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What I read in 2024

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I listened to or read 60 books this year. Without further ado let’s hit the highlights.
Dec 31, 2024
12 min

What I read in 2023

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I reached my target of “reading” 50 books a year again this year.
Dec 31, 2023
12 min

What I read in 2022

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I hit my Goodreads Reading Challenge of 50 for the second year in a row. If you want to, you can jump straight to the list of all 50 books here.
Dec 31, 2022
7 min

Should auld acquaintance be forgot…

A few days before Christmas last year, I got a LinkedIn message from a former colleague wishing me a happy holiday season. This was not someone I knew particularly well - I…
Jun 30, 2022
6 min

What I read in 2021

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I hit my Goodreads Reading Challenge of 50 for the first time after a number of years falling short. If you want to, you can jump straight to the list of all 50 books here.
Jan 9, 2022
5 min

What I read in 2020 (full year)

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I ended up 2020 having read 34 books - exactly twice my mid-year mark of 17. Almost everything I “read” in the second half of 2020 was actually an audiobook, the only…
Jan 17, 2021
3 min

What I read in 2020 (so far)

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I’ve only read 17 books in 2020. I started well, completing 10 books by the end of February, but then Covid happened. Working from home killed my reading velocity. The…
Jun 30, 2020
3 min

What I read in 2019

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I managed to read 36 books in 2019 - slightly off my target of 40, but not bad considering extenuating circumstances. For full disclosure, the total of 36 does include 5…
Dec 31, 2019
6 min

What I read in 2018

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My favourite non-fiction books that I read in 2018:
Dec 31, 2018
2 min

What I read in 2017

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Just like 2016, I set myself a target of reading 50 books in 2017, and just like 2016, I fell a little short. Moving from New Jersey to London in the Summer is my excuse.
Dec 31, 2017
3 min

What I read in 2016

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I’ve always been a pretty avid reader. Some time this year I came across an article suggesting a target of 50 books a year. (I can’t remember the exact article, but googling…
Jan 17, 2017
3 min
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