books in 2023
One of my goal for 2023 is to read more books. I am an average reader at best (as per my old kindle & pocket stats).
This year I am carrying my kindle wherever possible and also consciously nudging myself to read more books using streaks app on iOS.
Anyway, here is a list of all the titles that I have read this year or I am currently reading. I will eventually create a separate page of all book recommendations & a link to my goodreads profile. Till then here is my partially updated goodreads profile
Last Updated On: Tue Sep 19 15:52:52 IST 2023
- Updates:
July: progress is a little stalled now. I have picked up too many books and lost context on many of these. I will be better next month
August: Got distracted by some good old articles, so spent a good enough time reading but no progress in books
September: Things are going good. Maintaining good pace
Read Link to heading
- How to become a writer - Ruskin Bond - 4.5/5
- So good they can’t ignore you - Cal Newport - 5/5
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years - What I Learned While Editing My Life - Donald Miller - 4/5
- Stealing the Corner Office: The Winning Career Strategies They’ll Never teach you in B-school - Brendan Reid - 5/5
- The Education of Yuri - Jerry Pinto - 4/5
- The Criminals of Kathmandu (Adventures of Feluda) - Satyajit Ray - 5/5
- In Praise of Shadows - Junichiro Tanizaki - 3.5/5
- How to Live - Derek Sivers - 5/5 : Strongly Recommended
- Sum: Tales from the afterlives - David Eagleman - 4.5/5 - a little trippy
- The extraordinary life of Sam Hell - 3/5
- Let’s talk money - Monika Halan - 5/5 (highly recommend it for personal finance in India)
- Catcher in the Rye - 5/5 (always a good read for me, must read it every decade)
- The four commandments - 3/5 (This is a great book for some, but I had read a lot of it before in some other form)
- Steal like an artist - 4/5 (a page turner, one sitting book, insightful)
- Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life - 5/5 (I don’t think I will ever rate anything by Taleb less than 5)
Currently Reading Link to heading
- On Writing Well - William Zinsser - on hold
- How to be an Adult - David Richo - on hold
- The Three Body Problem - on hold
- Designing Your Life: Build the Perfect Career, Step by Step - on hold
- Money Wise: Timeless Lessons on Building Wealth - on hold
- Goat Days - active
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