This past year, I set a personal goal to read at least 30 books on business with a focus on finance to gauge my interest in this subject. Books on finance had been particularly influential in previous years and I wanted to explore and related topics further. As I continued reading, I found myself drawn to books by successful entrepreneurs to learn from their experiences, as well as case studies of failed businesses to understand common pitfalls.
Through this journey, I’ve deepened my understanding of business, accounting, and finance, which has only strengthened my desire to keep learning about these subjects. In 2024, I also took the first steps toward writing a business plan, applying what I have learned to shape my future venture’s mission and goals.
Beyond business and finance, I love reading books that expand my knowledge in various subjects. Of course, I can't forget my favorite genre—spy thrillers! This year I read 78 books. Check out my 2024 reading list below to see what I’ve read this year.
January
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
Kissinger, by Walter Isaacson
Adventures of the wine trade, Kermit Lynch
February
Red Warning, by Matthew Quirk
What I Learned from Investing from Darwin, by Pulak Prasad
Value Averaging, by Michael Edleson
Endurance, by Alfred Lansing (re-read)
March
Relationships, by John Maxwell
Intimate Relationships, by Marianne Williams
Building Family Relationships, by Stephen Covey
8 keys to Building Your Best Relationships, by Daniel Hughes
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, by Peter Bevelin
Emotional Intelligence, by Bob Mills
Inside threat, by Matthew Quirk
Retirement 101, by Michelle Cagan
Start Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them, by Garrett Sutton
April
Accounting for Non-Accountants, by Wayne Label
A Random Walk Down Wall Street, by Burton G. Malkiel
How to Think about Money, by Jon Clements
The Investor Manifesto, by William Bernstein
Your Money and Your Brain, by Jason Zweig
The next millionaire next door, by Thomas and Sarah Stanley
Little Book of Big Dividends, by Charles Carlson
The Darwin Economy, by Robert Frank
The Nature of Investing, by Katharine Collins
May
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, by Eric Ries
The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements, by Mary Buffett
Irrational Exuberance, by Robert Shiller
Narrative Economics, by Robert Shiller
Warren Buffett and the Art of Stock Arbitrage, by Mary Buffett
Ancient Japan: An Enthralling Overview of Ancient Japanese History, Starting From the Jomon Period, by Enthralling History
Family Trusts: A Guide for Beneficiaries, Trustees, Trust Protectors, and Trust Creators, by Hartley Goldstone, James Hughes, and Keith Whitaker
The Tao of Warren Buffett, by Mary Buffett & David Clark
June
Raising Kids in Today's Digital Age, by Bully Ekine-Ogunlana
History of Japan, by R. H. P. Mason & J. G. Caiger
July
Stocks for the Long Run, by Jeremy Siegel
Behavioral Finance and Your Portfolio, by Michael Pompian
The Theory of Human Motivation, by Abraham Maslow
Towards a Psychology of Being, by Abraham Maslow
Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences, by Abraham Maslow
Taxes for Small Businesses, by Nicholas Regan
One Up on Wall Street, by Peter Lynch
Learn to Earn, by Peter Lynch and John Rothchild
Poor Charlie’s Almanack, by Charles Munger
August
Simply Schrodinger, by John Gribbin
Behavioral Economics, by David Orrell
The Economics consequences of Peace, by John Maynard Keynes
Economics in America, by Angus Deaton
Quantum Theory, by John Polkinghorne
Applied Economics, by Thomas Sowell
Quantum bullshit, Chris Ferrie
Quantum Computing, Brian Clegg
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics, by Nancy Forbes & Basil Mahon
September
The Little Book of Valuation, by Aswath Damodaran
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It, by Arthur Herman
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, by Matt Ridley
Chip Wars, by Chris Miller
October
Quantum Entanglement, by Jef Brody
LLC Beginners Guide, by Thomas Newton
Thinking in Systems, by Donells Meadows
How to Win with Machine Learning, by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
The Big Three in Economics, By Mark Skousen
The World According to Physics, by Jim Al-Khalili
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared M. Diamond
Computational Thinking, by Peter Denning & Matti Tedre
DeFi and the Future of Finance, by Campbell R. Harvey, Ashwin Ramachandran, and Joey Santoro
November
The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
Peak Mind, by Amishi Jha
M.B.A. in a Book, by Joel kurtzman
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, by Bill Gates
The Bond King, by Mary Childs
How to do Nothing, by Jenny Odell
December
How to be Perfect, by Michael Schur
The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy, by Robert Hagstrom
Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company, by Andrew S. Grove
Atomic Habits, by James Clear
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, by David Landes