I Read 50 Books in 2019; And my top ten Recommendations are….
”A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…The man who never reads lives only one.” George R.R. Martin
I read a total of 50 books in 2019 surpassing my goal of 36! I read so many great books that is was difficult to narrow down to only 10 favorites, But I did it and below I have listed my top 10 books that I recommend.
To see the complete list of all 50 books that I read last year continue to scroll down the page. If you are an avid reader such as myself perhaps you’ll find some great reads for yourself for 2020. Because there were additional books I really loved but couldn’t make the top 10 I have notated those by three asterisks *** You’ll see my reading selections are all over the place from business, classics, biographies, and religion. Hopefully you’ll find something in here that peaks your interest and inspires you to pick up a book.
Or two or three…Happy Reading!
MY TOP 10 RECOMMENDED BOOKS
10.Delivering Happiness by Tony Hseih
9. 1984 by George Orwell
8. The Third Door by Alex Banyan
7. The Promise of a Pencil by Adam Braun
6. No God But One Allah or Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi
5. Chop Wood, Carry Water by Joshua Metcalf
4. Winesburg Ohio by Sherwood Anderon
3. Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
1. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 50 BOOKS I READ IN 2019
Silence in the Age of Noise-Erling Kagge ***
740 Park (The story of New York’s Richest Apartment Building)-Michael Gross
Exactly What to Say-Phil M Jones
The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters-Sam Kashmir & Nancy Schoer
Siddhartha-Herman Hesse
Tile Makes the Room-Bailey Petravic
S.M.I.L.E-Steve Rigby
The Beautiful Fall Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970’s Paris-Alicia Drak
Wabi Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets, and Philosophers-Leonard Koren
Rose My Life in Service to Lady Astor-Rosina Harrison
The Only Woman in the Room-Marie Benedict
The Bettencourt Affair: The World’s Richest Woman and the Scandal that Rock Paris-Tom Sancton
The Third Door-Alex Banyan
Bunny Mellon-Meryl Gordon
The Reason for God-Timothy Keller ***
Feck Perfuction Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life-James Victore
A Week at the Airport-Alain De Botton
Improv(e) Your Conversations-Patrick King
Walking One Step at a Time-Erling Kagge ***
Carnegie’s Maid-Marie Benedict
When I Stop Talking You’ll Know I’m Dead-Jerry Weintraub ***
The Other Einstein-Marie Benedict
Delivering Happiness-Tony Hseih
The 4:2 Formulna-Jeff Shore
Thinking Outside of the Box-Som Bathla
To Sell is Human-Daniel Pink
1984-George Orwell
Mere Christianity-C.S. Lewis
Audrey Hepburn-Barry Paris
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith
Winesburg Ohio-Sherwood Anderson
The Human Comedy-Willian Saroyan ***
Code Name Lise-Larry Loftis
Kew Gardens-Virginia Woolf
Vagabonding-Ralph Potts
The Gondola Maker-Laura Morelli
On Writing Well-William Zinsser
Stillness if the Key-Ryan Holiday
More Than a Carpenter-Josh McDowell ***
The Secrets We Kept-Lara Presott ***
Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck
Chop Wood, Carry Water-Joshua Metcalf
Arriving at Your Own Door-John Kabat Zinn
The House on Mango Street-Sandra Cisneros ***
The Promise of a Pencil-Adam Braun
No God but One Allah or Jesus-Nabeel Qureshi
Unfinished Business-Nora Roberts
Second Nature-Nora Roberts
Unfu*k Yourself-Gary John Bishop
Unashamed-Francine Rivers ***