2022 Reading Journal

2022 was a year of reading across two main axes: how to think and worlds to get lost in. On one side, there were books about money, negotiation, leadership, systems, and learning – on the other, space marines, Norse gods, and epic fantasy battles.

It was the year I finally read The Psychology of Money and Seeking Wisdom, both of which changed how I think about decisions, risk, and incentives. I experimented with better ways to learn and write through How to Take Smart Notes, Ultralearning, and Principles, and picked up practical tools for work from Radical Candor, The Making of a Manager, and Never Split the Difference.

To balance the non-fiction, I spent time in other worlds: Old Man’s War, Red Rising, The Shadow of the Gods, and Norse Mythology gave me the kind of imaginative reset that only good sci-fi and fantasy can. Along the way, The Emperor’s Handbook and End of a Berlin Diary added a historical and philosophical layer to it all.

Below is the full list of what I read in 2022, along with a simple rating for how much each one stayed with me.

The Psychology of Money

– Morgan Housel –

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Seeking Wisdom

– Peter Bevelin –

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Radical Candor

– Kim Scott –

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Principles

– Ray Dalio –

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Old Man’s War

– John Scalzi –

⭐⭐⭐⭐

End Of A Berlin Diary

– William L. Shirer –

⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Making Of A Manager

– Julie Zhuo –

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Never Split The Difference

– Chris Voss –

⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Shadow Of The Gods

– John Gwynne –

⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Ghost Brigades

– John Scalzi –

⭐⭐⭐