My 2024 Reading List
Introduction
With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us in the US, it's time for me to post my reading list for the upcoming year.
If you're unfamiliar with past reading lists, here's how things work. The weekend after Thanksgiving, I select a series of topics I want to learn more about in the upcoming year. I will research top titles and upcoming releases within those topics and select a series of books to contribute to my learning.
Throughout the titled year, I will update the post with a paragraph or so on my thinking around a particular title. I may also post more in-depth reviews of books I have found particularly interesting.
Because I know some great people who read great books, I also leave room to insert titles based on recommendations from others. In the past, this has resulted in some high-quality learning as well.
TL;DR - 2024 Topics
For those who dislike reading lengthy posts, here's the short list of topics for 2024.
- Climate Change and Circular Economies
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- The intersection of Civic Policy & Technology
- Urban Planning & Design
- Usability (mostly surrounding special audience needs)
- Video Game Design & Development
I reserve the right to adjust this list and add/change topics as I see fit.
2024 Reads
| Title | Status | Author | Rating | Audible Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide | Not Yet Started | Cyd Harrell | Audible | |
| Beyond the Goal | Not Yet Started | Eliyahu M. Goldratt | Audible | |
| Brag Better | Not Yet Started | Meredith Fineman | Audible | |
| Chip War | Not Yet Started | Chris Miller | Audible | |
| Cobalt Red | Not Yet Started | Siddharth Kara | Audible | |
| Crucial Conversations | Not Yet Started | Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Emily Gregory | Audible | |
| Demystifying Disability | Not Yet Started | Emily Ladau | Audible | |
| Escaping the Build Trap | Not Yet Started | Melissa Perri | Audible | |
| How to Kill a City | Not Yet Started | Peter Moskowitz | Audible | |
| Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up | Not Yet Started | Tom Phillips | Audible | |
| Humanocracy | Not Yet Started | Gary Hamel, Michele Zanini | Audible | |
| Indie Game Publishing | Not Yet Started | Odile Limpach | Audible | |
| Institutional Conflicts of Interest: Business & Public Policy | Not Yet Started | Skip Worden | Audible | |
| Lateral Leadership | Not Yet Started | Tim Herbig | Audible | |
| Net Zero | Not Yet Started | Dieter Helm | Audible | |
| Noise | Not Yet Started | Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein | Audible | |
| OK Boomer, Let's Talk | Not Yet Started | Jill Filipovic | Audible | |
| Palaces for the People | Not Yet Started | Eric Klinenberg | Audible | |
| Reality Is Broken | Not Yet Started | Jane McGonigal | Audible | |
| Ruined by Design | Not Yet Started | Mike Monteiro | Audible | |
| Speed & Scale | Not Yet Started | John Doerr, Ryan Panchadsaram | Audible | |
| Streetfight | Not Yet Started | Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow | Audible | |
| Street Smart | Not Yet Started | Samuel I. Schwartz, William Rosen | Audible | |
| Strong Towns | Not Yet Started | Charles L. Marohn Jr. | Audible | |
| Talking to Strangers | Not Yet Started | Malcolm Gladwell | Audible | |
| The Good Ancestor | Not Yet Started | Roman Krznaric | Audible | |
| The Government Fix: How To Innovate in Government | Not Yet Started | Hana Schank, Sara Hudson | Audible | |
| The New Climate War | Not Yet Started | Michael E. Mann | Audible | |
| The Technological Society | Not Yet Started | Jacques Ellul | Audible | |
| Thinking In Systems | Not Yet Started | Donella H. Meadows | Audible | |
| Think Like a Game Designer | Not Yet Started | Justin Gary | Audible | |
| Under a White Sky | Not Yet Started | Elizabeth Kolbert | Audible | |
| Win Your Case | Not Yet Started | Gerry Spence | Audible | |
| You Said This Would Be Fun | Not Yet Started | Jeff Warrender | Audible |
Added Reads
These are the books recommended to me or discovered throughout 2024.
| Title | Status | Author | Rating | Audible Link |
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What do you hope to learn in 2024? Are any of these books of interest to you? Which titles are you drawn to most?
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