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As I mentioned in my post about the goals for next year, last year I read a total of 87 books after after seeing a posting from speaker and friend Rich Hopkins that he was going to try to read a book a week and decided to do the same.
My reading list included fiction, urban planning and design, motivational/self-help, business, history, biographies and politics. The fiction category comprised mainly of Star Trek books and the Tomorrow, When the War Began series which is a Australian version of Red Dawn but because they comprise a seven book series are much more details and character development than the Red Dawn movies.
Except for the Star Trek books most of which I purchased since they are not available in our local library, all the books I read came from the Multnomah County Library.
Here is a listing of the books by category:
Category/Title Author: Recommended?
Motivational/Self Help
The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman Yes
Barefoot Executive Carrie Wilkerson Yes
Raising Positive Kids Zig Ziglar Yes
Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill Yes
The Millionaire Next Door Tom Stanley/William Danko Yes
Be the Miracle Regina Brett Yes
Hijacked By Your Brain Julian Ford, Jon Wortmann Yes
How Full is Your Bucket? Tom Rath, Donald Clifton Yes
Life Without Limits Nick Vujivic Yes
Break Out Joel Osteen Yes
Wishes Fulfilled Wayne Dyer No
Life Reimagined Richard Leider, Alan Webber Yes
How to Win Friends and Influence... Dale Carnegie and others Yes
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself Steve Chandler Yes
How Successful People Think John Maxwell Yes
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind T. Harv Ecker No
E-Squared Pam Grout Yes
The Butterfly Effect Andy Andrews Yes
Better Than Good Zig Ziglar Yes
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell No
Relentless Tim Grover Yes
Power of Your Subconscious Mind Joseph Murphy Yes
The Purpose Driver Life Rick Warren Yes
Instant Influence Michael Plantalon Yes
Drive Daniel Pink Yes
Finding A Way to Win Bill Parcells Yes
Top Performance Zig Ziglar Yes
Take The Lead Betsy Meyers Yes
Motivation Manifesto Brendan Burchard Yes
Get Motivated Tamara Lowe Maybe...
Fiction:
Daybreak Zero John Barnes No
Star Trek:
From History's Shadow Dayton Ward Only for Star Trek Fans
The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms Dayton Ward Yes
Voyager: Protectors Kristen Beyer Only for Star Trek Fans
No Time Like the Past Greg Cox No
Tomorrow When the War Began:
Tomorrow When the War Began John Marsden Yes
The Dead of Night John Marsden Yes
A Killing Frost John Marsden Yes
Darkness Be My Friend John Marsden Yes
Burning For Revenge John Marsden Yes
The Night is for Hunting John Marsden Yes
The Other Side of Dawn John Marsden Yes
Urban Planning/Design:
Zoned Out Jonathon Levine Only to Planning Nerds
Planning a New West Abbott, Abbott, and Adler Yes
Ethical Land Use Timothy Beatley No
Planning and Diversity in the City Ruth Fincher, Kurt Iveson No
Planning With Complexity Judith Innes No
Portland Edge Various No
The Seaside Debates Robert Davis, Tod Bressi, Yes
American Urban Form Warner, Whittemore Yes
Living Over the Store Howard Davis Yes
Principles of Ecological Landscape
Design Travis Beck Yes
How to Study Public Life Jan Gehl, Birgitte Svarre Yes
Design for an Emphatic World Ryn, Hawken Yes
Cities for People Jan Gehl Yes
Death and Life of Great American
Cities Jane Jacobs Yes
Walkable City Jeff Speck Yes
Urban Design Cuesta, Moughtin, Moughtin Yes
Living Streets Bain, Gray, Rodgers Yes
Happy City Charles Montgomery Yes
Urban Design Handbook Urban Design Associates Yes
New Urban China Laurence Liauw No
Toward Sustainable Communities Various Yes
Politics/Social:
Democracy and Populism John Lukacs Yes
That Used to be Us Friedman, Mandelbaum Yes
Planet of Slums Mike Davis Yes
New American Militarism Andrew Bacevich Yes
To Serve God and Wal-Mart Bethany Moreton Yes
The Metropolitan Revolution Bruce Katz, Jennifer Bradley Yes
Bowling Alone Robert Putnam Yes
Rise of the Creative Class Richard Florida Yes
Collapse Jared Diamond Yes
The Elusive State of Jefferson Peter Laufer Yes
Convention Center Follies Heywood T. Sanders Yes
Business:
Retail 101 Nicole Reyhle, Jason Prescott Yes
Supply Chain Strategy Edward Frazelle Yes
Retail Doctors Guide to Growing
Your Business Bob Phibbs Yes
History:
They Got it Wrong: History Emma Marriott Yes
Biography:
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Walter Isaccson Yes
Jim Henson Brian Jay Jones Yes
Thomas Jefferson John Meacham Yes
Albert Einstein Yes
Elizabeth Smart Elizabeth Smart Yes
Neil Armstrong Jay Barbree Yes
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos
and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone Yes
Steve Jobs: The Man who Thought
Different Karen Blumenthal Yes
Misc:
Frontiers Past and Future Carl Abbott Yes
Sorry about the formatting but it is a Blogger thing.
It should also be noted that while I recommend all the books in the Politics/Social category I may not necessarily agree with everything that the book has to say.
I still have many books on loan to read plus I also received some for Christmas that I plan on reading soon also.
Happy Reading Everyone...
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