Books of Titans

Stage 1 · aiming for 52 books a year

2017 Reading List

The books I read in 2017, in reading order.

51
Books
16,406
Pages
3.7
Avg rating
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#1The Inevitable
The Inevitable
Kevin Kelly
★★★★
Jan 7, 2017
#2The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
★★★★
Jan 9, 2017
#3The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Al Ries, Jack Trout
★★★★
Jan 12, 2017
#4Natural Born Heroes
Natural Born Heroes
Christopher McDougall
★★★★
Jan 21, 2017
#5Vagabonding
Vagabonding
Rolf Potts
★
Jan 28, 2017
#6Stone Soup
Stone Soup
Marcia Brown
★
Jan 29, 2017
#7Outliers
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
★★★
Feb 4, 2017
#8Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life
Steve Martin
★★★
Feb 7, 2017
#9Show Your Work
Show Your Work
Austin Kleon
★★★
Feb 8, 2017
#10Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard Feynman
★★★★
Feb 16, 2017
#11Buck Up, Suck Up...Foul Up
Buck Up, Suck Up...Foul Up
James Carville / Paul Begala
★
Feb 18, 2017
#12The Things they Carried
The Things they Carried
Tim O'Brien
★★★★★
Feb 21, 2017
#13Iacocca: An Autobiography
Iacocca: An Autobiography
Lee Iacocca, William Novak
★★★★
Mar 1, 2017
#14The Effective Executive
The Effective Executive
Peter Drucker
★★★★★
Mar 7, 2017
#15Who
Who
Geoff Smart, Randy Street
★★★
Mar 13, 2017
#16Start with Why
Start with Why
Simon Sinek
★★★★★
Mar 19, 2017
#17Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
★★★★
Mar 27, 2017
#18Walden
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
★★★★
Apr 10, 2017
#19Dune
Dune
Frank Herbert
★★★
Apr 26, 2017
#20Heraclitean Fire
Heraclitean Fire
Erwin Chargaff
★★★★★
Apr 30, 2017
#21Once an Eagle
Once an Eagle
Anton Myrer
★★★★★
May 21, 2017
#22Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
May 28, 2017
#23Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
★★★★
Jun 2, 2017
#24Ogilvy on Advertising
Ogilvy on Advertising
David Ogilvy
★★★★
Jun 6, 2017
#25The Artist’s Way: Morning Pages Journal
The Artist’s Way: Morning Pages Journal
Julia Cameron
★★★★
Jun 14, 2017
#26The Autobiography of Malcom X
The Autobiography of Malcom X
Malcom X
★★★★★
Jun 28, 2017
#27Deep Survival
Deep Survival
Laurence Gonzales
★★★★
Jul 6, 2017
#28The Art of Learning
The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin
★★★★
Jul 11, 2017
#29Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
★
Aug 4, 2017
#30Generations
Generations
William Strauss
★★★★★
Aug 19, 2017
#31The Republic
The Republic
Plato
★★★
Aug 29, 2017
#32About Face
About Face
Colonel David H. Hackworth
★★★★★
Sep 18, 2017
#33Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
★★★★
Sep 23, 2017
#34Hooked
Hooked
Nir Eyal
★★★
Sep 25, 2017
#35One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
★★★★
Oct 15, 2017
#36The Power of Persuasion
The Power of Persuasion
Robert Levine
★★★
Oct 22, 2017
#37The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
★★★★
Oct 25, 2017
#38Maxims and Reflections
Maxims and Reflections
Goethe
★★★
Oct 26, 2017
#39Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
★★★
Oct 29, 2017
#40The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
★★★★★
Nov 7, 2017
#41Touching the Rock
Touching the Rock
John Hull
★★★
Nov 14, 2017
#42Open
Open
Andre Agassi
★★★★★
Nov 19, 2017
#43On the Shortness of Life
On the Shortness of Life
Seneca
★★★
Nov 20, 2017
#44Debt
Debt
David Graeber
★★★★★
Nov 27, 2017
#45Age of Propaganda
Age of Propaganda
Anthony Pratkanis, Elliot Aronson
★★★
Dec 6, 2017
#46How Proust Can Change Your Life
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Alain de Botton
★★★★
Dec 13, 2017
#47The War of Art
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
★★★★
Dec 14, 2017
#48Think Twice
Think Twice
Michael Mauboussin
★★★
Dec 20, 2017
#49The Fourth Turning
The Fourth Turning
William Strauss
★★★★★
Dec 30, 2017
#50Man’s Search for Meaning
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
★★★★★
Dec 31, 2017
West with the Night
West with the Night
Beryl Markham
★★★★
Dec 30, 2017