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📣 freedomben

What were the best books you read this year? (2019)


Last year toward the end of 2018 there was an awesome thread asking this same question. I personally found it very valuable, but have not seen one so far for 2019. I thought I'd get it started!

What were the best books you read this year? Preference to books released this year, but if an older book changed you for the better by all means please include it!


  👤 mtmail Accepted Answer ✓
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👤 mindcrime
Well, first things first, here's the list of what I read (well, everything I finished) in 2019.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/33942804-phillip-rhode...

Out of those, which ones would I pick as "the best"? Hmm... I guess I'd single out the following for mention:

Non-fiction:

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science - Barbara Oakley

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King

CustomerCentric Selling - Michael Bosworth

The Prime Solution: Close the Value Gap, Increase Margins, and Win the Complex Sale - Jeff Thull

The Man Who Tamed Lightning - Floyd Miller

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstadter

Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes Are High! - Jeff Thull

Fiction:

Zero Sum Game - S.L. Huang

The Institute - Stephen King

The Night Window - Dean Koontz

Blue Moon - Lee Child