As another year comes to an end—and this time, the decade too—perhaps you’ve effectuated you haven’t quite made it through your reading list. If you are going to start anew in 2020 with a more practical Goodreads challenge, you may want to consider the titles Raabta compiled below.
1. ON THE HIGH WIRE, BY PHILIPPE PETIT
2. THE MESSY MIDDLE: FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE HARDEST AND MOST CRUCIAL PART OF ANY BOLD VENTURE, BY SCOTT BELSKY
3. THE POWER OF MOMENTS: WHY CERTAIN EXPERIENCES HAVE EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT, BY CHIP AND DAN HEATH
4. THE ART OF GATHERING: HOW WE MEET AND WHY IT MATTERS, BY PRIYA PARKER
5. ENDURANCE: AN ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF SHACKLETON’S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE TO THE ANTARCTIC, BY ALFRED LANSING
6. THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST: A MEMOIR, BY SAMANTHA POWER
7. BORDER WARS: INSIDE TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON IMMIGRATION, BY JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR
8. THE LABOR OF LUNCH: WHY WE NEED REAL FOOD AND REAL JOBS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BY JENNIFER GADDIS
9. ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENTS: EIGHT MEN WHO CHANGED AMERICA, BY JARED COHEN
10. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, BY REBECCA SKLOOT
11. SHOE DOG: A MEMOIR BY THE CREATOR OF NIKE, BY PHIL KNIGHT
12. THE BANKER’S WIFE, BY CRISTINA ALGER
13. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, BY DANIEL GOLEMAN