My 2014 Book Reading List
photo by Amelia Schmidt
2014 was an excellent year for personal book reading. At the beginning of each year, I always desire to read many books, and I try to set a number…which I never reached. In 2014, I decided I was going to just read and not set any specific goal. Due to that strategy, it was a great success!
Since I am a musician and travel quite a bit each day to performances, rehearsals, and lessons, I decided to try out audiobooks. Being close to quite a few public libraries as well as having apps that link to those libraries, the bulk of my reading list was unabridged audiobooks. The practice of the listening to audiobooks was quite beneficial for me since I was able to knock out many books on my personal reading list and keep myself “occupied” while driving to different locations. Even though the list has a wide variety of topics, each book stirred my thinking and view on society and life. The list is in order of when each book was finished.
Enjoy!
* = Completed as an Audiobook
Bear Grylls: Mud, Sweat and Tears
Sam Snead: The Education of a Golfer
Shara Grylls: Never Stop Holding Hands
*Robert Kiyosaki: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
*Tom Brokaw: The Time of Our Lives
*Jon Meacham: American Gospel
*Bill ‘O Reilly: Killing Lincoln
*Kyle Idleman: Not a Fan
*Lee Iacocca: Where Did All the Leaders Go?
James M. Boice: Glory to God – Romans Devotional
Eric Liddell: The Disciplines of the Christian Life
*Robert Kiyosaki: The Cash Flow Quadrant
*Howard Schultz: Onward
*Seth Godin: Linchpin
Kristin Yost: How I Made $100K My First Year as a Piano Teacher
*Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers
*John Kasich: Stand for Something
*Timothy Keller: The Prodigal God
*Timothy Keller: The King’s Cross
*Robert Hilburn: Johnny Cash – The Life
*Dietrick Bonhoeffer: Life Together
*Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture
Don Shula/Ken Blanchard: The Little Book on Coaching
*Joe Scarborough: The Right Path
*Jay Elliott: The Steve Jobs Way – iLeadership for a New Generation
George Beahm: I, Steve – Steve Jobs in his own words
*James McPherson: Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander-in-Chief
