I started this book list in June of 1998, the summer between undergrad and grad school. I guess I was planning on reading a lot of books that summer and started this list to keep track of the ones I read. I’ve read 225 books in 10 years, which is slightly less than 2 books a month. That average has dropped a bit in the past two years as I’ve become more occupied with work, taken on project management classes, and tackled some larger non-fiction books that have taken a month or more to finish.
The List
- A Pirate Looks at Fifty – June, 1998
- Charisma
- Into Thin Air
- The Size of the World
- Icefire
- How to Think Like a Millionaire
- Under the Big Top
- The Talbot Odyssey
- Pecked to Death by Ducks
- Road Fever
- You Have More Than You Think
- The Greatest Salesman in the World
- The Millionaire Next Door
- Atlas Shrugged
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
- Nimitz Class
- Major in Success
- The Tenth Justice
- Bombardiers
- A Perfect Spy
- Around the World in 78 Days
- Arigato
- Shopping for Buddhas
- The Perfect Storm
- The Aluminum Hatch
- Windfall
- Red Dragon
- Detective
- The Songlines
- Murder and Spies, Lovers and Lies – July, 1999
- Dollar Pinching: A Consumer’s Guide to Smart Spending – July, 1999
- Contact
- Delirium of the Brave
- A Man in Full – August, 1999
- Other People’s Money
- Buried Child – August, 1999
- The Profit Zone
- Value Migration
- Barbarians at the Gate
- The Loyalty Effect
- Notes From a Small Island
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- Will Rogers: A Biography
- Hannibal
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Hot Money
- A Thief of Time
- The Alchemist
- The Nudist on the Late Shift
- The Aquitaine Progression
- Coyote Waits
- The Maltese Falcon
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Maximum Leadership
- The New New Thing
- Timeline
- The Lost Continent
- The Soloist
- Hunting Badger
- The Millionaire Mind
- Liar’s Poker
- American Places
- High Fidelity – April, 2000
- Beating the Street
- Cause of Death
- Elixir
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- In a Sunburned Country
- On the Road
- Pop Goes the Weasel
- Out West
- The Great Gatsby
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Lolita
- The Gorilla Game
- Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin
- The Creative Priority
- I’m a Stranger Here Myself
- Breakfast of Champions
- Certain Prey
- Hornet’s Nest
- The Leadership Moment
- Winter’s Tale
- Dead Even
- The Butcher’s Theater
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Desert Solitaire
- Unnatural Exposure
- Survival of the Fittest
- Me Talk Pretty One Day
- Grunch of Giants – October, 2001
- U.S.S. Seawolf
- Blue Highways
- Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
- Into the Wild
- Eye of the Storm
- The Rhinemann Exchange
- Three Dollars
- The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
- Hawaii – July, 2002
- The Art of Travel
- Fast Food Nation
- The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Taking Your Talent to the Web – September, 2002
- Mr. Obvious
- A Is for Alibi
- Track of the Cat
- Divine Secrets of the Ya–Ya Sisterhood – October, 2002
- Rabbit, Run
- The Fountainhead
- B Is for Burglar
- Cryptonomicon
- American Psycho
- Nick’s Trip
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Miles from Nowhere: In Search of the American Frontier
- Wobegon Boy
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- Slaughterhouse Five
- C is for Corpse
- Animal Farm
- A Farewell to Arms
- The First American
- Nothing to Declare
- A Widow for One Year
- The Double Helix
- Seabiscuit: An American Legend – August, 2003
- Twice Shy – August, 2003
- Holidays in Hell – August, 2003
- The Lion’s Game – August, 2003
- Lullaby
- A Superior Death
- The Virtues of Aging
- Direct from Dell
- The Da Vinci Code – September, 2003
- Whirlwind
- My Old Man and the Sea
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The World According to Garp
- A People’s History of the United States
- Angels & Demons
- One for the Money
- Two for the Dough
- Travels With Charley
- A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Blue Latitudes
- Moneyball
- The Devil’s Highway
- What Should I Do With My Life?
- Quicksilver
- Getting Things Done
- The Dante Club – November, 2004
- Dharma Bums
- Society of the Mind – January, 2005
- Manhattan ’45
- Digital Fortress
- Tales of the South Pacific
- The Tipping Point
- Project Planning, Scheduling, & Control – April, 2005
- Home Buying for Dummies – May, 2005
- I See by My Outfit – May, 2005
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad – May, 2005
- Den of Thieves
- The World is Flat – June, 2005
- States of Mind – August, 2005
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves – September, 2005
- Who Moved My Cheese? – September, 2005
- Shadow Divers – September, 2005
- The Spy Who Came In from the Cold – September, 2005
- Deception Point – September, 2005
- The Continental Op – September, 2005
- Ill Wind – September, 2005
- The Majors
- The Wisdom of Crowds – November, 2005
- Mutiny on the Bounty – December, 2005
- Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide – December, 2005
- People of Darkness – December, 2005
- The Dark Wind – December, 2005
- The Ghostway – January, 2006
- Mark of the Grizzly – January, 2006
- A Salty Piece of Land – January, 2006
- First Marathons
- The Good Earth – February, 2006
- A Tourist in the Yucatan – March, 2006
- The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life – March, 2006
- How to Lose Friends and Alienate People – March, 2006
- Rabbit Redux – April, 2006
- The Devil in the White City – April, 2006
- The Kite Runner – April, 2006
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking – April, 2006
- Earned Value Project Management
- Confessions of an Economic Hitman – June, 2006
- The Last Juror – June, 2006
- Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World – July, 2006
- From Beirut to Jerusalem
- Silent Partner – September, 2006
- Snow Crash – September, 2006
- The Lovely Bones – September, 2006
- Stormy Weather – October, 2006
- The Broker – October, 2006
- Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar & Co.
