I finally figured out it isn’t the number of books that we read in a year that is important.
What is important is what you retain and use from those great books we read.
In 2022 I am focusing more on what I learn and how I can incorporate the knowledge gained from them into my life. I also re-read certain books several times and will count them as another book read. I learn something new each time I re-read a book.
The book list is in reverse chronological order with the most recent book read on top.
Books Read — 2022
- The Christmas Box — Richard Paul Evans
- The Tome of Syyx (The Fateful Force Book 1) — Stavros Saristavro
- The Comeback Quotient — Matt Fitzgerald
- Frostborn – The First Quest — Jonathan Moeller
- The Warrior Ethos — Steven Pressfield
- Tower of the Gods (The Lost Prophecy – Book 3) — D.K. Holmberg
- The Warrior Mage (The Lost Prophecy – Book 2) – D.K. Holmberg
- The Threat of Madness (The Lost Prophecy – Book 1) – D.K. Holmberg
- Paladin’s Light — Marc Alan Edelheitt
- Warbringer (Descendants of the Fall) – Book 1 — Aaron Hodges
- The Blades of Corven: Book 1 Alteer Legends — Will Fink
- The Book of Shadow: Book 1 – Curse of the Unnamed — Bruce Blake
- Dungeons & Dragons – Players Handbook — Wizards of the Coast
- A Fan’s Guide to Baseball Analytics — Anthony Castrovince
- Stolen Focus — Johann Hari // A make you think kind of book!
- Death’s Knight (War of the Lich Book 1) — Jena Rey and Matthew T Summers
- Storytelling — Matthew Dicks
- Dungeon (The Dragon Mage) Book 2 — Rohan M. Vider
- Overworld (The Dragon Mage) Book 1 — Rohan M. Vider
- Do Hard Things — Steve Magness
- Legends Awake — Alex Stiles
- Fast After 50 — Joe Friel
- The Last Roman – Exile — B.K. Greenwood
- Think Again — Adam Grant
- A Rip In Time (Tainted Blood) Book 1 — Jeff Gunzel
- Building A Second Brain — Tiago Forte
- Running Rewired — Jay Dicharry
- Through Titan’s Trash — Austin Dragon
- Several Short Sentences About Writing — Verlyn Klinkenborg
- Aspected — Michael Combs
- Cradle of the Gods — Thomas Quinn
- The Risen Shard — D.K. Holmberg
- Several Short Sentences About Writing — Verlyn Klinkenborg
- Hell Yeah! or Hell No! — Sam Kyle
- Stiger’s tigers — Marc Alan Edelheitt
- Connect the Dots — Paul Jun
- Cradle of the Gods Book One of the Soulstone Prophecy — Thomas Quinn Miller
- Island of Fog – Keith Robinson
- Evernote A Success Manual for College Students Stan Skrabut, Ed.D.
- Dungeon of the Old Gods – Wolfe Locke
- How to Take Smart Notes (Zettlekasten) – Sonke Ahrens
- Getting Things Done – David Allen
- Extend Your Mind Praxis Volume 2 — Tiago Forte
- Silver Wolf, Black Falcon — Dennis McKiernan
- The Lost Art of Running — Shane Benzie
Books Read — 2021
- The Wheel of Time — The Eye of the World — Robert Jordan
- Wanderer’s Song — Song of Prophecy — Book 1 — P.E. Padilla
- Running Nirvana — Greg McMillan
- Run (The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel) — Matt Fitzgerald
- Damian Chronicles (Crucifix) – Book 1 — Michael Anderle
- Hansons Marathon Method — Luke Humphrey & Kevin Hanson
- The Eye of the Hunter — Dennis L. McKiernan
- 80/20 Running — Matt Fitzgerald
- Night Born — Dagger of the World Book 1 — K.L. Reinhart & Jada Fisher
- The Silver Call — Dennis L. McKiernan
- The Iron Tower — Book 3 – The Darkest Day — Dennis L. McKiernan
- The Iron Tower — Book 2 – Shadows of Doom — Dennis L. McKiernan
- The Iron Tower — Book 1 – The Dark Tide — Dennis L. McKiernan
- Black Spark (Dark Magic Enforcer — Book 1) — Al K. Line
- The Buried Symbol (A Discovery of Magic) — Jeffrey Kohanek
- 26 Marathons — Men Keflezighi/Scott Douglas
- Running Nirvana — Greg McMillan
- You (Only Faster) — Greg McMillan
- Easy Running Plans – Jeff Gaudette
- The Little Black Book of Training Wisdom — Dr. Dan Cleather
- Meb for Mortals — Meb Keflezighi/Scott Douglas
- The Practice of Groundedness — Bradley Stulberg
- Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Two Worlds — Darren Shan
- A Thief In Farshore (Farshore Chronicles Book 1) — Justin Fike
- Running Flow — Mihaly Csiksaentmihalyi, Philip Latter, Christine Weinkauff Duranso
- The Plainswalker — Michael A. Rothman
- Oblivion (Book 1 – Rakkan Conquest) – Andy Blinston
- Tales of Wychwood Book 1 — Daniel Martin Eckhart
- The Emperor’s Conscience: Book 1 — Michael Combs
- Finding Ultra — Rich Roll
- Run Forever — Amby Burfoot
- The Heresy Within: The Ties that Bind Book 1 – Rob J. Hayes
- Once A Runner — John L. Parker, Jr.
