My Library Of Books To Read Before Buying Anything Else!

Read here for why I am doing this experiment!

This collection of unread books has been built up over years and years… thus the somewhat odd smattering of romance, business and self help! 

Please don’t take this list as book recommendations. I’ll keep those to my yearly lists you can find here.

I will cross them out as they are read. I will also cross them out if I read a fair whack of them + decide to not continue. I won’t force myself to finish books I don’t enjoy, as per Austin Kleon’s excellent book rules.

Read: 223/305 (73%)

Printed Books To Read

1. 100 Ideas That Changed Advertising – Simon Veksner
2. The Checklist Manifesto – Atul Gawande
3. Exposed – Mal Emery
4. The Adweek Copywriting Handbook – Joseph Sugarman
5. The Power of Visual Storytelling – Ekaterina Walter 
6. Unthinking – Harry Beckwith
7. The Invisible Touch – Harry Beckwith
8. The Ultimate Sales Letter – Dan Kennedy
9. Invisible Selling Machine – Ryan Deiss
10. Happy Customers Everywhere – Bernd Schmitt
11. Cashvertising – Drew Eric Whitman
12. Sales Bible – Jeffrey Gitomer
13. The Copywriter’s Handbook – Robert W Bly
14. Smarter, Faster, Cheaper – David Siteman Garland
15. The Ultimate Marketing Plan – Dan Kennedy
16. What Clients Love – Harry Beckwith
17. In Search of Excellence – TJ Peters
18. The Making of MONA – Adrian Franklin
19. A Bone of Fact – David Walsh
20. Millionaire – McKnight and Silver
21. How To See Yourself As You Really Are – His Holiness The Dalai Lama
22. The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching – Thich Nhat Hanh
23. The Wisdom of No Escape – Pema Chodron
24. Status Anxiety – Alain De Botton
25. I’m Not Racist But – Tim Soutphommasane
26. Blindspot – Banaji and Greenwald
27. Conscious Curiosity – Suzanne Gibbs
28. The 5 Love Languages of Children – Champman
29. Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia – Anita Heiss
30. The Art of the Publisher – Roberto Calasso
31. Life Lessons – Elisabeth Kubler Ross
32. Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
33. Stages of Meditation – Dalai Lama
34. Art Before Breakfast – Danny Gregory
35. Story about Feeling – Bill Neidjie
36. Boundaries – Ann Katherine
37. Barefoot Investor for Families – Scott Pape
38. The Joy of Loving – Yongey Mingyur Rincpoche
39. Games People Play – Eric Berne
40. The Commitment Engine – John Jantsch
41. Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got – Jay Abraham
42. Outrageous Advertising – Glazer
43. Make ’em laugh and take their money – Kennedy (atrocious title, but his books usually are great!)
44. How to Make Millions with Your Ideas – Kennedy
45. Content Rules – Handley + Chapman
46. Launch – Jeff Walker
47. On Writing – Stephen King
48. Getting Started in Shares For Dummies
49. Rich Dad Guide to Investing – Robert Kiyosaki
50. Millionaire Next Door – Thomas J Stanley (re-read)
51. On Writing – Stephen King
52. The Content Code – Mark Schaeffer
53. The 1 Page Marketing Plan – Allan Dib
54. Values-Based Financial Planning – Bill Bacharach
55. Rich Habits Poor Habits – Corley and Yardney
56. Warren Buffet’s Ground Rules
57. Rich Brother Rich Sister – Robert Kiyosaki

Kindle Books To Read:

1. No B.S Price Strategy – Dan Kennedy
2. How To Talk So Kids Will Listen – Adele Faber
3. Work The System – Sam Carpenter
4. No B.S. Direct Marketing – Dan Kennedy
5. Traction – Gino Wickman
6. Start Where You Are – Pema Chodron
7. You Should Test That – Chris Goward
8. Who Would You Be Without Your Story? – Byron Katie
9. The Boron Letters
10. Writing Down The Bones: Natalie Goldberg

Audiobooks:

1. Self Compassion: Kristin Neff
2. The Robert Collier Letter Book
3. Zero Resistance Selling: Maxwell Maltz
4. Power of Outrageous Marketing: Dr Joe Vitale
5. Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant: Robert Kiyosaki

 

