2020 in Review: Books
I read twenty-five books in 2020, including six works of fiction. I list them here in the order I read them.
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Brene Brown (Random House, 2018)
Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shaped America’s Role in the World
Robert D. Kaplan (Random House, 2017)
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead Books, 2018)
The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
Justin Whitmel Earley (InterVarsity Press, 2019)
The Women Who Flew for Hitler
Clare Mulley (St. Martin’s Press, 2017)
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishers, 2012)
China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan (Random House, 2015)
A Man Called Ove
Fredik Backman (Atria, 2012)
Normal People
Sally Rooney (Hograth, 2018)
Wise Beyond Your Field
Nancy K. Napier (CCI Press, 2013)
The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality
Daniel Markovits (Penguin Press, 2019)
Brothers and Keepers
John Edgar Wideman (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984)
Compassion & Conviction: The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement
Justin Giboney, Michael Wear, and Chris Butler (InterVarsity Press, 2020)
I was privileged to be part of the launch team for this book
Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
Dan Heath (Avid Reader Press, 2020)
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy
Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano (WW Norton & Company, 2020)
Pelosi
Molly Ball (Henry Holt and Company, 2020)
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
Kamala Harris (Penguin Press, 2019)
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Anne Applebaum (Doubleday, 2020)
Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan (Doubleday, 2017)
The Circle
Dave Eggers (Knopf, 2013)
In Contempt
Christopher Darden (HarperCollins, 1996)
Asking
Jerold Panas (Emerson & Church, 2013)
Jesus the Great Philosopher: Rediscovering the Wisdom Needed for the Good Life
Jonathan T. Pennington (Brazos, 2020)
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
Benjamin Lorr (Penguin Random House, 2020)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson (Penguin Random House, 2020)
