Books Read in 2017

A little late, normally I try to post my books read in the last year, within the first week of the New Year. The good news is, I’ve been very purposefully busy in getting ready for what will be one of my best years ever. Bold books are ones I would rate very high, like a 4-5 at Good Reads and 4-5 on Amazon Reviews. I either could not put it down or I took a lot from the book and applied it to my life and business.

Two things I learned from the list; I need more adventure books in my life and maybe less self-help. :P

Business

Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst "Best" Practices of Business Today - Susan Scott
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time - Susan Scott
Fifth Wave Leadership: The Internal Frontier - Morris Shechtman
Key Performance Indicators (KPI): The 75 measures every manager needs to know (Financial Times Series) - Bernard Marr
KPI Checklists: Practical guide to implementing KPIs and performance measures, over 50 checklists included. - Bernie Smith
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business - Douglas W. Hubbard
Checklist Manifesto

Adventure

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way - John Edward Huth
Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World - Elspeth Beard

Personal Improvement

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World - Timothy Ferriss
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone - Brené Brown
The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt - Russ Harris, Steven Hayes
Living Beyond Fear: Learn To Act Against Your Fears, Become Daring, And Stand Firm When Life Gets Hard - Zoe McKey
The Sketchnote Workbook: Advanced techniques for taking visual notes you can use anywhere - Mike Rohde
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
The Miracle of Morning Pages: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Most Important Artist's Way Tool: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin - Julia Cameron
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help - Amanda Palmer
Managing Thought: Think Differently. Think Powerfully. Achieve New Levels of Success - Mary J. Lore
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work - Mason Currey

Inspirational

When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

Fiction - Post-Apoch

The Best Dark Rain: A Post-Apocalyptic Struggle for Life and Love - Marco Etheridge
Pandemic (The Extinction Files Book 1) - A.G. Riddle

Fiction - Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Influx - Daniel Suarez
Change Agent: A Novel - Daniel Suarez
Six Wakes - Mur Lafferty
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse) - James S. A. Corey
Artemis: A Novel - Andy Weir
American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel - Neil Gaiman
Golden Son (The Red Rising Series, Book 2) - Pierce Brown
The Final Day: A John Matherson Novel - William R. Forstchen

Photography

The Soul of the Camera: The Photographer's Place in Picture-Making - David duChemin
Black & White Photography: The timeless art of monochrome in the post-digital age - Michael Freeman
Imaginarium: The Process Behind the Pictures - Claire Rosen
Insights From Beyond the Lens: Inside the Art & Craft of Landscape Photography - Robert Rodriguez Jr
Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition - Jack Dykinga
Photographs from the Edge: A Master Photographer's Insights on Capturing an Extraordinary World - Art Wolfe, Rob Sheppard