40 Non-Fiction

The New Goal:

I've decided to upgrade my annual goal of reading more non-fiction to a full blown 40 before 40 goal. It's aggressive because I'm getting to it so late that it's a lot of books to cram in, in the next 4 years. But, I'm going to count the books I have already read (last year and this year) in my annual goals, so it doesn't feel quite so out of reach.

I had already been keeping a list of Non-fiction books I wanted to read for my list last year and this year - there were way too many good ones, and at the same time I was still not sure that I would do it without the goal. So it seems to fit the purpose of the 40 Before 40 quest.

I'd love suggestions! 

Non-Fiction Read so Far:

1. Boys in the Boat
2. My Beloved World
3. Flyboys
4. Tiny Beautiful Things
5. Spinster
6. Wild
7. Originals
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
9. Running with Scissors
10. Rising Strong, Brene Brown
11. This I Believe - NPR Published
12. (Between the World and Me Ta-Nehesi Coates)
13. (All the Single Ladies - Rebecca Traister)
14. Talking As Fast as I can - Lauren Graham (aka Lorelai Gilmore)

On the Possible Reading list

• Omnivores Dilemma
• Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson (of Ted talks) 
• Misbehaving (behavioral economics)
• Drive
• Dead wake 
• Lusitania
• Where Men win glory, Jon Krakauer 
• Guns, germs and steel
• Unbroken 
• 10% happier 
• Salt
• Mental floss history of the U.S. 
• The monster of Florence 
• The imperial cruise  
• Gang leader for a day
• Stiff
• Heads & beds 
• Holly tucker, Bloodwork

Topics/Subject Areas on Reading List: 

• Presidential History 
• Women in History
• Revolutionary History
• Civil War
• Legal - Supreme Court, RBG, etc. 
• Business 
• Contemporary Psychology/Social Psychology
• Behavioral economics 
• Fun other stuff - how things work from an insider's perspective (ie: Stiff)