I can happily admit that 2017 has been a year on my life when I spent good amount of time in reading, Madhav gets good credit for same. His Kindle gift got me hooked.
These are some of my favorites, I have my notes added as well along with some of the books in list:
1. Total Freedom by J Krishnamurti
One of the tweet’s from Naval was the reason i picked this book. Krishnamurti talks about various aspect of life, it is a heavy book and one has to read it few times to understand it. book notes
2. Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard’s Almanack: Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of USA. This small 50 page book can easily be kept in your mobile/kindle app. In this book Benjamin Franklin provides his opinion on various subject from eating, marriage, friendship, law, religion. book notes
3. Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio is self made Billionaire, philanthropist and founder of Bridgewater Associates. In this book he spells his success secrets which he calls Principles. He in his life and at Bridgewater Associates in business follow it as check list. It has a 350 page book and will take sometime to read and understand, i will be reading it once more. book notes
4. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor and also a stoic aka believer of stoicism, a school of Philosophy that flourished throughout the Roman and Greek world until the 3rd century AD. The book is collection of his thoughts on various aspects of life. book notes
5. 10% Human: How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen
The book gives a great insight on guts and how our modern lifestyle, eating habits are adversely effecting it. The book covers the other aspects like excessive use of antibiotics and its side affect on humans. book notes
6. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig
Just the spoiler, the book is not entirely about motorcycle maintenance instead an account of author’s motorcycle trip from Minnesota to California with his young son Chris, a philosophical meditation on the concept of Quality, and the story of a man pursued by the ghost of his former self. The book is written by Robert Pirsig , who passed away recently at age of 88. book notes
7. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami
This book “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” is collection of his daily entry of Haruki Murakami . He tries to connect his regular running habit and its learning to his way of life. It is a great read, so much of energy and motivation, I have ordered a hard copy for myself after reading on my kindle. book notes
8. Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe
One of the books which gives you personal insight of Charlie Munger, his life, family, beginning, sayings, success and failures. The book has everything you wanted to know about Charlie. The author has done great job in covering all part in the book. book notes
9. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Harari
If you wanted to know about us aka homo sapiens, 1000+ long years journey of evolution, this is the book you should read. I think author must have spent 3-5 years in doing complete research before thinking about writing this book. book notes
10. The Complete Adventures of Feluda (Volume 1) by Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray is a well respected name in Bangla Cinema and Literature. The book is a detective fiction with Feluda being the detective. The book totally got me hooked, it was like visiting British India and the joy of seeing parts of India though eyes of the Indian James Bond. Will be reading Volume 2 next year.
This post was result of my below mentioned tweet, feedback welcome. Happy 2018 🙂
10 books I enjoyed, learnt from in 2017.
Would love to hear back about yours list. 😀— Atul Jha (@koolhead17) December 20, 2017