Already Read

Perhaps I will feature a few of these books and shows in future posts. In the meantime, this is simply a list of what I’ve read and viewed from late 2018 until now.

 

2019

Dune (in progress), Frank Herbert

Extreme Ownership: How Navy Seals Lead and Win, Jock Willink and Leif Babin

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism, Kevin Williamson

The Wave, Todd Strassor (a great concept–a teacher starts a movement that slips out of control, with the potential to be Hitlerian, but this 135 page novel ultimately doesn’t go anywhere. They made it into a movie; that’s probably better because it would essentially be a second draft.)

Forty Autumns, Nina Willner (heartbreaking, outstanding, and worth rereading)

Range, Jeremy Ellis (half-finished)

Congo, Michael Crichton (3/4ths finished)

Unschooled, Kerry McDonald

This Perfect Day, Ira Levin

The Night Before, by Wendy Walker

The Anti-Mary Exposed, by Dr. Carrie Gress

Divergent, by Victoria Roth

Digital Minimalism (I read this twice), by Cal Newport

Back to Our Future, by David Sirota

Love and Ruin, by Paula McLain

Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie

White, by Bret Easton Ellis

Indian Country, by Kurt Schlichter

People’s Republic, by Kurt Schlichter

The Last Man, by Vince Flynn

Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of the Great Gatsby, by Sarah Churchill

The Wife Before, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Case for Trump, by Victor David Hansen

The Bestseller Code, by Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers

An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s, by Frederick Lewis Allen

Building a Story Brand, by Donald Miller

            (The 2019 books list goes from most recent to last January.)

 

Sometime in Late 2018

A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College, by Ryan Craig

Gone Girl (for the second time), by Gillian Flynn 

Atomic Habits (I read this three times), by James Clear

Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time, by Allan Gannett

The Lost World, by Michael Crichton

Prey, by Michael Crichton

Disclosure, by Michael Crichton

Next, by Michael Crichton

 

Movies and TV Series in 2019

Family Ties (Seasons 1 & 3) – I love this! It’s hilarious! Every line is gold.

The Mule

The Weissensee Saga (Seasons 1, 2, and 3)

The Wedding Singer (for about the fifth time – introduced it to my niece)

Family Ties (Season 2) – a fascinating cultural artifact from 1984.

Deutschland 86 (twice)

The Seven-Year Itch

Some Like It Hot

A Good Day to Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard

Die Hard with a Vengeance

Die Harder

Die Hard

The Lives of Others

The Eighties (CNN documentary)

Mockingjay

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games

Deutschland 83

            (The 2019 movies & shows list goes from most recent to last January.)

Note

Why keep track? After all, I feel like I read a lot. But when people ask me what I’ve read, I can’t remember. I think that’s because I’ve spent too much time on social media before reading a lot of research about how social media rots your brain. So, I decided that if I wanted to read more, and read more purposefully, I needed to do two things:

  1. Keep a record; and
  2. Delete almost all my social media accounts, and only get on after six p.m.

I may go further than #1 and #2. We’ll see.

 

 

 

 

Useful Books That Are Fun to Read

The Power of Less, by Leo Babauta

The Power of Less, by Leo Babauta

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Smartcuts, by Shane Snow

Smartcuts, by Shane Snow

Thirty-year-old Shane Snow is a millionaire. And that was before he wrote one of the most compulsively readable game-changing books that I’ve ever seen. I loved it so much I read it three times and gave away several copies to friends. Ever wonder how some people zoom...

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List of Books I’ve Read

2019

  • Building a Story Brand, by Donald Miller
  • Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s, by Frederick Lewis Allen
  • The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
  • Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
  • Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
  • The Bestseller Code, by Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers
  • An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
  • The Wife Before, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
  • The Case for Trump, by Victor David Hansen
  • Careless People, by Sarah Churchill
  • People’s Republic, by Kurt Schlichter
  • The Last Man, by Vince Flynn
  • Indian Country, by Kurt Schlichter
  • White, by Bret Easton Ellis
  • Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie
  • Back to Our Future, by David Sirota
  • Digital Minimalism (I read this twice), by Cal Newport
  • Divergent, by Victoria Roth
  • The Anti-Mary Exposed, by Dr. Carrie Gress

Sometime in Late 2018 (Before I kept track)

  • A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College, by Ryan Craig
  • Atomic Habits (I read this three times), by James Clear
  • Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time, by Allan Gannett
  • The Lost World, by Michael Crichton
  • Prey, by Michael Crichton
  • Disclosure, by Michael Crichton
  • Next, by Michael Crichton

Movies and TV Series in 2019

  • Deutschland 83
  • The Hunger Games
  • Catching Fire
  • Die Hard
  • Die Harder
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance
  • Live Free or Die Hard
  • A Good Day to Die Hard
  • The Lives of Others
  • The Eighties (CNN)
  • Deutschland 86
  • Some Like It Hot
  • The Seven-Year Itch
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