- Good to Great – November, 2006
- T.R.: The Last Romantic
- Angel Customers & Demon Customers – March, 2007
- The Wisdom of Teams – April, 2007
- Snow – May, 2007
- Heat – May, 2007
- A Year in the Merde – May, 2007
- Until I Find You – June, 2007
- The Intelligent Investor
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – October, 2007
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma – November, 2007
- Love in the Time of Cholera – December, 2007
- Founding Brothers – December, 2007
- The Expectant Father – December, 2007
- Chicago Stories – January, 2008
- The Plot Against America – January, 2008
- Double Duty – February, 2008
- Hanging Woman Creek – February, 2008
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies – March, 2008
- The Multiple Pregnancy Sourcebook – March, 2008
- The Trial – March, 2008
- Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer – April, 2008
- Heller with a Gun – April, 2008
- Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis – May, 2008
- Plainsong – May, 2008
- Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny – May, 2008
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – June, 2008
- On Becoming Baby Wise – June, 2008
- PMP Exam Success Series: Certification Exam Manual – June, 2008
- The Genesis Code – June, 2008
- Take Me With You – June, 2008
- Parenting, Inc. – July, 2008
- A Good Walk Spoiled – July, 2008
- Zodiac – August, 2008
- The Terrible Hours – August, 2008
- Life of Pi – September, 2008
- Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein – October, 2008
- Black Hawk Down – October, 2008
- Water for Elephants – November, 2008
- Band of Brothers – November, 2008
- Swimming to Antarctica – November, 2008
- Three Cups of Tea – December, 2008
- Apollo 13: Lost Moon – December, 2008
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America – December, 2008
- The Pump House Gang – January, 2009
- Twelve Hours’ Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old – January, 2009
- Childhood’s End – February, 2009
- Brave New World – February, 2009
- Tesla: Man Out of Time – March, 2009
- A Thousand Splendid Suns – March, 2009
- Underworld – May, 2009
- Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know – June, 2009
- Bringing Down the House – June, 2009
- House to House: A Soldier’s Memoir – June, 2009
- The Pillars of the Earth – July, 2009
- The Right Stuff – August, 2009
- The World Without Us – August, 2009
- The Black Swan – August, 2009
- The Murder Book – September, 2009
- John Adams – October, 2009
- Under the Banner of Heaven – October, 2009
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – November, 2009
- The Lost Symbol – November, 2009
- Casino Royale – November, 2009
- World Without End – January, 2010
- Great Plains – January, 2010
- A Man on the Moon – January, 2010
- Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe – February, 2010
- Nineteen Eighty-Four – February, 2010
- Pacific Vortex! – February, 2010
- The Grapes of Wrath – March, 2010
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – March, 2010
- Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big – March, 2010
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories – March, 2010
- Eye of the Needle – April, 2010
- How I Learned to Cook: Culinary Educations from the World’s Greatest Chefs – April, 2010
- Invisible Man – May, 2010
- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – May, 2010
- The Heart of the Matter – June, 2010
- Brideshead Revisited – June, 2010
- Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood – June, 2010
- The First Three Minutes – June, 2010
- The Shack – July, 2010
- All the King’s Men – August, 2010
- Heart of Darkness – September, 2010
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine – September, 2010
- The Call of the Wild – September, 2010
- Treasure Island – September, 2010
- Crime and Punishment – October, 2010
- Will Rogers: Reflections and Observations – November, 2010
- The Diamond Age – December, 2010
- See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War Against Terrorism – December, 2010
- Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory – December, 2010
- The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court – January, 2011
- The Life and Times of Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir – January, 2011
- Consent to Kill – February, 2011
- The Hunger Games – February, 2011
- The Man Who Would Be King – February, 2011
- The Girl Who Played With Fire – March, 2011
- The Book of Love – March, 2011
- The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-1945 – March, 2011
- How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale – April, 2011
- Braniac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs – April, 2011
- Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 – May, 2011
- Just Tell Me What to Say: Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents – June, 2011
- Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heros of SEAL Team 10 – June, 2011
- Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School – July, 2011
- Will Rogers: A Biography – August, 2011
- Darkness at Noon – September, 2011
- Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World – September, 2011
- The Mountain Between Us – September, 2011
- The Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World – October, 2011
- The Road – October, 2011
- Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth – November, 2011
- Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missle Crisis – November, 2011
- The God Delusion – December, 2011