{"id":6005,"date":"2019-12-06T04:22:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.local\/?p=6005"},"modified":"2019-12-06T04:40:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:40:22","slug":"2019-book-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.local\/2019-book-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Book List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I saw some Twitter jokes about VC’s writing book lists for the year. Snark aside – I really enjoy book lists. If you have one, tweet me @bwagy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you haven’t seen it I keep an ongoing updated list of my favourite books too<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year in reading, I have been purposeful around doing the best format for a book, i.e. this is a good book for audio, so schedule it that way vs one I want to digest via paperback. I also wanted to tend towards reading older books, i.e. not just reading the latest\/newest out the gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are my favorites from this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ritz Escofier<\/a>, caught this tweeted by Rafat<\/a>, and really enjoyed it. Read the story of the Ritz Hotel came from its enigmatic founder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intelligent Investor<\/a>, my absolute top read of the year. Nice to read a well written book, it’s oft recommended seldom read. For me, it just helped improve my thinking, particularly around personal vs business affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conspiracy<\/a>, the story of the Peter Thiel and Gawker lawsuit. But weaved through with philosophy. A big takeaway from me, was the barriers to entry to ‘test’ the legal system in the US are so high that it isn’t tested enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capitalism without Capital<\/a>, exploring and breaking apart some of the things we have begun to take for granted, digital businesses, assets, our wealth in bits and bytes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miracle at Midway<\/a>, a balanced view of the build up, the actual action and then post events. A deep dive in to the lens and view of each side of the conflict, told as the events unravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Titan<\/a> [in progress] enjoying this, the biography of John D Rockefeller. I got the paper copy which is meaty, so grab the ebook if you like to read in bed. Reminds me of the Buffett one in a way – but with way more depth in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arsenal of Democracy<\/a>, walking through how Ford (and other manufacturers) drove production during WWII. Analogous in so many ways to anyone building something audacious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effective Executive<\/a>, another oft recommended seldom read, this I got on audiobook. A good synposis for any executive, at any stage of their career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about light reading? I have (and do) enjoy Clive Cusslers<\/a> each year, whatever has been released. Explorers Journal<\/a> is a new find for me and really enjoyable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time last year I also enjoyed this audiobook (or audio performance) of the Christmas Eve, Truce of 1914<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking for something to read over the break, just buy a few. It’s rare that I have regretted the $10-$20 I’ve spent on a book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw some Twitter jokes about VC’s writing book lists for the year. Snark aside – I really enjoy book lists. If you have one, tweet me @bwagy If you haven’t seen it I keep an ongoing updated list of my favourite books too. This year in reading, I have been purposeful around doing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6005"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6013,"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005\/revisions\/6013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}