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2013 Reading List

Another year, another 100+ books. My reading list for 2013 was varied and fun. I already posted my favorites here, but below is a complete list of all the books I read this year. You can click on them to read a review or go to Amazon.com and read more.

Here they are:

Myanmar Startup Guide 2013, by Derek Sivers
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The World Atlas of Wine, by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

Hunt Vs. Lauda: The Epic 1976 Formula 1 Season, by Paul Fearnley

Grace, by Max Lucado

The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles

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2021 Reading List

Whatchya been up to, Goble? Well, glad you asked. Here’s my reading list:

The Italian Camino, by Maggie Ramsay. Honestly, it just bored me to tears. I couldn’t finish. 

1984, George Orwell. A classic worth reading every decade or so. 

Subpar Parks, by Amber Share. Hilarious, sad, beautiful artwork, and overall just plain fun. If you love National Parks as I do, you’ll laugh out loud at this collection of one-star reviews. 

The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles. A huge hit, but I couldn’t get into the story. It just felt like …

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2020 Reading List

This wasn’t a great year, but I did get a lot of reading done. Here’s the list.

The Power Paradox, by Dacher Keltner. Excellent book about how power should not be viewed through the prism of Machiavelli, but through the prism of empathy, generosity, and a host of other virtues. The authors research essentially confirms what the authors of the Old Testament wisdom books knew several thousand years ago.

Messy, by Tim Harford. YES!!! This is a book everyone needs to read. It echoes so much of what I’ve tried to say in my writings, but …

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2018 Reading List

Here are the 2018 books:

Salvaged, by Roy Goble and D.R. Jacobsen. Is it fair to put my own book on this list? Should be — I must’ve read it 12 times this year!

Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for Advent, by Walter Brueggemann. Best Advent book I’ve read yet.

American Dialogue, by Joseph Ellis. Amazing way of writing history; look at current problems from the perspective of the founding fathers. Didn’t always agree with the author but found the book fascinating.

Parker: Selected Stories, by Dorothy Parker. Wow! What a find on Audible. …

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2016 Reading List

Here are the 2016 books:

America’s Original Sin, by Jim Wallis. Too strident for me. I certainly agree with the premise, but the tone is too blunt for such a complex issue.

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, by Robin Sloan. Really fun book about secret codes, old bookstores, Google big data, and curiously interesting characters.

Salvation Lake, by G.M. Ford. Another in the Leo Waterman mystery series, weaving a bit of Mark Driscoll shenanigans with brutal thuggery. A fun book.

A Capitalist’s Lament, by Leland Faust. A former business partner of mine, Leland …

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Best Books of 2013

Wow, the year has flown by! I can’t believe it’s already time to list my favorite books of 2013. Now remember, this is highly subjective, very biased, and aiming to to be on the fun side.

You can see the full reading list here if you wish. It’s shorter than last year but still pushing 100 books.

The coveted, “Would you shut up about that book? It’s all you talk about” Award goes to David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. Whether you agree with him or not, Gladwell makes you think and see things differently. And he’s an excellent writer.…

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The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Few books have had as much influence on my imagination as The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Not long ago I listed the book and the accompanying Lord of the Rings at number two of the 25 books that most influenced my life. And I doubt if I need to write a review of a book so beloved and well known.

However … recently we received the new Hobbit movie from Netflix and sat down to enjoy the story. Wow, was I ever disappointed. They turned the brilliance of Tolkien into just another action movie. They cut some of the funnest …

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