2021 Year in Review: Books

by Danny · December 30, 2021

Earlier I shared the top ten most-read posts of 2021. Today, my top ten reads get their time in the sun.

Again this year, I’ve stuck with my minimum :30 per day. I find that it helps me to prioritize reading and learning. If you’re not doing something similar, I highly recommend it for a new year’s resolution!

Here’s my list. See all of them on Amazon, and then check my notes after the jump.

At Your Best: How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor

(Carey Nieuwhof) If you want to work smarter, and not harder, this is a great kick-off-your-year book. (Top Ten Quotes)

Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion

(Rebecca McLaughlin) Rebecca is a force to be reckoned with, and you’d serve yourself well by taking up and reading. (Top Ten Quotes)

Disney’s Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World

(Richard Snow) One of the best treatments of Disney history I’ve read, written by a bona-fide historian.

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Suffers and Sinners

(Dane Ortlund) True, this book was on many 2020-2021 reading lists. If you haven’t read it, please do. (Top Ten Quotes)

The Hiding Place

(Corrie Ten Boom) I have no idea how I made it this long in life without reading a must-read. So sobering, haunting, and challenging.

Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life (And how anyone can harness it. Even you.)

(Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas) Two Stanford Business School professors tackle (and tickle) with academic research and fun footnotes.

The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home

(Denis Kiernan) The Biltmore House is just down the road, and though my wife has taken one of our sons but never me (clears throat), I thought this was a brilliant dive into the history.