Following last year’s tradition of writing about the books I read in the previous year, here is the list of books I read in 2013:
- One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher' Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- Forrest Gump
- The Millionaire Mind2
Which was the best? Surprisingly, the history of the shipping container is more fascinating than you would expect. The Box is a must read for every one and the learnings from it apply in the software industry too.
I’m starting 2014 with two books on my reading list: