Reading List

Books I've read (and audio books listened to) in the past.
Last Updated: 2/27/2013

# Book Author Links Date Started Date Completed Rating
89 Certified Information Systems Auditor: CISA Review Manual 2012 ISACA ISACA 8/16/2012 12/7/2012 ***
88 The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford Amazon.com 1/23/2013 2/23/2013 *****
87 The Time Keeper Mitch Albom Emusic.com 2/9/2013 2/14/2013 **
86 The Last Lecture Randy Pausch Emusic.com 2/5/2013 2/8/2013 *****
85 Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon Emusic.com 1/8/2013 2/4/2013 ****
84 Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras Amazon.com 12/2/2012 1/5/2013 ***
83 The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money Carl Richards Amazon.com 11/13/2012 11/20/2012 ***
82 The Big Secret for the Small Investor: The Shortest Route to Long-Term Investment Success Joel Greenblatt Emusic.com 11/7/2012 11/8/2012 **
81 Great by Choice James C. Collins, Morten T. Hansen Amazon.com 10/22/2012 11/5/1012 ****
80 Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Mitch Albom Emusic.com 10/18/2012 10/18/2012 *****
79 Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth Norman F. Cantor Emusic.com 10/9/2012 10/18/2012 **
78 The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky Barnes&Noble Barnes&Noble 1/19/2011 10/1/2012 ***
77 The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future T. Boone Pickens Emusic.com 9/17/2012 9/27/2012 ****
76 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis Emusic.com 8/2/2012 8/7/2012 ****
75 The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko Emusic.com
Amazon.com
6/18/2012 7/11/2012 *****
74 The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain David Shenk Emusic.com 5/10/2012 6/2/2012 ***
73 America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare Joel Brenner Amazon.com 3/26/2012 5/8/2012 *****
72 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Emusic.com 2/23/2012 3/5/2012 ***
71 Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan Emusic.com 2/6/2012 2/20/2012 **
70 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Patrick Lencioni Emusic.com 1/20/2012 1/24/2012 **
69 Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness Frank Brady Emusic.com 1/9/2012 1/19/2012 ***
68 Hard goals : The Secrets To Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be Mark A. Murphy Amazon.com 12/3/2011 1/5/2012 ****
67 Flowers to Philanthropy: The Life of Herman Meinders Bob Burke, Tom Butler Amazon.com 11/17/2011 12/2/2011 ***
66 The Upside of Irrationality Dan Ariely 2011 2011 ***
65 The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell 2011 2011 *****
64 All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque 2011 2011 ****
63 The Goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt 2011 2011 *****
62 Blink Malcolm Gladwell 2011 2011 *****
61 The Hacker Ethic Pekka Himanen 2011 2011 ***
60 Hacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results Bill Jensen, Josh Klein 2011 2011 *
59 The Art of Deception Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon 2011 2011 ***
58 The Image Daniel J. Boorstin 2011 2011 *****
54 The Lords of Strategy Walter Kiechel 2011 2011 *****
53 Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz 2011 2011 ***
52 It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks Howard Behar 2011 2011 ****
51 Critical Chain Eliyahu M. Goldratt 2011 2011 *****
50 Execution Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan 2011 2011 *****
49 Jack Jack Welch, John A. Byrne 2011 2011 ****
48 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama 2011 2011 ***
47 Dreams from My Father Barack Obama 2011 2011 ***
46 You Can Read Anyone David J. Lieberman 2011 2011 0
45 The Mission, the Men, and Me Pete Blaber 2011 2011 *****
44 The 360° Leader John C. Maxwell 2011 2011 **
43 Switch Chip Heath, Dan Heath 2011 2011 **
42 The Worst Hard Time Timothy Egan 2011 2011 ****
41 Meditations Marcus Aurelius 2011 2011 ****
40 House to House David Bellavia 2011 2011 *****
39 One Bullet Away Nathaniel Fick 2011 2011 ****
38 America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money Steve Economides, Annette Economides 2011 2011 ****
37 The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 2011 2011 ***
36 The Year of Living Biblically A. J. Jacobs 2011 2011 ****
35 The 33 Strategies of War Robert Greene 2011 2011 ***
34 The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene 2011 2011 ****
33 In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years James B. Stockdale 2011 2011 *****
32 The One Minute Manager Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson 2011 2011 ***
31 Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right Joseph Badaracco 2010 2010 ***
30 Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl 2010 2010 ****
29 Master And Man Leo Tolstoy 2010 2010 ****
28 What Men Live By And Other Tales Leo Tolstoy 2010 2010 *****
27 The Trial and Death of Socrates Plato ThoughtAudio 2010 2010 ***
26 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't James C. Collins, 2010 2010 ****
25 Made to Stick Chip Heath, Dan Heath 2010 2010 *****
24 Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely 2010 2010 *****
23 Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School Philip Delves Broughton 2010 2010 ***
22 Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood Donovan Campbell 2010 2010 *****
21 Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business Lynda Resnick, Francis Wilkinson 2009 2009 **
20 The Chess Artist: Genius, Obsession, and the World's Oldest Game J. C. Hallman 2009 2009 **
19 The Scientists John Gribbin 2009 2009 ***
18 Andrew Carnegie David Nasaw 2009 2009 ***
17 Foundations of IT Service Management: Based on ITIL 2008 2008 ****
16 The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps Kevin Behr, Gene Kim, George Spafford 2007 2007 *****
15 The Art of War Sun Tzu SunTzuSaid
ThoughtAudio
2007 2007 *****
Starship Titanic Terry Jones
The Davinci Code Dan Brown
To Build a Fire Jack London
Farmer Giles of Ham J. R. R. Tolkien
14 1984 George Orwell 2003 2003 ****
13 Animal Farm George Orwell 2003 2003 ***
12 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams 2002 2002 ***
11 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Douglas Adams 2002 2002 ***
10 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 2002 2002 ****
9 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 2002 2002 *****
8 The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 2001 2001 *****
7 The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Amazon.com 2000 2000 ****

Rating System: 

1 Star = Read the book, didn't much care for it. 
2 Stars = Read the book, but not something that I would read again. 
3 Stars = Read the book, learned something from it, would probably read it again. 
4 Stars = Read the book, it was very interesting, would recommend it to a friend. 
5 Stars = Great book, well worth the time spent reading it, highly recommended. 

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