Below is the list of all 63 books that I read in 2017 after making the conscious decision to read more (for reference, I probably had read 63 books over the previous totality of my life). If you want to read these, please go check your local library to save some money! If you decide that you must buy one, I have added Amazon links to each of these books, so if you are interested in buying one, I would appreciate you going through these so I can gain a commission! Thanks and enjoy! Also, remember the rankings are out of 5 (with 5 being phenomenal and 1 being horrendous) and right when I finish the book, so these are dependent on many things, so take my input as you will!
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (3) – 1/22/17
- Rework (5) – 2/2/17
- Grendel (3) – 2/5/17
- The Power of Habit (4) – 2/11/17
- If you want to change any of your habits at all, this book is worth a read!
- Think Like a Freak (3) – 2/12/17
- Great by Choice (3) – 2/19/17
- Walden (2) – 3/4/17
- Overall, this book is long and drawn out, but has some great quotes!
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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
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“How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?”
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“This spending of the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it…”
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“It is time that we had uncommon schools, that we did not leave off our education when we begin to be men and women.”
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“When the play, it may be the tragedy, of life is over, the spectator goes his way.”
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“No humane being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature, which holds its life by the same tenure that he does.”
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“I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals…”
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“It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves…”
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“…if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
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“Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he has made.”
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“Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
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“Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.”
- Tales of the Alhambra (3) – 3/15/17
- Early Retirement Extreme (3) – 4/8/17
- Rich Dad Poor Dad (4) – 4/16/17
- The Millionaire Next Door (3) – 4/30/17
- Eat That Frog (3) – 5/7/17
- Eat Move Sleep (3) – 5/7/17
- Slaughterhouse Five (1) -5/16/17
- Quite possibly the worst book that I have ever read!
- 21 Success Secrets of Self-made Millionaires (3) -5/17/17
- Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life (4) – 5/30/17
- All about paring down to only the items that truly bring value to your life: something definitely worth looking at.
- Milk and Honey (3) – 6/1/17
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“If you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else”
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“Give to those who have nothing to give to you”
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- Eat, Pray, Love (3) – 6/10/17
- Into the Wild (2) – 7/1/17
- A poor retelling of a fascinating event.
- Three Cups of Tea (4) – 7/8/17
- A fascinating book about a man’s time in the middle-east and the great work he did over there.
- The Prayer of Jabez (2) – 7/9/17
- A Little Life (5) – 7/10/17
- This is by far the most depressing book that I have ever read, but probably also my favorite. Just be aware of what exactly you are getting into if you decide to read this beautiful, dark book.
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“…the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are – not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving…”
- Impact (2) 7/20/17
- Everything that Remains (3) – 7/26/17
- The Minimalist Lifestyle (2) – 7/29/17
- The End of Faith (4) – 8/2/17
- A Sam Harris classic and a great read that I would recommend!
- Water for Elephants (4) – 8/6/17
- The New Jim Crow (4) – 8/19/17
- Call of the Wild (4) – 8/20/17
- The Road (2) – 8/24/17
- Everything All at Once (3) – 9/9/17
- Gut (3) – 9/10/17
- The Prince (2) – 9/16/17
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (4) – 9/18/17
- Building a 6 Figure Sales Career (3) – 9/24/17
- Buddhism Plain and Simple (2) – 9/24/17
- The Power of Now (1) – 10/3/17
- A new-age “Bible” which was just dripping in disgusting self-help speak. This book is absolutely awful.
- You Can Heal Your Life (1) – 10/7/17
- Apology (4) – 10/8/17
- Richest Man in Babylon (4) – 10/8/17
- A group of parables about money that will teach a few very important lessons everyone should know about money.
- Onward (4) – 10/23/17
- Howard Shultz’s book about his successful return to the company he started (Starbucks). This is basically just one big advertisement, but it is written so well, it definitely worked on me!
- Lying (3) – 10/25/17
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2) – 10/29/17
- How to Meditate (3) – 11/10/17
- A Confederacy of Dunces (1) – 11/16/17
- Okay, it is between this and Slaughterhouse Five for the worst book I have ever read.
- 15 Ways to Stay Alive (4) – 11/17/17
- 10 Reasons You Feel Old and Get Fat (3) – 11/19/17
- I linked this book like the rest of these, but please do not spend ~$36 for this book, I can promise you that it is not worth it…
- Listen (2) – 11/20/17
- The Wander Year (4) – 11/21/17
- Eat Stop Eat (2) – 11/23/17
- You Have Too Much Shit (3) – 11/23/17
- Job Free (4) – 11/25/17
- Backpacker Business (4) – 12/3/17
- How to Live in a Car, Van, or RV (3) – 12/3/17
- Options Trading for Beginners (2) – 12/5/17
- Radical Immediate Retirement (2) – 12/6/17
- Van Dwelling Basics (2) – 12/10/17
- The Acquirer’s Multiple (3) – 12/14/17
- The Handmaid’s Tale (3) -12/17/17
- Very interesting book about a repressive religious regime.
- Off Course (3) – 12/20/17
- unWorking (4) – 12/21/17
- 10 Days to Lifetime Self-Discipline (2) – 12/24/17
- If Your Dream Doesn’t Scare You, It Isn’t Big Enough (4) – 12/27/17
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