2019 Book List

In 2018, I discovered Libby. In 2019, I’m keeping track of all of the books I’ve ‘read.’ Parentheses denote the day I finished the book. Bold denotes the books I really recommend.

After the hyphen is the weight of the paperback version of the book (hardcover is ? 2-4 oz. heavier). A few years ago I had a resolution to read my weight in books and I want to see how close I get this year. I estimate I’ll read between 50 and 60 pounds of books this year, or 60-70 books. At this rate, it would take me until 2022 (or a heavy bout of cancer) to read my weight in books.

1. Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nelly Bly (January 20) —5 oz.
2. Between the World and Me by Tanahasi Coates (January 27) — 7 oz.
   
3. Hallucination by Oliver Sacks (January 27) — 8.8 oz.
4. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong (January 27) — 14.4 oz.
5. Patient H.M. by Luke Dittrich (January 30) — 12.5 oz.
6. The Radium Girls by by Kate Moore (February 8) — 14.4 oz.
   
7. The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone (March 1) — 12 oz.
8. NPR Laughter Therapy (March 1) — ??4.5 oz.??
9. No One Cares About Crazy People by Ron Powers (March 3) — 10.4 oz.
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (March 4) — 6.4 oz.
11. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (March 19) — 20.8 oz.
12. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by John Meacham (March 20) — 38.4 oz.
13. The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee (March 26) — 20.8 oz.
14. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik (March 29) — 19 oz.. (no paperback, had to guestimate)
15. In Defense of Food by Michael Pauen (April 1) — 8 oz.
    
16. Turing’s Cathedral by George Dyson (April 8) — 14.9 oz.
17. Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (April 9) — 16 oz.
    
18. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (April 16) — 19.2 oz.
    
19. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason (April 18) — 7.2 oz
20. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth (April 20) — 12 oz
21. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink (May 8) — 10.4 oz
22. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (May 11) — 14.4 oz
23. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells (May 17) — 12 oz.
24. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy (May 19) — 13.6 oz.
25. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (May 29) — 19.2 oz.
26. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (June 1) — 9.6 oz.
27. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (June 8) — 12 oz.
28. Death’s End by Cixin Liu (June 12) — 22.4 oz.
29. Outliers: The Story of Success  by Malcolm Gladwell (June 13) — 9.6 oz.
30. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (June 16)
31. The Daily Show (An Oral History) by Jon Stewart and Chris Smith (June 18)
32. Nudge (July 23)
33. Cleopatra (July 25)
34. The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs (August 16)
35. So You Want to Talk About Race (August 16)

(24.7 pounds so far……… this is going to be a long year.)

Upcoming: Hedy’s Folly, Napoleon, The Fifth Season, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, 1776, Predictably Irrational, Operation Paperclip, The Hidden Reality, the Illustrious Dead, The Count of Monte Cristo, 100 Years of Solitude, Twilight of the Elites, The Elegant Universe, Moby Dick, A Fighting Chance, Homo Deus, Red Mars, The Eye of the World, Why We Sleep, How to Change Your Mind, Feeling Good Together, The Disappearing Spoon, Talk Like Ted, Sapiens, The Great Silence, and probably a few more…

In 2018, I discovered Libby. In 2019, I’m keeping track of all of the books I’ve ‘read.’ Parentheses denote the day I finished the book. Bold denotes the books I really recommend. After the hyphen is the weight of the paperback version of the book (hardcover is ? 2-4 oz. heavier). A few years ago…