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Great Books I Read In 2009
I got an email from my friend Rob Shurtleff of Divergent Ventures this morning that said “So I looked at your bookshelf for ideas. It is a bit like walking into a library without an idea of what I want to read. So here is the challenge, we are driving to Yellowstone for 4 days of hanging out at old faithful before xmas. I would like to grab a few books on my iphone for the drive 12 hours each way. How about putting up two lists: The Ten Non Fiction books you really should read and The Ten Fiction books.”
I’ve read 72 books so far this year – I’ll probably be around 90 given my typical book a day rhythm when I’m up in Keystone. So I’m only going to list the top five non-fiction and top five fiction (ok – approximately five) from this year since that’ll be less than 20% of what I’ve read. Here you go – you can’t go wrong with any of them if you are a reader.
Non-Fiction
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How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves
Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska: Actually, in really remote Alaska.
Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital
Fiction
The Scorpion’s Gate
The Player of Games
The Orpheus Deception
Daemon
Supreme Courtship
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Have you read "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer? Something about it reminded me of both you and Todd. I think it should be required reading for every high schooler.
Thanks for the suggestions for fiction. I'm downloading a couple of them to my kindle as I write this.
How about autobiography?
I haven’t read this. I just downloaded it to my Kindle – thanks!
I don’t think I read any autobiography in 2009. This is a little unusual – I typically have some autobiography in my reading diet.
I'm going to read How Starbucks Saved My Life – sounds interesting (though not yet available on the Kindle
).
Also, the "your bookshelf" link is not working. It could be a Shelfari issue.
Great list but I have to say if you're picking one of Iain Banks' Culture novels The Use Of Weapons has to get a shout. The best IMHO
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Thanks Brad, now that I have planted the seed for the once a year list, your holiday assignment is to make a best ever list…
Well, my holiday reading list is just about full now – thanks! I read Daemon on your recommendation here, and it's on my list of best books I read this year too… I'm looking forward to getting into the David Stone and Richard A. Clarke stuff now, and I've been picking up and putting down the Starbuck's book, so will pick that one up too.
And I'm seconding the request for the "best ever" list…
I think their widget is gonzo. I’ll have to dig it up. Thanks for the heads up.
The flip side to “Too Big to Fail” is “The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History” Mr. Paulson made several Billion Dollars for his clients betting against housing.
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I just went thru your shelfari bookshelf and there are easily 50 books from that I put on my todo list. The 2 top book I read in 2009 are "Outliers" and "Gun, Germs and Steel".
Are there any good book recommendation for sales and lead generation – I did see "The Marketing Playbook" on your shelfari and made a note to read that.
The Marketing Playbook is probably the best one that I’ve read in a while. Most are pretty crummy.
Creative Capital was phenomenal. Great pick.
Just checked – you shelfari page is "feld" not "bfeld" as in the hyperlink. So, that's why that link does not work
Btw, check out the Millenium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. Quite fast paced, gripping stories.
I’ve got The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I’m having trouble finding the “Millenium Trilogy” – which ones are they?
Awesome. Thank you. I will kindle them today.
It looks like it’s working again.
You have the first book. The Second is The Girl who Played with Fire (even better than the first, in my opinion), and the third is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. It's out in hardcover in the UK, not available in the US yet… The first two in the series would be at the top of my "top ten" list this year. Well worth tracking down.
I think that this book would have a good content "Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves"
And i will get something interesting to know about the financial system.
The Orpheus Deceptio is quiet a good book and i have read half of the book yet and soon i would be finishing it.
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You have the first book. The Second is The Girl who Played with Fire (even better than the first, in my opinion), and the third is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. It's out in hardcover in the UK
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I read most of them thanks for sharing.
Quite fast paced, gripping stories – thank you!
thanks Brad, you just cost me about 80 bucks to load up my Kindle.
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How about autobiography?
It looks like it’s working again.
I just went through your Shelfari bookshelf, and there are slightly over 50 books that I put on my to-do list. The 2 top book I read in 2009 are "outliers" and "Gun, Germs and Steel".
Are there any good book recommendation for the sales and lead generation – I saw "The Marketing Playbook" on your Shelfari and made a note to read that.
The Marketing Playbook is probably the best of all of them.
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You have the first book. The Second is The Girl who Played with Fire (even better than the first, in my opinion), and the third is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. It's out in hardcover in the UK, not available in the US yet.
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Well, my holiday reading list is just about full now – thanks! I read Daemon on your recommendation here, and it's on my list of best books I read this year too… I'm looking forward to getting into the David Stone and Richard A. Clarke stuff now, and I've been picking up and putting down the Starbuck's book, so will pick that one up too.
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Great list but I have to say if you're picking one of Iain Banks' Culture novels The Use Of Weapons has to get a shout. The best IMHO
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I haven’t read this. I just downloaded it to my Kindle – thanks!
Great list but I have to say if you're picking one of Iain Banks' Culture novels The Use Of Weapons has to get a shout.
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