All of the Things I Read in 2020
TLDR: 25 books, 316 articles (including 21 standouts).
2019 stats: 24 books, 342 articles (including 7 standouts).
2018 stats: 24 books, 527 articles (including 13 standouts).
Books
Listed in reading order, January 2020 – December 2020
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson
Authority
Jeff VanderMeer
Acceptance
Jeff VanderMeer
Educated
Tara Westover
Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane Buxton
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Topeka School
Ben Lerner
Race Matters
Cornel West
Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Randall Munroe
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Mary Roach
Start Where You Are
Pema Chödrön
A Grief Observed
C.S. Lewis
Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Jaron Lanier
Build Brilliant Brands
Facebook EMEA Client Council
Blindsight
Peter Watts
How to Be an Artist
Jerry Saltz
Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
Ken Kocienda
Writing Down the Bones
Natalie Goldberg
Articles – the standouts
Things that I ⭐️’d because I especially enjoyed them, starting with the most recently read.
- “100 Tips for a Better Life”
- “GV Guide to Design Critique” Braden Kowitz
- “Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy” Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
- “Frank Chimero on causing ‘good trouble’ and re-imagining the status quo to combat achievement culture” Katy Cowan, Creative Boom
- “No artist is pleased” Paul Jun, Collins
- “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” John Lewis, The New York Times
- “Hope is an axe” Martin Weigel
- “Sticking To It” Automattic Design
- “The design systems between us” Ethan Marcotte
- “How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change” Barack Obama
- “100 Things a Planner Should Know” Charles Wigley, BBH
- “Do. The. Work.” Rick LePage
- “68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice” Kevin Kelly
- “What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick With Coronavirus” Jessica Lustig, The New York Times
- “This Is How To Change Someone’s Mind: 6 Secrets From Research” Eric Barker
- “An app can be a home-cooked meal” Robin Sloan
- “Maintenance by design” Vaughn Tan
- “The 2020 Election Will Be a War of Disinformation”McKay Coppins, The Atlantic
- “Modern Modes of Persuasion” Faris Jakob
- “All watched by corporations of loving grace? It’s time we punctured the feverish toxic dream.” Martin Weigel
- “Modern JavaScript for Ancient Web Developers” Gina Trapani, Postlight