Books I’ve Finished Reading

1. Pour Your Heart Into It – Howard Schultz
2. Eat That Frog – Brian Tracy
3. Mastering The Rockefeller Habbits – Verne Harnish
4. The 12 Week Year – Brian P Morgan
5. The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time
6. Million Dollar Habits: Brian Tracy
7. Customer Mania: Ken Blanchard
8. Entrepreneur’s Toolkit: Michael Goldsby
9. Subscription Marketing: Anne Janzer
10. Networking with the Affluent – Thomas J Stanley
11. Stop Acting Rich – Thomas J Stanley
12. Millionaire Women Next Door – Thomas J Stanley
13. The Twelfth Angel – Og Mandino
14. Strategy Daddy – Ankesh Kothari (re-read)
15. Money: Master The Game – Tony Robbins
16. Matter – Peter Sheahan
17. Creating Money – Sanaya Roman
18. How Google Works – E Schmidt
19. Strategy Daddy – Ankesh Kothari
20. The Dangerous Lord – Sabrina Jeffries
21. Her Scottish Groom – Ann Stephens
22. The 13 Original Clan Mothers – Jamie Sams
23. Assertiveness for Earth Angels – Doreen Virtue
24. Mindwise – Nicholas Epley
25. Quiet Power – Susan Cain
26. On Immunity – Eula Bliss
27. The Creator’s Code – Amy Wilkinson
28. The Art of Happiness at Work – Dalai Llama
29. The Big Leap – Gay Hendricks (re-read)
30. The Big Enough Company – Adelaide Lancaster
31. The New Psycho-Cybernetics: Maxwell Maltz
32. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing – Al Ries
33. Don’t Read This Book – Donald Roos
34. The 80/20 Principle – Richard Koch
35. Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance – Louis V Gerstner Jr
36. Secrets of Closing The Sale – Z Ziglar
37. How To Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big – Scott Adams
38. Getting Things Done: David Allen
39. The Psychology of Selling: Brian Tracy
40. HBR’s 10 Must Reads – On Emotional Intelligence
41. Free Prize Inside – Seth Godin
42. The Geography of Bliss – Eric Weiner
43. Making Them Believe – Kennedy
44. Content Inc: Joe Pulizzi
45. So You Want To Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
46. How to Be Rich – Getty
47. 30 Day Step By Step – Nathalie Lussier
48. The Blue Zone – Buettner
49. Time’s Enemy – Jennette Marie
50. Playful Parenting – LJ Cohen
51. Romancing The Ordinary – Sarah Ban Breathnach
52. The Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine Aron
53. Sister of the Moon – Janeen O’Kerry
54. Never Seduce a Scoundrel – Heather Grothaus
55. A Reputation for Scandal – Georgina Devon
56. Mr Darcy Takes A Wife
57. Chillpreneur – Denise Duffield-Thomas
58. Sapphire – Rosemary Rogers
59. The Expected One – Kathleen McGowan
60. The One Minute Manager meets the Monkey – Ken Blanchard
61. The 1 Minute Sales Person – Spencer Johnson
62. The Naked CEO – Alex Malley
63. The 1 Minute Manager – Kenneth Blanchard
64. Fully Alive: Pema Chodron
65. Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race: Reni Eddo-Lodge
66. Changing Minds – Cross + Hanrahan
67. Dare To Lead – Brene Brown
68. The Dip – Seth Godin
69. When Pain Is The Doorway: Pema Chodron
70. Gerry Harvey – James Kirby
71. Ms Millionaire – Fiona Jones
72. What It Takes – Mark Bouris
73. Gung Ho! – Ken Blanchard
74. How To Be Idle – Tom Hodgkinson
75. Gut – Giulia Enders
76. Educated – Tara Westover
77. Dangerous Seduction – Zeo Archer
78. Tools of Titans – Tim Ferris
79. This Will Be My Undoing – Morgan Jerkins
80. The Town That Food Saved – Ben Hewitt
81. Made By Hand – Mark Frauenfelder
82. Happy Never After – Jill Stark
83. The Faraway Nearby – Rebecca Solnit
84. Father Therapy – Doreen Virtue
85. Say Hello – Carly Findlay
86. Ivy Lane – Cathy Bramley
87. The Perils of Pleasure – Julie Anne Long
88. Break Your Own Rules – Flynn, Heath + Holt
89. Business Adventures – John Brooks
90. Chapter One – Daniel Flynn
91. The How of Happiness – Sonja Lyubomirsky
92. A Life Coloured In – Ken Done
93. My Unfinished Business – Kennedy
94. Wild Power – Alexandra Pope
95. No B.S. Social Media Marketing – Kennedy
96. Witch – Lisa Lister
97. The Abundance Code – Julie Ann Cairns
98. I’m Judging You – Luvvie Ajayi
99. Pretending to be Normal – Liane Holiday Willey
100. The Complete Persepolis
101. Seven Sacred Sites – Serene Conneeley
102. Emergence of the Sensual Woman – Saida Desilets
103. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People – Farahad Zama
104. Styling for Instagram
105. Quiet Power Strategy – Tara Gentile
106. Genius Biographies – Ankesh Kothari
107. The Lady Chosen – Stephanie Laurens
108. How Successful People Think – John Maxwell
109. It’s Your Business – JJ Ramberg
110. Many Love – Sophie Lucido Johnson
111. Abuelito – Eduardo Paez
112. The Nudge – Sonya Driver
113. 30 Days 30 Ways To Overcome Anxiety – Bev Aisbett
114. Rock Steady – Ellen Forney
115. The No Spend Year – Michelle McGagh
116. Canberra Business Success Stories – Suzanne Kiraly
