My Top 10 List: Great Reads
I love to read. I love it. I have been a voracious reader since I was a child, but only in the last several years have I been intentional about reading and keeping track of what I read, how I read and the application of the knowledge I get. Since 2004 I’ve tracked and catalogued every book I’ve read. This year I had a more specific goal of reading books that span across all the main areas of my life plan.
- Faith
- Marriage
- Friends and Family
- Health
- Finances
- Self-Development
- Career and Service
- Administration/Miscellaneous
(I’m going to do a post soon that breaks out how I’m using those accounts above in organizing my hard files, email inbox, pretty much everything.)
In the past, I’ve tended to get in a rut and flip from business and leadership to fiction and then back. It’s been a good exercise to spread out my reading this year across genre’s. My wife was got her Master’s in English and I’ve begun to sense that my reading has been way to limited in terms of scope.
This year I had a goal to get through 36 books. I’m going to fall a bit short but don’t feel too bad about it. I’m reading through the Old Testament once, the New Testament twice and I spent the first few months of the year studying hard for my Personal Training Certification test.
I was reviewing and reflecting on books I’ve read over the past 5 years that have really impacted me. I’m almost tempted to turn this into a top ten authors because to be honest, if you see a book listed below, I’ve read everything by that author too.
To make my list of 10 a book had to be a STRONG YES in the following areas:
- Impacted my life significantly and immediately.
- I easily applied it to my life and it stuck.
- I found myself unable to contain my excitement about the read and was compelled to share it with people.
- I’ve reread it at least once.
So without further delay – here’s my list as of today:
- Love is the Killer Ap by Tim Sanders
- Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller
- Searching for God Knows What by Don Miller
- Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
- The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kyosaki
- Enduring Patagonia by Gregory Crouch
- Tribes by Seth Godin
- Made to Stick by Dan and Chip Heath / Becoming a Coaching Leader by Daniel Harkavy (both of these made my list but I’ve not reread them)
I’m curious – if you applied the criteria to what you read, what books would make your top 10? Do you find yourself reading a specific genre more than others? What tips and tricks have you learned to keep reading over the years?
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