time)
- Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins
- How Google Works by Eric Schmidt & Johnathan Rosenberg
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- #AskGaryVee by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton
- Year Zero by Rob Reid
- How to Win at the Sport of Business by Mark Cuban
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Purple Cow by Seth Godin
- The Gunslinger by Stephen King
- In The Woods by Tana French
- What If? by Randall Munroe
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown
- Necrinomicon by H.P. Lovecraft
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek
- Golden Son by Pierce Brown
- Morning Star by Pierce Brown
- Einstein by Walter Isaacson
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
- Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling
- Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- American Prometheus by Kai Bird, Martin J Sherwin
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
- Star Wars: Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
- Star Wars: The Last Command by Timothy Zahn
- Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon