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I wrote about my top-10 books of 2019 on my Blog. I'm starting this year by re-reading 3 of my favorite books from last year in parallel with a few new books. http://bit.ly/koyes2019books
This thread will house my reading list for 2020. As always I tweet books I complete (I start more books than I finish & don't stick with books I don't connect with). Here's a link to the thread for 2019. https://twitter.com/koyegbeke/status/1209385418665406464
1. Focus, by multiple authors. Some gems in there but also lots of drivel.
Don’t buy this one.
Don’t buy this one.
2. Boldness be my friend, by Richard Pape.
Read this twice as a pre-teen in Ibadan, and it was nice to re-read the story & revisit some of the memories associated with this book.
Read this twice as a pre-teen in Ibadan, and it was nice to re-read the story & revisit some of the memories associated with this book.
3. Atomic Habits, by James Clear. This was my favorite book from last year and I enjoyed reading it again. It’s eminently re-readable.
4. This is Going to Hurt, by Adam Kay.
This book is ridiculously funny & had me in stitches everywhere. I need to find Adam Kay someday and buy him a pint.
This book is ridiculously funny & had me in stitches everywhere. I need to find Adam Kay someday and buy him a pint.
5. Dollars and Sense, by Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler.
Read it for the first time last year and chose to read it again. It’s a really good book.
Read it for the first time last year and chose to read it again. It’s a really good book.
6. ‘Has Anyone Seen My Sex Life?’, by Kristen Bailey.
Describes a middle-aged couple’s journey to rediscovering the sizzle in their marriage after 3 children. Got me thinking about life in the North of England. Funny, but not as funny as the reviews on Amazon said it would be.
Describes a middle-aged couple’s journey to rediscovering the sizzle in their marriage after 3 children. Got me thinking about life in the North of England. Funny, but not as funny as the reviews on Amazon said it would be.
7. Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level, by Leander Kahney.
This book was so well written - I blew through it in under two days! Also got me thinking about the place of a rigorous work ethic. + Introverted leaders matter too.
This book was so well written - I blew through it in under two days! Also got me thinking about the place of a rigorous work ethic. + Introverted leaders matter too.
8. Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world, by Laura Spinney.
Great, well researched, and well written book. There will be a blogpost about this one.
Great, well researched, and well written book. There will be a blogpost about this one.
9. The Tattoist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris.
Yet another good book about the pain and trauma of WW2. Lale and Gita were lucky to survive, but too many people died needlessly.
Humanity should not forget.
Yet another good book about the pain and trauma of WW2. Lale and Gita were lucky to survive, but too many people died needlessly.
Humanity should not forget.
10. Superfreakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
I loved the first one and this was no exception.
I loved the first one and this was no exception.
11. Prisoners of Geography, by Tim Marshall.
It’s a good book but something in me didn’t jell with it. Started it 3 different times and put it down each time to pick up other books. Eventually finished it as an exercise in self-discipline.
It’s a good book but something in me didn’t jell with it. Started it 3 different times and put it down each time to pick up other books. Eventually finished it as an exercise in self-discipline.
12. The World As It Is, by Ben Rhodes.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I’m reading one more book about the Obama presidency then I’ll wait to hear from the man himself.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I’m reading one more book about the Obama presidency then I’ll wait to hear from the man himself.
Screenshots from Becoming (Michelle Obama) and The World As It Is (Ben Rhodes).
Realizing that the world is a certain way & understanding why it is so is a fundamental tool (in my view) when one is working towards creating the world as it should be.
Realizing that the world is a certain way & understanding why it is so is a fundamental tool (in my view) when one is working towards creating the world as it should be.
Realized this thread broke. It continues here:
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