My 2015 Reading Report

2015 saw me start keeping track of the books I read, and sharing that with the world directly from my reading list as well as on Goodreads.

I managed to read a respectable 43 books in 2015 (my goal was 24). Some of them took me a while, some I breezed through in a day.

My goal for 2016 however will be a bit different, based on some insights I’ve gleaned from this year. Firstly, I want to continue my daily reading habit. Sure, I didn’t keep it in 2015 (my consistency for the year was 88%, overall not too shabby), but it’ll continue to remain a goal.

Secondly, I felt like I was maybe reading a bit too fast. It’s difficult to go back and remember anything from what I read early in the year, for example. Honestly, I’m not too sure how I want to address this yet. I can either a) read slower; or b) read at the same pace, but take summary notes and boil them down to “just tell me what to do” nuggets. I’m leaning more towards b, but the end result may end up being a hybrid of the two (after all, taking notes on something will directly affect the speed at which I’m finishing books). The challenge with reading slower is the sheer number of books to get through — I have over 500 at home, and continue buying more.

Anyways, here’s the list of books I read in 2015:

Read in 2015 (43)

December (2)

• The Radical Leap
• The Radical Edge

November (2)

• Freedom in Exile
• There Are No Others: Accepting The Reality of Your Aloneness

October (7)

• Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior
• Thinking for a Change
• The Effective Executive*
• The Effective Executive in Action
• The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk
• The Dharma of Capitalism
• Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism

*This book was read as included in the 3-book volume The Executive in Action

September (1)

• Into Thin Air

August (2)

• Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Book of Leadership
• Who Moved My Cheese?

July (1)

• The 4-Hour Workweek

June (5)

• How to Motivate People: The Team Strategy for Success
• Dharma Paths
• Buddha
• DotCom Secrets
• Invisible Selling Machine

May (6)

• Seven Years in Tibet
• An Open Heart
• The Wisdom of Forgiveness
• Beyond Religion
• In the Shadow of the Buddha
• Get Er Done: The Green Beret Guide to Productivity

April (5)

• The Path is The Goal
• How to Become a Marketing Superstar
• The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind
• 5 Minute Morning Boosters
• How to See Yourself as you Really Are

March (5)

• The Success Principles
• The Magic of Thinking Big
• The Carolina Way
• The Power of Habit
• The Happiness Advantage

February (2)

• As A Man Thinketh
• Awaken The Giant Within

January (5)

• The Art of Happiness at Work
• Wherever You Go, There You Are
• Little Green Book of Getting Your Way
• The Millionaire Messenger
• Turning the Mind into an Ally