{"id":4613,"date":"2023-01-03T17:59:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rob.rs\/?p=4613"},"modified":"2023-09-01T10:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:24:26","slug":"4613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rob.rs\/?p=4613","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1F4DA; I started reading books for fun about 4&#xBD; years ago. I thought 2021&#8217;s total of 83 books was absurdly high. In 2022 I read 138 books.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rob.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/books.png\" alt=\"Books\" title=\"books.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of these have been audio books, with eBooks significantly behind, and paper books even further behind. I listen to audio books while running, walking, driving, and doing chores. Prior to books I listened to more podcasts and music (or in some cases nothing at all ?). I read eBooks and paper books before bed and on weekends. I don&#8217;t think I could possibly read more without making significant sacrifices in other areas of my life, which isn&#8217;t going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the complete 2022 list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Genius of Birds<\/b> by Jennifer Ackerman<\/li>\n<li><b>Brighton Rock<\/b> by Graham Greene<\/li>\n<li><b>You Can Buy Happiness (and It&apos;s Cheap)<\/b> by Tammy Strobel<\/li>\n<li><b>The Botany of Desire<\/b> by Michael Pollan<\/li>\n<li><b>The 100 Thing Challenge<\/b> by Dave Bruno<\/li>\n<li><b>Money<\/b> by Jacob Goldstein<\/li>\n<li><b>Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)<\/b> by Scott Rieckens<\/li>\n<li><b>Meet the Frugalwoods<\/b> by Elizabeth Willard Thames<\/li>\n<li><b>The Minimalist Home<\/b> by Joshua Becker<\/li>\n<li><b>Gratitude<\/b> by Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n<li><b>Daring Greatly<\/b> by Bren&#233; Brown<\/li>\n<li><b>Thinking, Fast and Slow<\/b> by Daniel Kahneman<\/li>\n<li><b>81 Days Below Zero<\/b> by Brian Murphy<\/li>\n<li><b>Into the Wild<\/b> by Jon Krakauer<\/li>\n<li><b>The Paradox of Choice<\/b> by Barry Schwartz<\/li>\n<li><b>Family Happiness<\/b> by Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Argue With a Racist<\/b> by Adam Rutherford<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Be Perfect<\/b> by Michael Schur<\/li>\n<li><b>Irresistible<\/b> by Adam Alter<\/li>\n<li><b>Finding Everett Ruess<\/b> by David Roberts<\/li>\n<li><b>The Body<\/b> by Stephen King<\/li>\n<li><b>LaserWriter II<\/b> by Tamara Shopsin<\/li>\n<li><b>Blitzed<\/b> by Norman Ohler<\/li>\n<li><b>The Happiness Hypothesis<\/b> by Jonathan Haidt<\/li>\n<li><b>Island<\/b> by Aldous Huxley<\/li>\n<li><b>Gangsters of Capitalism<\/b> by Jonathan M. Katz<\/li>\n<li><b>Spies, Lies, and Algorithms<\/b> by Amy B. Zegart<\/li>\n<li><b>Thirst<\/b> by Heather Anderson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning<\/b> by Margareta Magnusson<\/li>\n<li><b>Mud, Rocks, Blazes<\/b> by Heather Anderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Wild<\/b> by Cheryl Strayed<\/li>\n<li><b>Becoming Odyssa<\/b> by Jennifer Pharr Davis<\/li>\n<li><b>Stolen Focus<\/b> by Johann Hari<\/li>\n<li><b>Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now<\/b> by Jaron Lanier<\/li>\n<li><b>The Checklist Manifesto<\/b> by Atul Gawande<\/li>\n<li><b>The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life<\/b> by J. L. Collins<\/li>\n<li><b>A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived<\/b> by Adam Rutherford &amp; Siddhartha Mukherjee<\/li>\n<li><b>Things That Matter<\/b> by Joshua Becker<\/li>\n<li><b>System Error<\/b> by Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami &amp; Jeremy M. Weinstein<\/li>\n<li><b>Stolen Focus<\/b> by Johann Hari<\/li>\n<li><b>Soulful Simplicity<\/b> by Courtney Carver<\/li>\n<li><b>Digital Minimalism<\/b> by Cal Newport<\/li>\n<li><b>Alone Together<\/b> by Sherry Turkle<\/li>\n<li><b>Chasing the Scream<\/b> by Johann Hari<\/li>\n<li><b>Will<\/b> by Will Smith &amp; Mark Manson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Alchemist<\/b> by Paulo Coelho<\/li>\n<li><b>The Little Book of Common Sense Investing<\/b> by John C. Bogle<\/li>\n<li><b>Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life<\/b> by Katherine Ormerod<\/li>\n<li><b>Animal Farm<\/b> by George Orwell<\/li>\n<li><b>The Millionaire Next Door<\/b> by Thomas J. Stanley<\/li>\n<li><b>Children of the Fleet<\/b> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><b>A Runner&apos;s High<\/b> by Dean Karnazes<\/li>\n<li><b>Lolita<\/b> by Vladimir Nabokov<\/li>\n<li><b>Juliet, Naked<\/b> by Nick Hornby<\/li>\n<li><b>The Attention Merchants<\/b> by Tim Wu<\/li>\n<li><b>A War of Gifts<\/b> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><b>The Four<\/b> by Scott Galloway<\/li>\n<li><b>The Algebra of Happiness<\/b> by Scott Galloway<\/li>\n<li><b>Earth Unaware<\/b> by Orson Scott Card &amp; Aaron Johnston<\/li>\n<li><b>Bigger than tiny, smaller than average<\/b> by Sheri Koones<\/li>\n<li><b>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/b> by Philip K. Dick<\/li>\n<li><b>Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics<\/b> by