As 2015 comes to a close, its time to review my mission to read 52 books in 52 weeks in 2015. I have been documenting them as I read them on my Goodreads page, as well as on my Instagram account. (Goodreads has a nifty ‘year in books‘)
Below are the books that I rated 5 because I enjoyed them very much, and that I want to reread. I have added some that I rated 4 because I have referred to them often in class or in conversation. They are all worth reading if you have not already.
- The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking – Oliver Burkeman
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan
- Why Orwell Matters – Christopher Hitchens
- Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life – Eric Greitens
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love – Cal Newport
- Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
- The Year of the Runaways – Sunjeev Sahota
- Satin Island – Tom McCarthy
- Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions – -Dan Ariely
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph – Ryan Holiday
- Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative – Ken Robinson
- The Wife Drought – Annabel Crabb
- Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness – Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy – William B. Irvine
Here’s a numbers listicle from my 2015 books.
- 1 – number of people who read the least read book on my Goodreads
- 3.6 – my average rating for books read
- 4 – books I rated 2 stars
- 6 – number of books I gave up on
- 4.21 – highest Goodreads rating for a book read
- 10 – books I rated 5 stars
- 11 – memoirs/biographies read
- 17 – fiction books read
- 24 – books I rated 4 stars
- 25 – books I rated 3 stars
- 32 – numbers of pages of shortest book read
- 63 – number of books read
- 282- average number of pages per book read
- 515 – number of pages of longest book read
- 1933 – earliest publication year read
- 15,779 – total number of pages read
- 1,364,978 – number of people who read the most read book on my Goodreads