117. Encyclopaedia of Trouble and Spaciousness – Rebecca Solnit
118. Making A World of Difference – Miles Roston
119. The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck – Sarah Knight
120. On Being A Therapist – Kottler
121. Nurture Shock – Po Bronson
122. Artistic Licence – Katie Fforde
123. Your Black Friend And Other Strangers – Ben Passmore
124. Quiet The Mind – Matthew Johnstone
125. Private Book regarding family member
126. Building the Happiness Centred Business – Dr Paddi Lund
127. Braiding Sweetgrass – Kimmere
128. Finding Hope at Hillside Farm – Rachael Lucas
129. Finding Felix – Jo Platt
130. Dinner Party – Tracy Bloom
131. The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary
132. The Bride Test – Helen Hoang
133. Sorry Not Sorry – Sophie Ranald
134. The Proposal – Jasmine Guillory
135. The One Who’s Not The One – Keris Stainton
136. Don’t You Forget About Me – Mhairi McFarlane
137. Company of One – Paul Jarvis
138. Referral of a Lifetime – Timothy L Temp
139. The Voice of Knowledge – Janet Mills
140. Prejudice Meets Price – Rachael Anderson
141. Soul Sex – Al Link
142. Trashy Romance So Trashy I Can’t Even Bring Myself To Write The Title! #4
143. Heiress Without A Cause – Sara Ramsey
144. Resilience – Mark McGuinness
145. The Games The Earl Plays – Eleanor Meyers
146. Forever Betrothed, Never The Bride – Christi Caldwell
147. Georgiana Darcy’s Diary – Anna Elliott
148. What Happened To Us – Faith Hogan
149. Undeniable Rogue – Annette Blair
150. Love By Invitation – Charlotte Bingh
151. Midnight Marriage – Lucinda Brant
152. This Is The Story of a Happy Marriage – Ann Patchett
153. Align and Attract – Kerry Rowett
154. Trashy Romance So Trashy I Can’t Even Bring Myself To Write The Title! #5
155. Runaway Heart – Claudy Conn
156. Trashy Romance So Trashy I Can’t Even Bring Myself To Write The Title! #6
157. The Missing Marquess – Chasity Bowlin
158. Once A Wallflower – Christi Caldwell
159. Maid for Love – Marie Force
160. Onward – Howard Schultz
161. The Fairy Tale Bride – Kelly McClymer
162. Saving Alessandra – Christine Maria Jahn
163. Something Great – M Clark
164. The Baron’s Betrothal – Miranda Davis
165. Gorilla and the Bird – Zack McDermott
166. Mini Habits for Weight Loss – Stephen Guise
167. (Private book title relating to a family member)
168. Hide Your Heart – Tracey Alvarez
169. Reincarnation – William Walker
170. Art of War – Sun Tzu
171. Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
172. Networking Awesomely – Colin Wright
173. The Toymaker – Kay Springsteen
174. Millionaire Mumpreneurs – Mel McGee
175. So Into You – Cecilia Gray
176. Tanaquill – Akalle
177. An Idiot in Love – David Jester
178. Fall For You – Cecilia Grey
179. In The Body of the World – Eve Ensler
180. 24/6: Matthew Sleeth
181. Starry Montana Sky – Debra Holland
182. The Promise of a Pencil – Adam Braun
183. The Carpenter – John Gordon
184. Trashy Romance So Trashy I Can’t Even Bring Myself To Write The Title! Ha!
185. Trashy Romance So Trashy I Can’t Even Bring Myself To Write The Title! #2
186. Trashy Romance So Trashy I Can’t Even Bring Myself To Write The Title! #3
187. A Grosvener Square Christmas – Shana Galen
188. Love To Hate You – Jo Watson
189. The Wedding Date – Jasmine Guillory
190. The Obituary Society – Jessica Randall
191. Second Chances – Bria Marche
192. (Private book title relating to a family member)
193. A Journey’s End – Ann Christopher
194. (Private book title relating to a family member)
195. The Coaching Mindset – Chad Hall
196. The Advantage – Patrick Lencioni
197. Under the Quandong Tree – Minmia
198. Soul Stories – Gary Zukav
199. Sixth Sense – Stuart Wilde
200. Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life – Wayne Dyer
201. Zero to One – Peter Thiel
202. The Psychology of Selling – Brian Tracy
203. Rest – Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
204. I Love Dirt – Ward
205. Finding Your Element – Ken Robinson
206. Grace, Gaia and the End of Days – Stuart Wilde
207. The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family – Patrick Lencioni
208. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive – Patrick Lencioni
209. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
210. Death by Meeting – Patrick Lencioni 
211. Silos, Politics + Turf Wars – Patrick Lencioni
212. Getting Naked – Patrick Lencioni
213. The Three Signs of A Miserable Job – Patrick Lencioni
214. The Five Temptations of a CERO – Patrick Lencioni
215. The One Minute Entrepreneur – Ken Blanchard
216. Raving Fans – Ken Blanchard
217. The Power of Intention – Wayne Dyer
218. Trust Works – Ken Blanchard
219. The Lot – Michael Leunig
220. Talking To My Country – Stan Grant
221. The Sell – Fredrik Eklund
222. Built From Scratch – Bernie Marcus
223. The Economics of Everything – Andrew Leigh