Books for 2020
Its always good to have a long list at the beginning of the year, which can be used throughout the year to pick a new book from (or to pass on the list to your dear ones to choose a gift from :)).
Let’s start with Bill Gates, one of the most voracious celebrity reader of current days. He literally carries a bag full books and has an astounding reading speed. He has listed his preference here:
Out of these, “Educated” has got a lot of recommendations from various readers.
Obama has also been releasing his reading preferences every year end, 2019 not being any exception. His list is here:
Out of this list, one of the most quoted book in recent days in India is probably “The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire” by William Dalrymple and might get a place in many book racks next year.
The editors of The Times Book Review chooses the best fiction and non-fiction books every year end. Their list also contains some of the gems.
“Midnight in Chernobyl” garners interest especially after the recent popular HBO series on the incident. As a reference you might check NYT recommendations from previous years also from the same page.
Interestingly The Guardian has moved the job of listing of books from the editors to the winners and runners up of the literary awards of 2019 and their list of preference definitely looks interesting.
The collection of speech by Greta Thunberg might be worth spending your money unless you believe global warming is a plot.
There are few books which have appeared in multiple lists, one of the notable one being this one — depending on your world view, it might get a space in your book rack too.
There are few other books which have been quoted by many as must-reads. You might check these as well for your 2020 read.
- Ikigai — Hector Garcia
- Tools & Weapons, The Promise and the Peril of digital age — Brad Smith
- Exponential organization — Salim Ismail
- Red rising — Pierce Brown
- Chocolates on the pillow are not enough — Jonathan Tisch
- Zucked — Roger McNamee
- Measuring what counts — Joseph Stiglitz
Would you like to share your book preferences for 2020? Do share as comments or drop a note at csubhamoy@gmail.com
Have a great new year and happy reading!
