Each year I attempt to read between 50 and 100 books. Some years are great, some I barely hit the mark, but I do like to keep track of what I am reading and yes, I re-read certain books several times and will count them as another book read.

The list of books read is in reverse chronological order with the most recent book read on top.

Books Read — 2022

1. The Lost Art of Running — Shane Benzie

Books Read — 2021 

1. The Wheel of Time — The Eye of the World — Robert Jordan
2. Wanderer’s Song — Song of Prophecy — Book 1 — P.E. Padilla
3. Running Nirvana — Greg McMillan
4. Run (The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel) — Matt Fitzgerald
5. Damian Chronicles (Crucifix) – Book 1 — Michael Anderle
6. Hansons Marathon Method — Luke Humphrey & Kevin Hanson
7. The Eye of the Hunter — Dennis L. McKiernan
8. 80/20 Running — Matt Fitzgerald
9. Night Born — Dagger of the World Book 1 — K.L. Reinhart & Jada Fisher
10. The Silver Call — Dennis L. McKiernan
11. The Iron Tower — Book 3 – The Darkest Day — Dennis L. McKiernan
12. The Iron Tower — Book 2 – Shadows of Doom — Dennis L. McKiernan
13. The Iron Tower — Book 1 – The Dark Tide — Dennis L. McKiernan
14. Black Spark (Dark Magic Enforcer — Book 1) — Al K. Line
15. The Buried Symbol (A Discovery of Magic) — Jeffrey Kohanek
16. 26 Marathons — Men Keflezighi/Scott Douglas
17. Running Nirvana — Greg McMillan
18. You (Only Faster) — Greg McMillan
19. Easy Running Plans – Jeff Gaudette
20. The Little Black Book of Training Wisdom — Dr. Dan Cleather
21. Meb for Mortals — Meb Keflezighi/Scott Douglas
22. The Practice of Groundedness — Bradley Stulberg
23. Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Two Worlds — Darren Shan
24. A Thief In Farshore (Farshore Chronicles Book 1) — Justin Fike
25. Running Flow — Mihaly Csiksaentmihalyi, Philip Latter, Christine Weinkauff Duranso
26. The Plainswalker — Michael A. Rothman
27. Oblivion (Book 1 – Rakkan Conquest) – Andy Blinston
28. Tales of Wychwood Book 1 — Daniel Martin Eckhart
29. The Emperor’s Conscience: Book 1 — Michael Combs
30. Finding Ultra — Rich Roll
31. Run Forever — Amby Burfoot
32. The Heresy Within: The Ties that Bind Book 1 – Rob J. Hayes
33. Once A Runner — John L. Parker, Jr.
34. Never — Ashley Cap
35. Endure — Alex Hutchinson
36. Essentialism — Greg McKeown
37. The Mindful Athlete — George Mumford
38. Anatomy for Runners — Jay Dichary
39. Bloodlet: A Dark Gothic Coming of Age Fantasy – Book 1 — T.S. Howard
40. Make the Leap – Bryan Green
41. The Comeback Quotient – Matt Fitzgerald
42. Survive the Dungeon – Book 1 – S. May
43. The Endurance Diet — Matt Fitzgerald
44. The Unforgiven – Skharr Deatheater Book 1 — Michael Anderle
45. The Way of Legend – Forging Destiny Book 2 — Marc Allan Edelheit / Quincy Allen
46. The Way of Legend – Reclaiming Honor Book 1 — Marc Allan Edelheit / Quincy Allen
47. The Lost Art of Running – Shane Benzie
48. The Watchman – Michael T. Bradley
49. Marathon – The Ultimate Training Guide – Hal Higdon
50. Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from above the clouds in Ethiopia — Michael Crawley
51. Show Your Work — Austin Kleon
52. Peak Performance — Brad Stuberg/Steve Magness
53. Echo Volume 4: The Last Edge of Darkness — Kent Wayne
54. Stillness is the Key – Ryan Holliday
55. Wanderer’s Song (Song of Prophecy Book 1) — P.E. Padilla
56. The Kirkwood Scott Chronicles: Skelly’s Square — Stephen Black
57. Ranger’s Oath Book 1 — Blake Arthur Peel
58. The Art of Noticing — Rob Walker
59. Hymn of the Ancients — Evan Pickering
60. A Time for New Dreams — Ben Okri

