Every year I like to challenge myself to read more books. There are many benefits of reading books, but the main one for me is gaining a wealth of knowledge from people much smarter than myself.
I tend to focus more on the self-improvement side of the library and many of the books I wish to read this year align with that genre. Here are the 12 books I intend to read by the end of 2022:
1. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
Author: Nick Offerman
Description: A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman
2. The Distracted Mind
Author: Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen
Description: Why our brains aren't built for media multitasking, and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way.
3. Comfort Crisis
Author: Michael Easter
Description: Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild.
4. Profit First
Author: Mike Michalowicz
Description: Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability.
5. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Author: Walter Isaacson
Description: Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.
6. Why We Sleep
Author: amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp..
Description: A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.
7. I Will Teach You To Be Rich
Author: Ramit Sethi
Description: At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance--banking, saving, budgeting, and investing--and the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship.
8. Fasted Lifestyle
Author: Ben Smith
Description: The most comprehensive guide to intermittent fasting you’ll find, all in under 150 pages, for real results.
9. This America
Author: Jill Lepore
Description: From the acclaimed historian and New Yorker writer comes this urgent manifesto on the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century.
10. Tender is the Flesh
Author: Agustina Bazterrica
Description: Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore.
11. Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
Author: Vivek H. Murthy
Description: The book we need NOW to avoid a social recession, Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community.
12. The Pragmatic Programmer
Author: David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
Description: For twenty years, the lessons from The Pragmatic Programmer have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development, independent of any particular language, framework, or methodology. This classic title is regularly featured on “Top Ten” lists, and many corporations issue it to their new hires.