📘 Books I'm Reading

2024


The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky 
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin 


Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky


Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by Brant Pitre




2023 
  • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway ︎
  • St. Thomas Aquinas by GK Chesterton
  • Catholicism & Fundamentalism by Karl Keating
  • Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butle ︎︎
  • When Narcissism Comes to Church by Chuck DeGroat
  • City of God by St. Augustine
  • The Floating Admiral by Agatha Christie ︎︎
  • Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): Memoir of Wilco by Jeff Tweedy ︎
  • It's a Long Story: My Life by Willie Nelson ︎︎
  • The Protestant’s Dilemma by Devin Rose ︎
  • Meeting the Protestant Challenge by Karlo Broussard
  • Stunned by Scripture by Dr. John Bergsma ︎
  • Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood by Michael Lewis ︎ 
  • Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres 
  • A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead by Dennis McNally ︎
  • Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West ︎
  • How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  • The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman



2022 
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • A Walk Through the Mass by Edward Sri
  • Behold Your Mother by Tim Staples
  • Knee Ability Zero by Ben Patrick
  • Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer ︎︎
  • Terror of Demons by Kennedy Hall
  • Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner ︎
  • Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich by Jason Zweig
  • How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn by Allen Roth 
  • Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction While Embracing Uncertainty by Bruce McCarthy and others
  • Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis
  • The Bible Is a Catholic Book by Jimmy Akin
  • Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan ︎
  • Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions by Bella Martin & Bruce Hanington
  • Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Bill Carr and Colin Bryar ︎
  • The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design by IDEO.org ︎
  • Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church by Steve Ray
  • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  • Persuasive Pro-Life by Trent Horn
  • Service Design: From Insight to Implementation by Andy Polaine, Ben Reason, and Lavrans Løvlie
  • Salvation Is from the Jews: The Role of Judaism in Salvation History from Abraham to the Second Coming by Roy Schoeman
  • Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages by Dr. Taylor Marshall
  • The Rosary in 50 Pages by Dr. Taylor Marshall
  • Time for God by Jacques Phillippe ︎︎ 



2021 
  • Parenting with Grace by Gregory and Lisa Popcak
  • Depth Over Breadth: Designing For Impact Locally, and For The Long Haul by Emily Pilloton ︎
  • Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning by Horst Rittel, Melvin Weber ︎︎
  • Dark Matter and Trojan Horses: A Strategic Design Vocabulary by Dan Hill ︎
  • Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business by Harley Manning, Kerry Bodine
  • This Might Get Me Fired: A Manual for Thriving in the Corporate Entrepreneurial Underground by Gregory Larkin
  • Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams by Peter Merholz, Kristin Skinner ︎
  • United States Catechism by US Catholic Bishops︎
  • Why We’re Catholic by Trent Horn ︎
  • The Moviegoer by Walker Percy ︎
  • Signs of Life by Scott Hahn
  • An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris by Georges Perec
  • Convivial Toolbox: Generative Research for the Front End of Design by Liz Sanders & Pieter Jan Stappers ︎
  • Surprised by Truth by Patrick Madrid
  • Fathers Know Best by Jimmy Akin
  • The Visual MBA by Jason Barron
  • Design is Storytelling by Ellen Lupton
  • The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene ︎︎




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