Nyakeh Rogers
2020 Bookshelf
37 Books, 12,005 Pages
Read of the year: Circe
Highlights
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan
Pollan is a genius. My gateway into his insights was the well composed Netflix documentary Cooked. Since then I've read three of his books (Food Rules, The Omnivore's Dilemma) with this being by far my favourite.
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This book is tiny, but it packs a punch. With a mix of logical and emotive stories and personal experiences opened my eyes to a different perspective.
The Year Of Less
by Cait Flanders
I really connected with Cait's story as she opens up about the experience of giving up shopping as a proxy to taking control of her life. Becoming a person that defines how to live their life, instead of reacting to and accommodating the people around them.
All Finished Books
| Finished | Title | Author | Pages | Genres | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | Wild | Cheryl Strayed | 315 | Biography | Travel |
| December | Squeezed | Alissa Quart | 312 | Economics | Business & Economics |
| November | Spark Joy | Marie Kondo | 304 | Philosophy | House & Home |
| October | The Wall | John Lanchester | 276 | Fiction | Fantasy |
| October | Stuffocation | James Wallman | 368 | Philosophy | House & Home |
| September | Side Hustle | Chris Guillebeau | 285 | Entrepreneurship | Business & Economics |
| September | Profit First | Mike Michalowicz | 224 | Entrepreneurship | Business & Economics |
| September | Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan | 416 | Fiction | Romance |
| September | The Color of Money | Mehrsa Baradaran | 360 | History | Banking |
| September | Disrupted | Dan Lyons | 272 | Biography | Business |
| September | The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary | Catherine Gray | 276 | Self-Help | Personal Growth |
| August | Food Rules | Michael Pollan | 160 | Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition |
| August | The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman | 399 | Fiction | Fantasy |
| August | The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang | 336 | Fiction | Romance |
| August | An Abundance of Katherines | John Green | 225 | Fiction | Romance |
| August | Circe | Madeline Miller | 352 | Fiction | Fantasy |
| July | The Omnivore's Dilemma | Michael Pollan | 450 | Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition |
| July | Nimona | Noelle Stevenson | 272 | Comics & Graphic Novels | Fantasy |
| July | The Cash Machine | Dave Mason, Chana Mason | 328 | Personal Finance | Business & Economics |
| July | Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | 368 | Biography | History |
| July | Dune | Frank Herbert | 661 | Fiction | Science Fiction |
| June | We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 64 | Social Science | Feminism |
| June | The Good Immigrant | Nikesh Shukla | 272 | Social Science | Race |
| June | Ouch! | Paul Knott | 280 | Economics | Business & Economics |
| June | Money: A user's guide | Laura Whateley | 216 | Personal Finance | Business & Economics |
| May | Normal People | Sally Rooney | 304 | Fiction | Romance |
| May | In Defense of Food | Michael Pollan | 256 | Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition |
| May | Open Up | Alex Holder | 288 | Psychology | Personal Finance |
| May | Declutter Your Life | Gill Hasson | 192 | Philosophy | House & Home |
| April | Lab Rats | Dan Lyons | 272 | Workplace Culture | Business & Economics |
| April | The Money Tree | Chris Guillebeau | 336 | Entrepreneurship | Business & Economics |
| April | Choose FI | Chris Mamula | 334 | Personal Finance | Business & Economics |
| April | Tiny Beautiful Things | Cheryl Strayed | 368 | Self-Help | Personal Growth |
| April | Not a Diet Book | James Smith | 304 | Health & Fitness | Diet & Mindset |
| March | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman | 352 | Fiction | Contemporary |
| March | Maybe You Should Talk to Someone | Lori Gottlieb | 464 | Psychology | Psychotherapy |
| January | The Year of Less | Cait Flanders | 224 | Self-Help | Personal Memoirs |