At the beginning of the year I realized that I had not read a book in a while. So I embarked on a reading challenge. I aimed to read or listen to 24 books over the year.
As we near 2020 I am currently on my 23rd book so I decided to create this section of Daddyallstars.com to share my readings and hopefully help others rediscover reading or just discover a good or interesting book.
Feel free to suggest any book you think might enjoy. It may end up on my list. I am not a big fiction guy but if you have a good one that you think will convert me, suggest away.
2019 Reading Challenge
The Gladwell Section : A few years ago I heard Malcom Gladwell on a podcast and could not get enough of him, so this year I took a deep dive into all Gladwell related content, books, podcasts, interviews etc and I still cant get enough.
- Talking to Strangers: What we should know about the people we dont know by Malcom Gladwell
- What the dog saw and other advantures by Malcom Gladwell
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the art of battling Giants by Malcom Gladwell
- Blink : the power of thinking without thinking by Malcom gladwell
- The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference by Malcom Gladwell
- Outliers: The story of success by Malcom Gladwell
The Health Nut Section: I am curious about almost anything and how our body functions is definitely an obsession of mine. The four books below were key in changing a few things in my life this year. If you have any suggestions to add to this list, please comment below.
- The Longevity Code: the New science of Aging by Kris Verburgh
- Why we sleep : unlocking the power of sleep and dreams by Matthew Walker
- The obesity code: Unlocking the secret of Weight loss by Jason Fung
- The complete guide to Fasting: Healing your body through intermittent, alternate day, and extended fasting by Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore.
The Self-help Section: It’s pretty self explanatory.
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- The 10 Pillars of Wealth: Mind-Sets of the worlds Richest People by Alex Becker
- Allen Carr’s Get out of Debt now by Allen Carr
The Economist In Me Section: Yes, I studied Economics in school and I am always interested in this topic. Looking back I can see that this list is very left leaning. I tried to read more conservative leaning content but couldn’t get trough some of the stuff I had selected. Maybe someone can share a few with me to ease me in. I do want different views and opinions to be as well rounded as I can be.
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Everybody lies: Big Data, new data and what the internet can tell us about who we really are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- Range: Why generalist triumph in specialized world by David Epstein.
- The Sharing Economy: the End of Employment and rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism by Arun Sundarajan
- Everything All at Once : How to Unleash your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and solve Any Problem by Bill Nye
- Winners take all: the Elite charade of Changing the world by Anand Giridharadas
- The War on Normal people: The truth about america’s Disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our Future by Andrew Yang.
The Nassim Nicholas Taleb Section: Below are two of the 4 book series on luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. Those books are heavy and dry but the math nerd in me stuck with them. I will read/listen to the other two in 2020.
- The black Swan: The Impact of the highly improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The classics section: this will be for books people say everyone should read etc. this will be ongoing
- The art of war by Sun Tzu
This one is random, I saw it in the free section of my e-book app and remembered a conversations with a friend about it so I snatched it. Its old but timeless.
The IN PROGRESS section:
God Bless Africa: Contre la mort programmée du continent noir par Bernard Lugan (french)
The 7 principles for making Marriage work by John M. Gotman
Daddy Allstars 
If you’re willing to try fiction, start with the author Shari Lapena, more specifically with “The Couple Next Door”. You won’t regret it.
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How did you like God Bless Africa?
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I added it to my list it’s seems very interesting, right up my alley.
As for God bless Africa it’s good but heavy, it’s more a revisionist history of the continent.
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