Reading List

I put a request out for book recommendations on Facebook and Instagram. I see reading books as a luxury. It's something I squeeze into my life, either by grabbing 15 minutes on the train or just before falling asleep in the evening or the classic of the holiday book.

With this new found time I am determined to make reading an everyday part of my life. I want reading to be a habit, not a luxury that I squeeze in.

The reading list has no genre, but maybe there will be patterns.

I already have a backlog of books I need to read, so maybe asking for recommendations is a little optimistic?

Backlog of books

Empire by Niall Ferguson

Anything you want by Derek Sivers

The 10% Entrepreneur by Patrick J. McGinnis

A spy among friends by Ben Macintyre

The secret life of Bletchley Park by Sinclair Mckay

Travel into Bokhara by Alexander Burnes

How to be fucking awesome by Dan Meredith

Tribe wanted by Ben Keene

Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

Waterloo by Bernard Cornwal

WOW, why did I ever ask for book recommendations? This backlog is massive!

Ok here is the recommendations book list

The power of one by Bryce Courtenay

April fools day by Bryce Courtenay

Screw Work, Let by Sylvain Neuval

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

4 hour working week by Tim Ferris

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

A fine Balance by Rohinton Minsty

Think fast and slow by Daniel Kakneman

The very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Thanks to everyone for their recommendations, I will get through all of these.

Interesting point on the modern economy, the new thinking is that we buy services instead of things. A great example is Amazon and the Kindle, you can pay to buy a book outright or pay to have access to all their books. Oh wait, how is that service new? It’s called the library.

My Mum will be very proud of me, I’ve gone to the local library out of choice instead of her having to drag me as she did in the past.