I Read 111 Books in 2019

As I’ve done in previous years, I’m sharing my reading list from 2019.

• Here’s the 72 books I read in 2017 when I first started keeping count.
• And the 73 books I ready in 2018.

So without further ado, the list from this year…

1. The Millionaire Master Plan by Roger James Hamilton
2. Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
3. The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
5. The First Year IBS by Heather Van Vorous
6. King Warrior Magician Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette
7. Becoming the Parent You Want To Be by Laura Davis & Janis Keyser
8. Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
9. The Magician and the Analyst by Robert Moore
10. He by Robert A. Johnson
11. The Symbols by The Heavenly Hosts, the Servents of Creator
12. Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
13. Viriconium by M. John Harrison
14. Deep Work by Cal Newport
15. Magic Power Language Symbol by Patrick Dunn
16. The Mask of Masculinity by Lewis Howes
17. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
18. The Chaos Protocols by Gordon White
19. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
20. Sovereignty by Ryan Michler
21. The Future of Man by Teilhard de Chardin
22. Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
23. The Awesome Science of Luck by Peter Ragnar
24. Life After Google by George Gilder
25. Living the 80/20 Way by Richard Koch
26. Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine
27. One to Many by Jason Fladlien
28. Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
29. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
30. The Music of Life by Denis Noble
31. Profit First for Ecommerce Sellers by Cyndi Thomason
32. The Master Works of Chaos Magick by Adam Blackthorne
33. Holistic Dental Care by Nadine Artemis
34. Deafness of the Mind by Kevin Fitzgerald
35. Dance to the Tune of Life: Biological Relativity by Denis Noble
36. Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton
37. Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
38. The King Within by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette
39. Liber Null & Psychonaut by Peter J. Carroll
40. The Direct Mail Revolution by Robert W. Bly
41. Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
42. How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger
43. Shaman, Healer, Sage by Alberto Villoldo
44. The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida
45. The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman
46. Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold
47. Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein
48. The Archetype of Initiation by Robert L. Moore
49. Brutal Wisdom by Master “Dutch” Hinkle
50. Overdeliver by Brian Kurtz
51. Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller
52. Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damndest Thing by Jed McKenna
53. The Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge
54. 45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
55. The Sayings of Vikings by Havamal
56. A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilbur
57. Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
58. How to End the Autism Epidemic by J.B. Handley
59. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
60. Conspiracy Theory in America by Lance deHaven-Smith
61. American Cosmic by D.W. Pasulka
62. The Integral Vision by Ken Wilbur
63. Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
64. The Dark Path by Isaac Weishaupt
65. Conspiracies Declassified by Brian Dunning
66. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
67. Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
68. Evolutionary Herbalism by Sajah Popham
69. Atomic Habits by James Clear
70. Triz for Dummies by Lily Haines-Gadd
71. Supernormal Stimuli by Deirdre Barrett
72. The Watchman’s Rattle by Rebecca D. Costa
73. Population Control by Jim Marrs
74. Limitless by Laura Gassner Otting
75. Conscious Men by John Gray and Arjuna Ardagh
76. Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got by Jay Abraham
77. Murder by Injection by Eustace Mullins
78. High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard
79. Medical Medium by Anthony William
80. The Franklin Scandal by Nick Bryant
81. Native Son by Richard Wright
82. The Master Keys to Strength and Fitness 2^nd Edition by Logan Christopher
83. The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
84. Everybody is Sick, and I Know Why by Peter J Glidden, MD
85. Radical Brilliance by Arjuna Ardagh
86. The Cancer Industry by Mark Sloan
87. None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen with Larry Abraham
88. Medical Intuition by C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD
89. Perfectibilists by Terry Melanson
90. Programmed to Kill by David McGowan
91. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
92. Discovering Joy in Parenting: The First Seven Years by Cindy Brooks and Joya Birns
93. The Candida Cure by Ann Boroch, CNC
94. The Habit Forming Guide to Becoming a Systems Thinker by Tracy Benson & Sheri Marlin
95. The Republic by Plato
96. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
97. The Bezos Letters by Steve Anderson with Karen Anderson
98. Becoming Us by Beth McCord and Jeff McCord
99. Virtual Summit Launch Formula by Eric Z. Yang
100. Rewire by Richard O’Conner, PhD
101. Evolution 2.0 by Perry Marshall
102. The Spiritual Journey of Joseph L. Greenstein by Ed Spielman
103. The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier
104. Daemon by Daniel Suarez
105. The Devil’s Chessboard by David Talbot
106. Freedom TM by Daniel Suarez
107. Cancer: The Metabolic Disease Unraveled by Mark Sloan
108. Discovering Your Soul Signature by Panache Desai
109. Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
110. Develop Your Medical Intuition by Sherrie Dillard
111. The Healing Organization by Raj Sisodia and Michael J. Gelb

What allowed me to read over 50% more than last year?

My intention this year was to engage in more speed reading depending on the book. Many of these I read every single word. Other ones I read through faster, with more skimming. It depends on a variety of factors. But my goal was to rule the book, more so than letting it rule me which has occurred in previous years. I would say mission accomplished!

In addition, I worked to moderate my habit of watching less TV and movies too. I enjoy these immensely, so don’t want to get rid of the TV entirely, not like I have in the past, just make sure it wasn’t on every day. I measured 173 days when it was not on, almost half the year. (Keeping in mind I’m not the only one wanting to turn it on in my household, I thought that was pretty good.)

These were the two biggest changes. Otherwise I am still following all the steps I outlined last year in this article, as for how I read.

I also want to mention that not only did I increase the number of books read, but also that the length of many of these books was overall larger than last year. Some large 500+ page tomes were counted here! Right now I’m reading two books that are over a thousand pages each.

Reading Plans for 2020

I am going to continue to expand on many of the threads started here. More diversity of reading I feel is paying off in greater fulfillment and depth of vision.

I will continue to speed read, possibly turning it up another notch of two.

My fiction percentage was a little under 10%. I think I want to get that up to at least 15% this coming year. (Those are the books in italics listed above.)

In my next post I’ll dive a bit deeper into the subjects I covered and my favorite and most impactful books from the year.