My 2018 Reading Challenge-- Part III
“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” – Louis L’Amour
In 2018, for the third year in a row, I set a New Year’s resolution – a reading challenge to read 30 books in a year. By December 31, I had achieved my goal plus some – 47 books read. I discussed the challenge in Part 1 and Part 2.
Here is the list of books I read in 2018, along with a few closing thoughts.
Biography
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
Business
Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow
The Coaching Mindset: 8 Ways to Think Like a Coach by Chad Hall
The End of Membership as We Know It: Building the Fortune-Flipping, Must-Have Association of the Next Century by Sarah Sladek
Essays
Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I’m Learning to Say by Kelly Corrigan
Fiction
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Griffin
Burying the Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Brethren by John Grisham
The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddon
The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre
The Racketeer by John Grisham
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Theater Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
Winter Solstice by Elin Hildebrand
Law
Coaching for Attorneys: Improving Productivity and Achieving Balance by Cami McLaren
Law Is a Buyer’s Market: Building a Client-First Law Firm by Jordan Furlong
The Lawyer’s Guide to Succession Planning: A Project Management Approach for Successful Law Firm Transitions and Exits by John W. Olmstead
The Lawyer’s Retirement Planning Guide by Susan Berson
Lifestyle/Cookbook
So Much to Celebrate: Entertaining the Ones You Love the Whole Year Through by Katie Jacobs
Staying Stylish: Cultivating a Confident Look, Style, and Attitude by Candace Cameron Bure
The Southern Living Party Cookbook: A Modern Guide to Gathering by Elizabeth Heiskell
Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love & Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon
Memoir
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists by Terry Gross
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Harvests of Joy: How the Good Life Became Great Business by Robert Mondavi
Love Warrier by Glennon Doyle Melton
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Poetry
A Christmas Garland by Julie Mitchell
Political Science
Dear Madame President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World by Jennifer Palmieri
Psychology
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything by Anne Bogel
The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, and Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
Race Relations
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu
Self-help
Designing Your Life: Build a Life That Works for You by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
Live, Love, Explore: Discover the Way of the Traveler a Roadmap to the Life You Were Meant to Live by Leon Logothetis
Remember Who You Are: Achieve Success, Create Balance, Experience Fulfillment by Paula Stafford Brown and Lisa Grimes
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
Spiritual
Your Faith, Your Life: An Invitation to the Episcopal Church
Reflections
Already in the New Year, a few of you have reached out to me to share your 2018 reading lists and I have new friends connected on Goodreads. Reading is my favorite pastime and I enjoy the many hours spent on my Reading Challenge. This year I am thinking of tracking the time I spend reading. I’ll let you know how that works out next year!
I look forward to many more conversations with you about reading and writing in 2019.
Camille Stell is the President of Lawyers Mutual Consulting & Services. Continue this conversation by contacting Camille at camille@lawyersmutualconsulting.com or 800.662.8843.
