I read many fantastic books in 2023. Amid life’s hustle and bustle, reading helped me disconnect while learning something new about myself and the world. These were my favorites, in no particular order. Enjoy!

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Tricia Hersey

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Bell Hooks

Rough Sleepers
Tracy Kidder

The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
Greta Thunberg

Real Men Knit
Kwana Jackson

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
Nedra Glover Tawwab

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Brianna Wiest

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Priya Parker

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy
Thomas J. Stanley

We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power
Rachel Rodgers

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
50 Cent

Seduce Me
Julie Kenner

Unwrap Me
Julie Kenner

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Eric Jorgenson

Christ Elected Official: CEO
Tyree Scott

Hooded: A Black Girl’s Guide to the PhD
Malika Grayson

Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century
Dorothy Roberts

Everything You Need to Know About Personal Finance in 1000 Words
C.J. Carlsen

The Defining Decade
Meg Jay

The 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
Chris Voss

Have you read a book you particularly enjoyed? Share it with me!

Republished with permission. Original post at https://markbraywrites.medium.com/my-2023-reading-list-bfbb1b60ef9e.