Books Read This Year

In chronological order, these are the books I read in the last year:

Non-Fiction
1. The Choice by Eli Goldratt
2. Plugged In by Tamara Erikson
3. Personal Development For Smart People by Steve Pavlina
4. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
5. Pro-Blogger by Darren Rowse
6. Moneyball by Michael Lewis
7. On Writing by Stephen King
8. The Dip by Seth Godin
9. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
10. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
11. Emergency by Neil Strauss
12. The Power Of Less by Leo Babauta
13. Liars Poker by Michael Lewis
14. How To Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff
15. Ahead Of The Curve by Philip Delves Broughton
16. The Lean Manager by Freddie and Michael Balle
17. A Whole New Mind by Dan Pink
18. The Game by Neil Strauss
19. The Myths Of Innovation by Scott Berkun
20. What Every Body Is Saying by Joe Navarro
21. The Balanced Scorecard by Robert S Kaplan and David P Norton
22. The Strategy Focused Organisation by Robert S Kaplan and David P Norton
23. Strategy Maps by Robert S Kaplan and David P Norton
24. Superfreakonomics by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
25. What The Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
26. Nudge by Richard H Thaler and Cass R Sunstein
27. The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss*
28. Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton
29. Indexed by Jessica Hagy
30. Isn't It Obvious? by Eli Goldratt
31. Career Renegade by Jonathan Fields
32. Oops! 13 Management Practices That Waste Time and Money by Aubrey C Daniels

Fiction
1. Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis
2. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
3. My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
4. Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
5. Dexter By Design by Jeff Lindsay
6. Generation A by Douglas Coupland
7. Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
8. Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
9. Searching For Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
10. Calling On Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
11. Talking With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
12. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Top 5 books of the year to follow shortly.

Steev's Guacamole Recipe

Ingredients:

2x Haas Avocados

1x Small Onion

1x Red Chilli

2x Limes

1x Garlic Clove

Fresh Coriander

Directions:

1. Finely chop half of the Onion,
2. De-seed and finely chop the Chilli (it won't be too spicy),
3. Crush and very finely chop the Garlic,
4. Finely chop the Coriander leafs,
5. Halve and de-stone the Avocados and scoop the insides into a bowl,
6. Cut the Limes in half and squeeze the juice over the Avocados,
7. Mash the Avocados into the lime juice with a fork,
8. Mix in the other chopped ingredients,
9. Cover the Guacamole tightly with cling-film (squeeze the air out) and place in the fridge for an hour or so to marinate,
10. Open some Tortilla Chips, dip and enjoy!