I kept a book log in 2019 and 2020. I will strive to do the same in 2021.
- Talking to Strangers – Malcolm Gladwell on what we should know about people we don’t know.
- I thought you said this would work – an Amazon Prime reading book for the month of April. Cross-country road trip brings two old friends back together.
- The Infinite Game – Simon Sinek compares finite (sports) and infinite (business, life) games.
- Broken – a collection of six short novels by Don Winslow.
- The Intuitionist – the 2000 debut novel of Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys (my favorite book read of 2020)
- The Shell Collector – an after the oceans rise love story about shell hunting by Hugh Howey, author of the enjoyable WOOL/Silo Trilogy.
- If it bleeds – a collection of Stephen King short stories.
- Prodigal Son – the sixth book in the Orphan X action series.
- A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance) – legal thriller from John Grisham.
- The Plague Year – not a book per se but as a 30,000-word article, it took me several sittings to read this early history of COVID-19 in the U.S. by Lawrence Wright. You can also listen to Wright discuss the article on this episode of the New Yorker podcast.
- The Border: A Novel – the 3rd book in the incredible Power of the Dog Book series by Don Winslow. I read most of this book in 2020, but needed a library renewal to finish.
- Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live – a history so far of the COVID-19 pandemic through August 2020. Comprehensive examination of social, biological, and political factors that have contributed to the spread of the virus, economic disruption and loss of life.
