Books I Read in 2021

I read constantly. Below is a list of books I’ve read this year. I recommend you read what piques your interest and then keep reading. There’s no such thing as too much reading. It’s the best thing since sliced bread.

Previous Years: 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

2021 - Fiction (18)

  • Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

  • Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

  • The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

  • Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

  • The Stone Sky by N K Jemisin

  • The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

  • All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen

  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

  • The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

  • The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

  • The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

  • Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

  • Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

  • While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory

  • Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

  • I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan

  • This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

  • The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

2021 - Non-Fiction (43)

  • Mindless by Simon Head

  • How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

  • World Wide Rave by David Meerman Scott

  • Harder Than I Thought by Richard Austin

  • The Adventures of an IT Leader by Richard Austin

  • Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

  • Execution by Larry Bossidy

  • The Color of Money by Mehrsa Baradaran

  • The 12 Week Year by Michael Lennington

  • The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

  • A Promised Land by Barack Obama

  • That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph

  • How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

  • Chasing Space by Leland Melvin

  • Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America’s Xanadu by Les Standiford

  • Nudge by Cass R Sunstein

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

  • 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

  • Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter

  • Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson

  • Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink

  • I Hate People! by Jonathan Littman

  • Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick

  • Range by David Epstein

  • Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

  • Irresistible by Adam Alter

  • How The Word Is Passed by Clint Smith

  • Your Future As A Project Manager by Frank P. Saladis

  • Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers by Anthony Mersino

  • The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

  • The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

  • The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

  • The Republican Brain by Chris C. Mooney

  • On Writing by Stephen King

  • Badass Habits by Jen Sincero

  • Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood

  • Woke Racism by John McWhorter

  • System Error by Rob Reich

  • The Latte Factor by David Bach

  • It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried

  • Right Within by Minda Harts

  • The Memo by Minda Harts