Archive

Archive for December, 2023

2003, the year in books

My 2023 reading list included some from my #ClassicNovels MeetUp (led by my brother, Dave) and some more from the #MRxPros (Marketing Research professionals) book club. My favorite book that I finished in 2023 was My Life in Full by Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo.

Here’s a list of the books that I finished in 2023:

  1. Shoe Dog
  2. The Science of Storytelling
  3. Madame Bovary
  4. Arrow of God
  5. Songs That Made a Mark
  6. No Longer At Ease
  7. Pride and Prejudice
  8. A More Beautiful Question
  9. The Scarlet Letter
  10. The Stranger
  11. My Life in Full
  12. Let My People Go Surfing
  13. Moby Dick
  14. The Good Life
  15. Creativity, Inc.
  16. Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I’m Learning to Say
  17. Treasure Island
  18. The Reversal
  19. Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds
  20. Deep Work
  21. Candide or Optimism
  22. From Strength to Strength?: Finding Success, Happiness, & Deep Purpose in the 2nd Half of Life
  23. We Need to Hangout: A Memoir of Making Friends
  24. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  25. Friendship in the Age of Loneliness
  26. Gone with the Wind
  27. 9 Dragons
  28. With All Due Respect: Defending America

Plus, there were a few books I started but had to return them to the library (because others were waiting for them) and will return to finish them in the future.

What did you read/enjoy in 2023? And which would you recommend to others?