“Reading a good book is like taking a journey.”  Emma Gulliford

I love looking back at my reading year and to see what books stood out and knocked my socks off.    During the reading year, I typically look at the books I have recommended based on personal experience and the ones I most often sent to clients and friends.

The process of actually choosing favorites is no easy task, but enjoyable to look back to see which I would read again.  I read 126 books in 2019 and narrowed it down to the following 35 that I would definitely re-read.    As I look over the years, my interest in audio books has increased and listened to 11 this year, but actually read more books overall (not including all the CPE books required for work) than 2018.

What were your favorite books of 2019?    Would love to hear your list.

Favorite Books of 2019

Non Fiction

1. The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time, David Ulin
2. Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
3. Reading People, Anne Bogel
4. Greatest Minds of All Time, Will Durant
5. North: Finding My Way While Running  The Appalachian Trail, Scott Jurek
6. Sell It Like Serhant, Ryan Serhant
7. A Philosophy of Walking, Frederic Gros
8. Pedaling Home: One Woman’s Race Across the Arizona Trail, Sarah Ruth Jansen
9. Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins
10. Tip of the Iceberg, Mark Adams
11. The Only Kayak: A Journey Into The Heart of Alaska, Kim Heacox
12. Divide and Conquer: 2,731 Miles Out Living It On Two Wheels, Brent Goldstein
13. Just Ride, Ty Hopkins
14. Story Driven, Bernadette Jiwa
15. Renegade Car Camping, Brian Snyder
16. Characters on The Green, Peter Hoyer
17. Keep Going, Austen Kleon
18. The Nature Fix, Florence Williams
19. The Patch, John Mcphee
20. The Pioneers, David McCullough
21. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Rick Atkinson
22. Into The Furnace, Corry Reese
23. Stillness Is The Key, Ryan Holliday
24. In Search of Al Howie, Jared Beasley
25. The Serving Mindset, Faroosh Brock
26. Bill Belichick: The Making of The Greatest Football Coach of All Time, Ian O’Connor
27. Theft By Finding: Diaries 1977-2002, David Sedaris
28. Presidents Of War, Michael Beschloss
29. Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport
30. The Tiger, John Vaillant
31. Range, David Epstein
32. The Ride of A Lifetime, Robert Iger
33. What It Takes, Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, Stephen Schwarzman

Fiction

34. The River, Peter Heller
35. Racing In The Rain, Garth Stein
36. This Tender Land, William Kent Krueger
37. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
38. This Must Be The Place, Maggie O’Farrell
39. That Month in Tuscan, Inglath Cooper
40. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
41. The Price of Time, Tim Tigner
42. Dead Mountain, Donnie Eichar
43. Where The Forest Meets The Stars, Glendy Vandera

As the end of 2019 reading year approaches, I wish you the best reading adventures into the new decade!