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  • May Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in May 2024

    May Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in May 2024

    Espionage Thriller, Psychology, and Biography were the three book categories I tackled in my May reading list. Damn! These are all excellent books. My May reading list included On Target (Gray Man), Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the…


  • April Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in April 2024

    April Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in April 2024

    Founders and Self-Help were the two book categories I focused on in my April reading list. The books I read in my April reading list include Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results, Jesus: A Biography from a Believer, and Die With Zero: Getting All…


  • March Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in March 2024

    March Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in March 2024

    The first quarter of the year was a productive reading month including this March reading list. I read World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, The Gray Man, Four Thousand Weeks, and Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less in March. All of these books are great in their own right. My favorite book was Essentialism: The Disciplined…


  • February Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in February 2024

    February Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in February 2024

    February was a fun reading month. In this February reading list, I read The Collector by Daniel Silva, Lincoln on Leadership by Donald T. Phillips, Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius, and Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos by Jeff Bezos. Invent and Wander was my favorite book in this February…


  • January Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in January 2024

    January Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in January 2024

    January started with a bang in terms of my January reading list. I read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor, and Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way. All of these books in my January reading list…


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