The absurdity of the hope that we will do things differently in the new year than what we did in the year gone by is mindboggling. Yet, hope and optimism force us to persist in our practice of making resolutions. Last year, I had planned to read copiously on the nexus of nature, climate change, and religion but barely managed to read a couple of books. This was part of my old practice of picking a theme and going deep on that subject. While the reading lists that I had for this year remained unconquered I devoured a lot of material on these topics. My shelf of half-read books is getting bigger and bigger. There are many great books worth reading and I have been made helpless by time poverty. Being selective is the only option.

Non-fiction

  • Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
  • The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
  • Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly
  • The Creative Act – A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
  • Life is Hard – How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran Setiya
  • Midlife by Kieran Setiya
  • Climate, Catastrophe and Faith by Philip Jenkins
  • Everything and Nothing by Tony Cartwright
  • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
  • A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins

Fiction

  • The Year of Locust by Terry Hayes
  • Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
  • The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
  • The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz
  • Long Shadows by David Baldacci

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