Books Read — 2020

1. The Daily Stoic — Ryan Holiday
2. The Summer Tree — Guy Gavriel Kay
3. What Unites Us – Dan Rather
4. Space Assassins 1 & 2 — Scott Baron
5. Echo Volume 3: The Dialectic of Agony — Kent Wayne
6. Heir of the Hunted (Hollow World Book 1 — Richard T. Drake
7. The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
8. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck – Mark Manson
9. The Drowned Tomb – Book 2 / The Changeling Series — James Fahy
10. Myths and Magic: A Humorous Fantasy Adventure — Kevin Partner
11. Spy the Lie — Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero
12. Linchpin — Seth Godin
13. Sometimes the Magic Works – Lessons from a Writing Life — Terry Brooks
14. The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
15. Anansi Boys — Neil Gaiman
16. The Dragonstone — Dennis McKiernan
17. Ultralearning – Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career — Scott H. Young
18. The Memoir Project – A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life — Marion Roach Smith
19. Bird by Bird – Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott
20. The More of Less – Joshua Becker
21. Aesops Fables #1 – Aesop
22. Hyperfocus: How to be More Productive in a World of Distraction – Chris Bailey
23. The Last Lecture — Randy Pausch/Jeffrey Zaslow
24. Everything is F*cked-A Book About Hope – Mark Manson
25. Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad – Austin Cleon
26. Deep Work – Cal Newport
27. The Art of Non-conformity – Chris Guillabeau
28. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative – Austin Kleon
29. Start with Why – Simon Sinek
30. Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday
31. The Coddling of the American Mind – Lukianoff/Haidt
32. Isle of Winds – Book 1 / The Changeling Series — James Fahy
33. Nightwalker- Frank Roderus / Craig Martelle
34. Brian Helsing Book 1 – Gareth Pengelly
35. The Barrow King – C.M. Carney
36. Peak Performance – Stulberg/Magness
37. Running Rewired – Jay Dicharry
38. Eye of the Moonrat – Trevor Cool
39. Chi Marathon – Danny Dreyer
40. Road of a Warrior – R.K. Lande
41. Path of a Novice – R.K.Lande
42. Echo Book 2 – The Taste of Ashes – Kent Wayne
43. A Guide to the Good Life – William R. Irvin
44. Echo Book 1 – Approaching Shatter – Kent Wayne
45. Running with the Mind of Meditation – Sakyong Mipham
46. I’ve Decided to Live 120 Years — Ilchi Lee
47. Gates of Fire — Steven Pressfield
48. The Crown of Stones: Magic Scars — C.L. Schneider
49. Your Best Stride – Jonathan Beverly
50. Run for Your Life – Mark Cucuzzella
51. Blackwing Book 1 – Stephen Drake
52. The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts – Shane Parrish
53. The Running Revolution (Pose Method) – Nicholas Romanov
54. Samurai Running – Scott Andrew Brown
55. Atomic Habits – James Clear
56. The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
57. Master the Art of Running – Malcolm Balk
58. Into the Light – Axe Druid Book 1 – Christopher Johns
59. The Obstacle is the Way – Ryan Holiday
60. Chi Running – Danny Dreyer
61. Dark City: The Order of Shadows Book 1- Kit Hallows
62. Mud (Chronicles of the Third Realm War) – D.B. Sieders
63. DragonLance Dragons of Autumn Twilight – Weis/Hickman
64. The Biology of Belief – Bruce Lipton
65. Natural Born Heroes – Christopher McDougall
66. The Warrior Ethos – Steven Pressfield
67. The Book of Five Rings – Musashi Miyamoto
68. Fires of the Dead – Jed Herne
69. 48 Laws of Power – Robert Green
70. Science of Running – Chris Napier
71. The King Beyond the Gate – David Gemmell
72. Stillness is the Key – Ryan Holiday
73. Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman
74. Running Rewired – Jay Dicharry
75. The Running Injury Recovery Program – Bruce Wilk
76. Essentialism – Greg McKeown
77. Draft No. 4 – John McPhee
78. As the Crow Flies (Tales of a Thief) Book 1 – Robin Lythgoe
79. Running With the Kenyans – Adharanand Finn
80. Lifespan – David Sinclair