I love books. Over the years, I’ve read (and – often – listened to) countless stories, ideas, and perspectives that have shaped my thinking, challenged my views, and entertained me in ways I never expected. While I haven’t reviewed every book I’ve ever read – or even two percent of them, I took the time to jot down thoughts on over 50 of them. You can browse my reviews here:
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If you find book reviews helpful—whether they convince you to read a book, warn you away from one, or just resonate with you—please click “Helpful” on the review. It’s a small way to support my efforts and encourage others to engage in reading or listening to these books.
Sharing this list makes me wish I’d done a book review of every book I’ve ever read. I remember having that same wish in grade school, middle school, high school, during my time in the service, in college, and many times since. Some books I’ve revisited decades later, only to wish I had notes from my first encounter with them.
Books have an incredible way of growing with us. The same book read at different points in life can offer entirely new insights. That’s why I enjoy reviewing them—it helps capture my thoughts in the moment and might even help someone else decide whether a book is worth their time.
These book reviews are shared here because many of these books (especially more recent titles) were chosen partly for their appropriateness for blog posts over at Bloggey.com. I hope many will give you an idea of how that blog and this blog may take shape.
Your Book Reviews Welcome!
Please feel free to comment on this blog post and share book reviews and suggestions of your own.
Happy reading and listening!
Regards,
Keith
We’re hopeful that this book review post will be the start of a “30 posts in 30 days” sprint for content. Frankly, I’ll be pleased if we do thirty good posts in sixty days. The best response we could hope for is audience participation. Comments, sharing, and contacts with questions and suggestions, for book reviews or the overall website, are the real goal. In short, we’d like to build a community we can all enjoy. Your “Helpful” votes on the reviews listed would be a bonus.
Regards,
Keith
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Books/Authors
Life’s Engines Paul G. Falkowski Jan 2025
The 12-Week Year Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington Jan 2025
My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor Jan 2025
Six-Figure Side Hustle Rachel Rodgers Jan 2025
Proof of Conspiracy Seth Abramson
Creating a Learning Society Joseph E. Stiglitz
It Was You All Along Russ
Buy Then Build Walter Deibel
Rocket Fuel Gino Wickman, Mark C. Winters
Don’t Start a Side Hustle! Brian Page
Building an Empire Brian Carruthers
The Sound of the Future Tobias Dengel, Karl Weber (contributor)
Ninja Selling Larry Kendall
George Orwell: The Man and the
Mind Behind 1984 Michael Shelden
Call Me American Abdi Nor Iftin
Animal Farm Georgo Orwell
$100M Leads Alex Hormozi
One Million Followers: How I Brendan Kane
Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days
A Liberated Mind Steven C. Hayes PhD
100 Side Hustles Chris Guillebeau
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Harvard Business Review, Peter F. Drucker,
Managing Yourself Clayton M. Christensen, Daniel Goldman
George Orwell’s 1984 George Orwell, Joe White – adaptation
The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green
Finish Jon Acuff
You Need More Money Matt Manero
A Wing and a Prayer Anders Gyllenhaal, Beverly Gyllenhaal
The Purpose of Power Alicia Garza
Plan Your Year Like a Millionaire Rachel Rodgers
Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety Drew Ramsey
Honor Yourself Diddy
How to Stay Focused Stephens Hyang
How to Play the Guitar and Y Elvis Costello
How to Start a Side Hustle Kaylene Langford
Writing for Audio Katie O’Connor
The Enduring Genius of
Frederick Law Olmstead Adam Rome
21 Insanely Easy Side Hustles Diane Orozco
Find Your People Jennie Allen
Blueprint to Success Michael Alden
The Infinite Game Simon Sinek
The Power of Unwavering Focus Dandapani
A Dangerously High Threshold
for Pain Imani Perry
Powershift Daymond John, Daniel Paisner
12 Notes Quincy Jones
Anti-Time Management Richie Norton
How Am I Doing? Dr. Corey Yeager, Cade Cunningham – Foreword
Get Abundance Peter Diamandis
Tribe of Mentors Tim Ferris
On Writers and Writing Margaret Atwood
Change Your Schedule, Change Dr. Suhas Kshirsager, Michelle Seaton, Deepak Chopra – foreword
Your Life
You are Special Fred Rogers
How to Help Yourself with Martin Meadows
Self-Help: A Short Guide to Use Self-Help Books to Achieve Your Goals
Selling From the Heart Larry Levine
Deep Work Cal Newport
The Heron Don Winslow
Writing Creative Nonfiction Titar J J. Mazzeo
Limitless Mind Jo Boaler
Grounded Doreen Oliver
Science of Friendship Kyler Shumway
The Joy of Numbers Dr. Arthur Benjamin
Virtual Assistant Assistant: The Ultimate Guide to Finding, Hiring, and
Working with Virtual Assistants Nick Loper
The 7 Day Startup Dan Norris
Songs That Shook the Planet Chuck D
Leading an Inspired Life Jim Rohn
Proof of Collusion Seth Abramson
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days Rebecca Donner
Values Really Matter…Forging Strong Communities Dr. Sheila Bethel
Your Organized Home:
Simple Steps for Reducing Clutter Jessica Marks
Wonderful Memories of It’s a Wonderful Life Jimmy Hawkins
Atomic Habits James Clear
Do What Matters Most Rob Shallenberger, Steve Shallenberger
Where the Light Enters Jill Biden
High-Performance Selling Don Hutson
Exceeding Customer Expectations Brad Worthley
Stand by Your Company Daniel Roberts
Eat Smarter Shawn Stevenson
Hyperfocus Chris Bailey
Are u ok? Kati Morton
That Will Never Work Marc Randolph
Girl Decoded Rana el Kaliouby, Carol Colman
Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still Kristina Kuzmic
Do One Thing Well Daniel Roberts
Coach Michael Lewis
Write It Down, Achieve It: 7 Secrets
to Successful Goal Setting Vincent Santiago
American Monsters Adam Jortner
The Disordered Cosmos Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
21 Success Secrets of
Self-Made Millionaires Brian Tracy
How Y’all Doing? Leslie Jordan
Declutter Your Inbox S.J. Scott
The Kindle Writing Bible Tom Corson-Knowles
You Can’t Cheat Success Tom Corson-Knowles
The Addiction Formula Friedemann Findeisen
Exactly Where to Start Phil M. Jones
Communication Skills Training G.S. Hook
Good Morning, Good Life Amy Schmittauer Landino
Tower of Lies Barbara A. Res
Shape Jordan Ellenberg
This is Your Brain on Food Uma Naidoo, MD
How to Be Unstoppable P. Seymour
Upon Reflection Sting
Men’s Health Daniel Goldfarb
What Unites Us Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner
The Second Machine Age Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee
Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
Miracle and Wonder Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam
