Books I read in 2017

I still prefer reading hard copies over e-books. But they are piling on!

Of all the books I read in 2017, here are my favorites:

• Fiction: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, a magical read, immersive and thought-provoking.
• Non-Fiction: Small Is Beautiful by E.F.Schumacher which very closely resonates with my philosophy of human-centered living
• Memoir: On Writing by Stephen King — light-humored and engrossing.

Reflections

It was a great year altogether where I finally found my cadence. I guess alternating between fictions and non-fiction was a good overall strategy. Another thing that worked for me this year was to force myself to read till completion — no matter what! This dramatically improved my completion rate. The disadvantage, however, was that I had to slog through some really boring books. In 2018, I am tackling this by researching the book before getting started. Any recommendation is most welcome. Drop me a note at vishweshwar.vivek@gmail.com

Here is the full list of books. Number 2, 6, 9, 11, 13, 17,21,22, 23, 26, 29 are definitely worthy of your attention.

The Full List

1. The Decision Book: Fifty models for strategic thinking by Mikael Krogerous and Roman Tschäppeler
2. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
3. Visuospatial Working Memory by Robert H. Logie
4. Mosaic Principle: The six dimensions of a successful life and career by Nick Lovegrove
5. A Young Doctor’s Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov
6. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
7. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A leadership fable by Patrick Lencioni
8. Is Their Alot Wrong With This Centence: An English grammar workbook by Daniel Smith
9. The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Obe
10. Management Challenges for the 21st Century by Peter F. Drucker
11. The Human Situation by Aldous Huxley
12. The Vegetarian by Han Kang
13. The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
14. Sketchy, Doubtful and Incomplete Jottings by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
15. The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh
16. Waiting For The Barbarians by J.M.Coetzee
17. Small Is Beautiful: A study of economics as if people mattered by E. F. Schumacher
18. White Nights: A sentimental love story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
19. Talk Like TED: The 9 public speaking secrets of the world’s top minds by Carmine Gallo
20. The White Castle by Orhan Phamuk
21. Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
22. Yes to The Mess: Surprising leadership lesson from Jazz by Frank J. Barrett
23. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
24. The Defining Decade: Why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now by Meg Jay
25. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon by Brad Stone
26. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
27. Mega Tech: Technology in 2050 edited by Daniel Franklin (Collected Essays)
28. On Writing: The memoir of the craft by Stephen King
29. The Book Theif by Marcus Zusac
30. The Elements of Style by Strunk and White