- Never — Ashley Cap
- Endure — Alex Hutchinson
- Essentialism — Greg McKeown
- The Mindful Athlete — George Mumford
- Anatomy for Runners — Jay Dichary
- Bloodlet: A Dark Gothic Coming of Age Fantasy – Book 1 — T.S. Howard
- Make the Leap – Bryan Green
- The Comeback Quotient – Matt Fitzgerald
- Survive the Dungeon – Book 1 – S. May
- The Endurance Diet — Matt Fitzgerald
- The Unforgiven – Skharr Deatheater Book 1 — Michael Anderle
- The Way of Legend – Forging Destiny Book 2 — Marc Allan Edelheit / Quincy Allen
- The Way of Legend – Reclaiming Honor Book 1 — Marc Allan Edelheit / Quincy Allen
- The Lost Art of Running – Shane Benzie
- The Watchman – Michael T. Bradley
- Marathon – The Ultimate Training Guide – Hal Higdon
- Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from above the clouds in Ethiopia — Michael Crawley
- Show Your Work — Austin Kleon
- Peak Performance — Brad Stuberg/Steve Magness
- Echo Volume 4: The Last Edge of Darkness — Kent Wayne
- Stillness is the Key – Ryan Holliday
- Wanderer’s Song (Song of Prophecy Book 1) — P.E. Padilla
- The Kirkwood Scott Chronicles: Skelly’s Square — Stephen Black
- Ranger’s Oath Book 1 — Blake Arthur Peel
- The Art of Noticing — Rob Walker
- Hymn of the Ancients — Evan Pickering
- A Time for New Dreams — Ben Okri
Books Read — 2020
- The Daily Stoic — Ryan Holiday
- The Summer Tree — Guy Gavriel Kay
- What Unites Us – Dan Rather
- Space Assassins 1 & 2 — Scott Baron
- Echo Volume 3: The Dialectic of Agony — Kent Wayne
- Heir of the Hunted (Hollow World Book 1 — Richard T. Drake
- The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck – Mark Manson
- The Drowned Tomb – Book 2 / The Changeling Series — James Fahy
- Myths and Magic: A Humorous Fantasy Adventure — Kevin Partner
- Spy the Lie — Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero
- Linchpin — Seth Godin
- Sometimes the Magic Works – Lessons from a Writing Life — Terry Brooks
- The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
- Anansi Boys — Neil Gaiman
- The Dragonstone — Dennis McKiernan
- Ultralearning – Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career — Scott H. Young
- The Memoir Project – A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life — Marion Roach Smith
- Bird by Bird – Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott
- The More of Less – Joshua Becker
- Aesops Fables #1 – Aesop
- Hyperfocus: How to be More Productive in a World of Distraction – Chris Bailey
- The Last Lecture — Randy Pausch/Jeffrey Zaslow
- Everything is F*cked-A Book About Hope – Mark Manson
- Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad – Austin Cleon
- Deep Work – Cal Newport
- The Art of Non-conformity – Chris Guillabeau
- Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative – Austin Kleon
- Start with Why – Simon Sinek
- Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday
- The Coddling of the American Mind – Lukianoff/Haidt
- Isle of Winds – Book 1 / The Changeling Series — James Fahy
- Nightwalker- Frank Roderus / Craig Martelle
- Brian Helsing Book 1 – Gareth Pengelly
- The Barrow King – C.M. Carney
- Peak Performance – Stulberg/Magness
- Running Rewired – Jay Dicharry
- Eye of the Moonrat – Trevor Cool
- Chi Marathon – Danny Dreyer
- Road of a Warrior – R.K. Lande
- Path of a Novice – R.K.Lande
- Echo Book 2 – The Taste of Ashes – Kent Wayne
- A Guide to the Good Life – William R. Irvin
- Echo Book 1 – Approaching Shatter – Kent Wayne
- Running with the Mind of Meditation – Sakyong Mipham
- I’ve Decided to Live 120 Years — Ilchi Lee
- Gates of Fire — Steven Pressfield
- The Crown of Stones: Magic Scars — C.L. Schneider
- Your Best Stride – Jonathan Beverly
- Run for Your Life – Mark Cucuzzella
- Blackwing Book 1 – Stephen Drake
- The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts – Shane Parrish
- The Running Revolution (Pose Method) – Nicholas Romanov
- Samurai Running – Scott Andrew Brown
- Atomic Habits – James Clear
- The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
- Master the Art of Running – Malcolm Balk
- Into the Light – Axe Druid Book 1 – Christopher Johns
- The Obstacle is the Way – Ryan Holiday
- Chi Running – Danny Dreyer
- Dark City: The Order of Shadows Book 1- Kit Hallows
- Mud (Chronicles of the Third Realm War) – D.B. Sieders
- DragonLance Dragons of Autumn Twilight – Weis/Hickman
- The Biology of Belief – Bruce Lipton
- Natural Born Heroes – Christopher McDougall
- The Warrior Ethos – Steven Pressfield
- The Book of Five Rings – Musashi Miyamoto
- Fires of the Dead – Jed Herne
- 48 Laws of Power – Robert Green
- Science of Running – Chris Napier
- The King Beyond the Gate – David Gemmell
- Stillness is the Key – Ryan Holiday
- Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman
- Running Rewired – Jay Dicharry
- The Running Injury Recovery Program – Bruce Wilk
- Essentialism – Greg McKeown
- Draft No. 4 – John McPhee
- As the Crow Flies (Tales of a Thief) Book 1 – Robin Lythgoe
- Running With the Kenyans – Adharanand Finn
- Lifespan – David Sinclair