Year in review 2018 of favorite books
At the beginning of last year, I set myself a reading challenge of 20 books. It was just a bit more than last year and I achieved it quite easily in the end. I read 21 books. I could have read much more, to be honest. So this year my goal is at least 30 books. [Edit: 50 books!]
When I was younger, I used to say that my dream at some point in my life is to have a home with a rooftop terrace, a grand piano, and a library. I have come to realize that I might not have a grandiose physical library by the time I’ll have my own apartment. Luckily, I already have my favorite digital library Goodreads that I like to use.
In addition to good old books, last year I found podcasts — meaning that I found great podcasts and started listening to those a lot. I also found the convenience of audiobooks and started listening to those as well, although I enjoy reading more.
As I like to read other’s favorite book listings, and to keep track of things:
Here’s my top 10 books of 2018:
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
How the Internet Happened by Brian McCullough
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Brotopia by Emily Chang
Clean Meat by Paul Shapiro
Transforming Nokia by Risto Siilasmaa
Reset by Ellen Pao
Quiet by Susan Cain
Looking back to this list, I wonder where the fiction is. Last truly great fiction books I read were in 2017, sadly. There are also many startup/Internet/Silicon Valley related books due to my current interests tied to my work. 4/10 of these are by female authors, quite well.
This year:
My goal is to read at least 30 books, maybe even 50.
I want to read more fiction and find great fiction.
I want to read classics.
You can find me on Goodreads here.
This post was originally publised on Medium here on January 1, 2019.