What I'm reading.
I keep the list on Goodreads — everything I've finished, plus twenty I started and didn't. The passages below are the parts I went back to. The tabs at the bottom are what's open right now.
First: What It Takes to Win
Rich Froning
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
The Mindful Athlete
George Mumford
Black Ops
Ric Prado
Zero Hour for Gen X
Matthew Hennessey
Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring
Brad Gooch
When the Going Was Good
Graydon Carter
Pirates of Key West
Kelly Ryan Harriger
Zen Jiu Jitsu - White to Blue
Oliver Staark
Old Grappler Handbook
Rick Ellis
Jimmy Buffett
Ryan White
Fly Fishing Guide For Beginners
Nolan Reed
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
Charles T. Munger
I Regret Almost Everything
Keith McNally
You Never Know
Tom Selleck
Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison
The Golden Girls
Bernadette Giacomazzo
It's Hard for Me to Live with Me
Rex Chapman
Shopkeeping
Peter Miller
Own Your Throne
Bradford Ware
Never Finished
David Goggins
In the Weeds
Tom Vitale
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
Vagabonding
Rolf Potts
For Your Eyes Only
Ben Macintyre
How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell
The Monk of Mokha
Dave Eggers
The Comfort Crisis
Michael Easter
Setting the Table
Danny Meyer
★★★★★
Party of One
Dave Holmes
Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki Murakami
The Complete Guide to Yorkshire Terriers
Joanna de Klerk
The Buy Side
Turney Duff
The Last Days of Roger Federer
Geoff Dyer
The State of Affairs
Esther Perel
Burn Rate
Andy Dunn
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World
Steven Rinella
Platform Revolution
Geoffrey G. Parker
Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar
Alan Shipnuck
Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
Cameron R. Hanes
Scars and Stripes
Tim Kennedy
Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt
World Travel
Anthony Bourdain
Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford
My Father, the Pornographer
Chris Offutt
Grind: A No-Bullshit Approach to Take Your Business from Concept to Cash Flow
Michael J. McFall
The Man Who Solved the Market
Gregory Zuckerman
The Optimist
David Coggins
Molly's Game
Molly Bloom
Meat Eater
Steven Rinella
The Backyard Adventurer
Beau Miles
Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci
Breathe: A Life in Flow – A New York Times Bestselling Memoir of Martial Arts and Personal Growth
Rickson Gracie
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness
Tim S. Grover
Eat Bacon, Don't Jog
Grant Petersen
Eat a Peach
David Chang
Reborn in the USA An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home
Roger Bennett
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
Bill Buford
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow
Action Bronson
Three-Ring Circus
Jeff Pearlman
The Secret Life of Groceries
Benjamin Lorr
Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
Notes from a Young Black Chef
Kwame Onwuachi
The Compton Cowboys
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
Blood, Bones, and Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Robin Sharma
10% Happier
Dan Harris
Denali: A Man, a Dog, and the Friendship of a Lifetime
Ben Moon
★★★★★
I Will Teach You to Be Rich
Ramit Sethi
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
Sick in the Head
Judd Apatow
★★★★☆
The Responsible Company
Yvon Chouinard
Remote: Office Not Required
David Heinemeier Hansson
Ten Restaurants That Changed America
Paul Freedman
The Right Answer
John K. Delaney
Start Here Now
Susan Piver
Acid for the Children
Flea
Fresh Off the Boat
Eddie Huang
★★★★☆
The Warrior Monk Philosophy of Trainer Cus D'Amato
Brett McKay
The Latte Factor
David Bach
Howard Stern Comes Again
Howard Stern
A Place of My Own
Michael Pollan
Serving the Servant
Danny Goldberg
★★★☆☆
Elevated
Harvey Araton
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Mohsin Hamid
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
Tribe Of Mentors
Timothy Ferriss
Shortest Way Home
Pete Buttigieg
Sticky Fingers
Joe Hagan
ReWork
Jason Fried
Billion Dollar Whale
Tom Wright
★★★☆☆
Everybody, Always
Bob Goff
Food: A Love Story
Jim Gaffigan
★★★☆☆
Brave New Work
Aaron Dignan
★★★☆☆
I'll Be There for You
Kelsey Miller
★★★☆☆
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell
Chas Smith
★★★★☆
The Long Run
Mishka Shubaly
★★★★☆
The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis
★★★☆☆
The Kingdom of Shivas Irons
Michael Murphy
★★☆☆☆
Being a Dad Is Weird
Ben Falcone
★★★★☆
Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
★★★☆☆
How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are
Anne Berest
★★★☆☆
The Devil in the Kitchen
Marco Pierre White
★★★☆☆
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane
★★★★☆
Tiger Woods
Jeff Benedict
★★★★☆
Brewing Up a Business
Sam Calagione
★★★★☆
To Shake the Sleeping Self
Jedidiah Jenkins
★★★★☆
Cocaine + Surfing
Chas Smith
★★★★☆
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami
★★★★☆
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
★★★☆☆
In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan
★★★☆☆
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
★★☆☆☆
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
★★★☆☆
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondō
★★★★☆
Dharma Punx
Noah Levine
★★★★☆
The Danish Way of Parenting
Jessica Joelle Alexander
★★★☆☆
Deep South
Paul Theroux
★★★☆☆
The Tao of Bill Murray
Gavin Edwards
★★★★☆
I'm Proud of You
Tim Madigan
★★★★★
American Kingpin
Nick Bilton
★★★★☆
32 Yolks
Eric Ripert
★★★★☆
They Call Me Supermensch
Shep Gordon
★★★★☆
Brilliant Orange
David Winner
★★★☆☆
Mo' Meta Blues
Ahmir Thompson
★★★☆☆
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
★★★☆☆
Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance
★★★★☆
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
★★★★☆
The Accidental Life
Terry McDonell
★★★★☆
The New New Thing
Michael Lewis
★★★☆☆
Home Game
Michael Lewis
★★★☆☆
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
★★★★☆
God in a Cup
Michaele Weissman
Barbarian Days
William Finnegan
★★★★☆
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
★★★★☆
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
★★★★☆
The Modern Lover
Phineas Mollod
★★★★☆
Roadtrip Nation
Mike Marriner
★★☆☆☆
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
★★★★★
The Ape in the Corner Office
Richard Conniff
★☆☆☆☆
Beyond Bullet Points
Cliff Atkinson
★★☆☆☆
Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck
★★★★☆
The Kings of New York
Michael Weinreb
★★★★☆
Radical Honesty
Brad Blanton
★★☆☆☆
Food Rules
Michael Pollan
★★★☆☆
The 4-Hour Chef
Timothy Ferriss
★★★☆☆
Saltwater Buddha
Jaimal Yogis
★★★☆☆
This Boy's Life
Tobias Wolff
★★★☆☆
A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson
★★★☆☆
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Bill Buford
★★★★☆
Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain
★★★★★
A Man in Full
Tom Wolfe
★★★☆☆
I Am Charlotte Simmons
Tom Wolfe
★★★☆☆
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
★★★★☆
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
★★★☆☆
Big Sur
Jack Kerouac
★★★★☆
The Dharma Bums
Jack Kerouac
★★★★★
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
★★★★★
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig
★★★☆☆
The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner
★★☆☆☆
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
★★★★★
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes
★★☆☆☆
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
★★★★☆
The Book of Basketball
Bill Simmons
★★★★☆
The Jordan Rules
Sam Smith
★★★☆☆
Drive: The Story of My Life
Larry Bird
★★★☆☆
Fab Five
Mitch Albom
★★★☆☆
The Last Shot
Darcy Frey
★★★☆☆
Friday Night Lights
H.G. Bissinger
★★★★☆
The Blind Side
Michael Lewis
★★★★☆
Moneyball
Michael Lewis
★★★★★
The Smartest Guys in the Room
Bethany McLean
★★★★★
When Genius Failed
Roger Lowenstein
★★★★☆
Liar's Poker
Michael Lewis
★★★★☆
The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman
★★☆☆☆
Lords of Finance
Liaquat Ahamed
★★★☆☆
The Big Short
Michael Lewis
★★★★☆
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
★★☆☆☆
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
★☆☆☆☆
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
★★☆☆☆
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
★★☆☆☆
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt
★★☆☆☆
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
★★★☆☆
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
★★★★☆
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
★★★★☆
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
★★★★☆- The Full-Contact Sport of Estate-Sale Shopping
- The Radio Pirates of Tokyo │Yokogao Magazine
- The Long Lunch With Emilie Hawtin | The Park Restaurant
- Nudists, peaceniks and freeloading travellers: the people keeping the Esperanto dream alive
- In the Age of AI, the Analog Restaurant Feels Radical
- 23 THINGS IT'S OK TO STEAL FROM A HOTEL (and a definitive list of stuff you should leave in the room).
Read something good lately? Send it to me and I'll put it up.