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Old 05-21-2016, 09:20 PM   #53
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2016 Reading Challenge for a Newb

I am just starting to get into the Mobile Read forums and what a gem they are.

I feel bad-- you guys are like serious reading rock stars. I wish I had more time to read-- thought i was doing great with my Reading List on Goodreads. Ha.

Reading Goal/Goodreads Reading Goal

I want to read 35 books. I have already read 26.

Update: Made it. I set a pretty low goal but I am still proud of it as I only read 20 last year.

The List of Read Books:
  1. The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
  2. This Idea Must Die by John Brockman
  3. Confident You S.J. Scott
  4. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel Dennett
  5. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
  6. A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life by Bill Mesler
  7. Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual by John Somnez
  8. Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Persmissions to Multiply Your Time by Rory Vaden
  9. David and Goliath: The Triumph of the Underdog by Malcolm Gladwell
  10. The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity by Kory Kogon
  11. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
  12. 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading by Kevin Hendricks
  13. Hackers: Hereos of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition by Steven Levy
  14. The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive by Brandon Burchard
  15. The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos
  16. Deep Work by Cal Newport
  17. Keynote, Professional Presentations and Animations by Angelo Spiler
  18. Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything by Steven Levy
  19. So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
  20. Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
  21. The Principles of Object Oriented Programming in JavaScript by Nicholas Zakas
  22. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
  23. We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better by Dave Eggers
  24. Zero to One by Peter Thiel
  25. The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs by Carmine Gallo
  26. 7x Your Blog Traffic 2016 by Red Mikhail
  27. Lean In For Graduates by Sheryl Sandberg
  28. Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson
  29. Attempting Normal by Marc Maron
  30. Work Rules by Laszlo Bock
  31. Professional Integrity by Michael J. Sullivan
  32. The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan
  33. The Journey by Isobelle Carmody
  34. What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: And Two Other Short Guides to Achieving More at Work and at Home by Laura Vanderkam
  35. Recession Proof Graduate: How to Land the Job You Want by Doing Free Work by Charlie Hoehn
  36. So Long, Lollipops by by Sarah Lyons Fleming

What I am currently reading/listening to:

(Have a lot going at once)
  1. Introductions to Algorithms by Thomas Cormen
  2. Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript by Michael McMillan
  3. Nginx: A Practical Guide to High Performance by Stephen Corona
  4. JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development by Jon Duckett
  5. It's Not about the Coffee: Leadership Lessons from a Life at Starbucks
    by Howard Behar, Howard Schultz
  6. Basic Economics by Clarence B. Carson
  7. Good to Great by Jim Collins
  8. Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender
  9. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

I could probably bump this up to around 50 or 60 but with the upcoming semester I'm not sure.


Last edited by sydmalicious; 06-02-2016 at 12:59 AM. Reason: Forgot three books
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