Reading in 2020

A page detailing what I read in 2020. Any must-read recommendations will have a heart ♥ next to them. That means I could see myself reading it again. Other books may be worth reading, but I may not get as much value out of rereads.

A running list of my favorite books.

Back to the reading index.

  1. The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero
  2. ♥ Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
  3. ♥ The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski
  4. ♥ Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski
  5. Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski
  6. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
  7. The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV and Howard C. Cutler
  8. Moondust: In Search Of The Men Who Fell To Earth by Andrew Smith
  9. ♥ Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
  10. Inclusive Design for Organisations: Including your Missing 20% by Embedding Web and Mobile Accessibility by Jonathan Hassell
  11. Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude by Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin
  12. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
  13. Grant by Ron Chernow
  14. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley
  15. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by K. Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
  16. How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 by Joanna Faber and Adele Faber
  17. Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity by David Whyte
  18. ♥ Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
  19. How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone by Brian McCullough
  20. Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
  21. 1776 by David McCullough
  22. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
  23. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki
  24. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner
  25. Good Services: How to Design Services that Work by Lou Downe
  26. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
  27. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré
  28. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin