“Behind every stack of books is a flood of knowledge.

“Books are the only thing you can buy that make you richer”

Reading is one of my favourite past-times. Personally I prefer non-fiction sci/tech/living books and apparently from the waterstone labeling of my book area I read smart thinking books. Here is a list of the 35 books I read in 2017.

Here are my top picks …

1. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
2. Dyslexic advantage : Unlocking the hidden potential
3. Platform Revolution : How Networked Markets are Transforming the Economy–and How to Make Them Work for You

2017

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

The upstarts : How Uber, AirBnB and the killer companies of the New Silicon Valley are changing the world

Platform Revolution : How Networked Markets are Transforming the Economy–and How to Make Them Work for You

Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing the Digital Revolution

Naked Statistics : Stripping the dread from the data

Dyslexic advantage : Unlocking the hidden potential

Algorithms to live by

Superforecasting : The art and science of prediction

Deep Work : Rules for focused success in a distracted world

The Life-changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k: How to stop spending time you don’t have doing things you don’t want to do with people you don’t like

Get Your Sh*t Together: How to stop worrying about what you should do so you can finish what you need to do and start doing what you want to do

You do you

Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups–Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000

Origins

Principles: Life and Work

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

48 Laws of Power

Option B : Facing adversity

Cognitive behaviourial therapy by great courses

Dataclysm: What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness

101 Ways to Love Well

The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District

Life Hacks

The handmaid’s tale

Happiness by Design: Change What You Do, Not How You Think

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World

A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes

Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living

The Decision Book: Fifty models for strategic thinking