Eric Kraus

100 Books in 2018

I have set a rather ambitious goal for the remainder of 2018…  Better late then never, right? For 2018, I am embarking on a journey of learning as much as I can. I am encouraged by a friend who is doing a similar challenge… So, I have set a goal to read 100 books in 2018.

A few people have already asked for my list, recommendations, thoughts and reviews.  I put together this page, a collection of the books I’ve read, and for a select few, a link to my review.  You can also check out my GoodReads profile here.

If you have any suggestions I should add to my list, please share! Hope you enjoy.

1 A Beginner’s Guide to Day Trading Online
2 The Ultimate Day Trader: How to Achieve Consistent Day Trading Profits in Stocks, Forex, and Commodities
3 High probability trading : take the steps to become a successful trader
4 Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
5 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
6 Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life
7 Grit
8 The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the Ten Commitments That Drive Sales
9 Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
10 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Review
11 The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
12 Principles: Life and Work Life Principles
13 Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
14 Zoom (Picture Puffin Books)
15 PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
16 When to Rob a Bank: …And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
17 QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life
18 Introducing Emotional Intelligence: A Practical Guide
19 Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
20 The Accountant’s Story: Inside the Violent World of the MedellĂ­n Cartel
21 The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life
22 Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
23 Works Well with Others: Shaking Hands, Shutting Up, and Other Crucial Skills in Business That No One Ever Teaches You Review
24 The Constitution of the United States of America, the Bill of Rights & All Amendments, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation,
25 Game Theory at Work: How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition
26 Me Talk Pretty One Day
27 What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
28 Theory of Moves
29 Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated and Expanded Edition
30 Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
31 Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts
32 Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life
33 Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
34 The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition
35 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
36 Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity
37 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
38 1776
39 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
40 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
41 John Adams
42 Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963-1972
43 Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
44 Moneyball
45 Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
46 Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
47 Revolution!: The Brick Chronicle of the American Revolution and the Inspiring Fight for Liberty and Equality that Shook the World
48 Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Cash Games
49 Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
50 Alexander Hamilton
51 Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation
52 Einstein’s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition
53 The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
54 All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard
55 Into the Wild
56 The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
57 New Hudson Shakespeare Julius Caesar
58 Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
59 The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions
60 Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
61 Workstorming: Why Conversations at Work Go Wrong, and How to Fix Them
62 Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols
63 Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf
64 The Ice Cream Maker: An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient in Everything You Do
65 Sun Tzu For Execution: How to Use the Art of War to Get Results
66 The Wilderness Companion
67 Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1
68 Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
69 Ansel Adams: Our National Parks
70 Animal Farm
71 HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence (with featured article “What Makes a Leader?” by Daniel Goleman)(HBR’s 10 Must Reads)
72 The Lost Art of the Great Speech: How to Write One–How to Deliver It
73 The Night the Fitz Went Down
74 Siddhartha
75 The Essential Marcus Aurelius (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)
76 How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fight Back When Monsters and Mother Nature Attack
77 How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice
78 Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine
79 How to Hack Like a PORNSTAR: A step by step process for breaking into a BANK (Hacking the planet)
80 The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
81 The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
82 Lombardi and Landry: How Two of Pro Football’s Greatest Coaches Launched Their Legends and Changed the Game Forever by Ernie Palladino (2012-09-01)
83 Starr: My Life in Football
84 The Best of Sports Illustrated
85 Always a Badger: The Pat Richter Story
86 Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
87 The Autistic Brain
88 Minneapolis Madams: The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront
89 Cloud Physics: A Popular Introduction to Applied Meteorology (Dover Earth Science)
90 Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders
91 The Rookie Handbook: How to Survive the First Season in the NFL
92 400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman
93 The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
94 Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness
95 The Super Book of Useless Information: The Most Powerfully Unnecessary Things You Never Need to Know
96 101 Things I Learned in Law School
97 Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
98 Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese Wait, what?
99 Basic Mandarin Chinese – Speaking & Listening Textbook: An Introduction to Spoken Mandarin for Beginners (DVD and MP3 Audio CD Included) Wait, what?
100 Say It Right In Chinese, 2nd Edition (Say It Right! Series) Wait, what?
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