2015 Book List

2015 Book List (in Order Read)

1. BUTCHER'S MOON- Richard Stark

2. FOUNDATION- Isaac Asimov

3. FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE- Isaac Asimov

4. UNLIMITED POWER- Anthony Robbins

5. SECOND FOUNDATION- Isaac Asimov

6. HOW TO WIN AT THE SPORT OF BUSINESS- Mark Cuban

7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE- J. D. Salinger

8. THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SALES- Jeffery Gitomer

9. THE ALADDIN FACTOR- Jack Canfield

10. THE ART OF LEARNING- Josh Waitzkin

11. 4-HOUR WORKWEEK- Tim Ferriss

12. 4-HOUR BODY- Tim Ferriss

13. THE QUICK AND EASY WAY TO EFFECTIVE SPEAKING- Dale Carnegie

14. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES- Lynne Truss

15. ONE SECOND AFTER- William R. Forstchen

16. GETTING PAST NO- William Ury

17. THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING- Al Ries and Jack Trout

18. GROWTH HACKER MARKETING- Ryan Holiday

19. THE GETAWAY CAR- Donald Westlake

20. LETTERS FROM A STOIC- Seneca

21. A RAGE IN HARLEM- Chester Himes

22. PICK-UP- Charles Willeford

23. TRUST ME, I'M LYING- Ryan Holiday

24. THE REAL COOL KILLERS- Chester Himes

25. EINSTEIN- Walter Isaacson

26. THE KILLER INSIDE ME- Jim Thompson

27. THE DARK TOWER- Stephen King (re-read)

28. BREAKOUT- Richard Stark (re-read)

29. GETTING OFF- Lawrence Block

30. THE ESSENTIAL MARCUS AURELIUS- Marcus Aurelius

31. COMEBACK- Richard Stark (re-read)

32. AGE OF PROPAGANDA- Anthony Pratkanis & Elliot Aronson

33. MR. MERCEDES- Stephen King

34. THE GOLDEN SAYINGS OF EPICTETUS- Epictetus

35. FRAGMENTS OF EPICTETUS- Epictetus

36. GREEN SHADOWS, WHITE WHALE- Ray Bradbury

37. CAT'S CRADLE- Kurt Vonnegut

38. HOW NOT TO BE WRONG- Jordan Ellenberg

39. THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG- David Schwartz

40. THE MONK AND THE RIDDLE- Randy Komisar

41. RUM PUNCH- Elmore Leonard

42. REASONS TO KILL- Richard Rubenstein

43. MINDSET- Carol Dweck

44. GET REAL- Donald Westlake

45. OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA- Micheal Pollan

46. THE FOUNTAINHEAD- Ayn Rand

47. WHAT DO YOU CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK? -Richard Feynman

48. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY- Douglas Adams

49. INFLUENCE- Robert Cialdini

50. DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS- Epictetus

51. THE HERO WITH 1,000 FACES- Joseph Campbell

52. BRAIN RULES- John Medina

53. DAILY RITUALS- Mason Currey

54. WALDEN- Henry David Thoreau

55. INVISIBLE MONSTERS- Chuck Palahniuk

56. PURPLE COW- Seth Godin

57. THE TWENTY-YEAR DEATH- Ariel S. Winter

58. THE ART OF DRAMATIC WRITING- Lajos Egri

59. HARD-BOILED- Anthology

60. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE- James M. Cain

61. HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING- Dale Carnegie

62. THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?- Horace McCoy

63. WRITING THE NOVEL- Lawrence Block

64. ESSENTIAL NLP- Amanda Vickers & Steve Bavister

65. THIEVES LIKE US- Edward Anderson

66. SLAYGROUND- Donald Westlake (re-read)

67. THE DAME- Donald Westlake
*68. THE ALCHEMIST- Paulo Coelho

*I read this wonderful book somewhere near the two-thirds mark and forgot to mark it down.