Book List | 2025

Some quick opening notes:

1. Where do I get my inspiration for what to read / listen?
   Local library staff picks, book shops, friends’ sharing, book clubs, random social media lists (which then I screenshot for reference), occasionally what people recommend on LinkedIn as well.

2. What are on the list?
   The list is meant to be a quantitative record of books I’ve finished in each year, and it keeps me accountable to output what I’ve learned. Sometimes I don’t finish a book…and they don’t make the list. Sometimes I finish a book just to see if there are any redeemable insights (occasionally they don’t), they make the “list” but wouldn’t be something I recommend.

3. Top Picks:
   I usually pick 3-6 books from each year that really impacts me and pull them out into a “Pick List”. They might grow as the year progresses.

4. Support your local library and independent book shops:
   This year I’m trying to link the books out to Bookshop.org or their publishers instead of that corporation or its subsidiary, Good Reads. Let’s support our local libraries and book shops for a more sustainable community building. Check out your local public libraries for their programming on free audible books - my special gratitude goes to SFPL, where you can sign up for a library card for free!

* This year I’ve completed 24 books by April 23, which is a record for me in the past years of tracking how many books I’ve read 🎉🎉

Here’s the list in order of completion…which will grow throughout this year.

1. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

2. Say It Well by Terry Szuplat

3. Good Morning, Monster by Catherine Gildiner

4. Rest is Resistence by Tricia Hersey

5. Educated by Tara Westover

6. Get Organized the Clear and Simple Way by Marla Dee

7. "You Just Need to Lose Weight" by Audrey Gordon

8. Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin

9. You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero

10. The Year of Less by Cait Flanders

11. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith

12. The Rigor of Angels by William Egginton

13. Chatter by Ethan Kross

14. What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

15. How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis

16. When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté

17. The Myth of Normal by Daniel Maté and Gabor Maté

18. How to Do the Work by Dr. Nicole LePera

19. Travelers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper

20. Break the Cycle by Dr. Mariel Buqué

21. It's not Me, It's You by John Kim, Vanessa Bennett

22. Creative Hustle by Olatunde Sobomehin and sam seidel

23. Rewire by Nicole Vignola

24. Pitch Perfect by Bill McGowan

25. Make Possibilities Happen by Grace Hawthrone