Dan Harris, Jeffrey Warren &amp; Carlye Adler<\/li>\n<li><b>Ultramarathon Man<\/b> by Dean Karnazes<\/li>\n<li><b>Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life<\/b> by Nir Eyal<\/li>\n<li><b>Earth Afire<\/b> by Orson Scott Card &amp; Aaron Johnston<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Break Up with Your Phone<\/b> by Catherine Price<\/li>\n<li><b>Earth Awakens<\/b> by Orson Scott Card &amp; Aaron Johnston<\/li>\n<li><b>The Sun Also Rises<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>Real Artists Don&apos;t Starve<\/b> by Jeff Goins<\/li>\n<li><b>Treasure Island<\/b> by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains<\/b> by Nicholas Carr<\/li>\n<li><b>SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome<\/b> by Mary Beard<\/li>\n<li><b>The Great Gatsby<\/b> by F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/li>\n<li><b>Mating in Captivity<\/b> by Esther Perel<\/li>\n<li><b>The Power of Showing Up<\/b> by Daniel J. Siegel &amp; Tina Payne Bryson<\/li>\n<li><b>Cues<\/b> by Vanessa Van Edwards<\/li>\n<li><b>The Teenage Brain<\/b> by Frances E. Jensen &amp; Amy Ellis Nutt<\/li>\n<li><b>The Perfect Mile<\/b> by Neal Bascomb<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Focus<\/b> by Th&#237;ch Nh&#7845;t H&#7841;nh &amp; Jason DeAntonis<\/li>\n<li><b>Courage Is Calling<\/b> by Ryan Holiday<\/li>\n<li><b>Rubicon<\/b> by Tom Holland<\/li>\n<li><b>I, Claudius<\/b> by Robert Graves<\/li>\n<li><b>The Power of Fun<\/b> by Catherine Price<\/li>\n<li><b>Claudius the God<\/b> by Robert Graves<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Hide an Empire<\/b> by Daniel Immerwahr<\/li>\n<li><b>Robinson Crusoe<\/b> by Daniel Defoe<\/li>\n<li><b>Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/b> by Jules Verne<\/li>\n<li><b>The Fate of Rome<\/b> by Kyle Harper<\/li>\n<li><b>Moonraker<\/b> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><b>Hero of Two Worlds<\/b> by Mike Duncan<\/li>\n<li><b>Talking to Strangers<\/b> by Malcolm Gladwell<\/li>\n<li><b>The Time Machine<\/b> by H.G. Wells<\/li>\n<li><b>Breath<\/b> by James Nestor<\/li>\n<li><b>Range<\/b> by David Epstein<\/li>\n<li><b>Diamonds Are Forever<\/b> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Relax<\/b> by Th&#237;ch Nh&#7845;t H&#7841;nh &amp; Jason DeAntonis<\/li>\n<li><b>Fair Play<\/b> by Eve Rodsky<\/li>\n<li><b>America: The Farewell Tour<\/b> by Chris Hedges<\/li>\n<li><b>The End Is Always Near<\/b> by Dan Carlin<\/li>\n<li><b>Ben-Hur<\/b> by Lew Wallace<\/li>\n<li><b>Doctor Zhivago<\/b> by Bor&#236;s Pastern&#224;k<\/li>\n<li><b>Born to Run<\/b> by Christopher McDougall<\/li>\n<li><b>All Quiet on The Western Front<\/b> by Erich Maria Remarque<\/li>\n<li><b>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/b> by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/li>\n<li><b>From Russia With Love<\/b> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><b>The Body Keeps the Score<\/b> by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.<\/li>\n<li><b>Life After Life<\/b> by Kate Atkinson<\/li>\n<li><b>Alice&apos;s Adventures in Wonderland<\/b> by Lewis Carroll<\/li>\n<li><b>Today We Die a Little!<\/b> by Richard Askwith<\/li>\n<li><b>A Farewell to Arms<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>What We Owe the Future<\/b> by William MacAskill<\/li>\n<li><b>Discipline Is Destiny<\/b> by Ryan Holiday<\/li>\n<li><b>The Nova Incident<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>How Not to Die<\/b> by Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM &amp; Gene Stone<\/li>\n<li><b>The Running Man<\/b> by Stephen King<\/li>\n<li><b>24\/6<\/b> by Tiffany Shlain<\/li>\n<li><b>Breath<\/b> by James Nestor<\/li>\n<li><b>The Caledonian Gambit<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>The Bayern Agenda<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>The Aleph Extraction<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>Money<\/b> by Jacob Goldstein<\/li>\n<li><b>Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff<\/b> by Matt Paxton &amp; Jordan Michael Smith<\/li>\n<li><b>The Nova Incident<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>Wiseguy<\/b> by Nicholas Pileggi<\/li>\n<li><b>A Christmas Carol<\/b> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Change<\/b> by Katy Milkman<\/li>\n<li><b>To Have and Have Not<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>Wintering<\/b> by Katherine May<\/li>\n<li><b>For Whom the Bell Tolls<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>Old Man and the Sea<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>In God We Trust<\/b> by Jean Shepherd<\/li>\n<li><b>Show Your Work!<\/b> by Austin Kleon<\/li>\n<li><b>Dark Matter<\/b> by Blake Crouch<\/li>\n<li><b>The Caledonian Gambit<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>Keep Going<\/b> by Austin Kleon<\/li>\n<li><b>Recursion<\/b> by Blake Crouch<\/li>\n<li><b>What If?<\/b> by Randall Munroe<\/li>\n<li><b>Focus<\/b> by Daniel Goleman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1F4DA; I started reading books for fun about 4&#xBD; years ago. 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