My Top 9 Books of the Year So Far

A book-reading Substack I follow recently asked what we’ve been reading this first quarter of the year. I was kind of blown away at how many I’ve read so far. A few duds, but a lot of really good ones too. Here are the top 9 of the year so far (in no particular order):

• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon – art, business
• Beartown Trilogy by Fredrik Backman (partial re-read) – literary fiction
• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron (re-read) – art, philosophy
• Mindful Eating by Jan Chozen Bays – Buddhism
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote – true fiction
• The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris – philosophy/religion
• Jazz by Toni Morrison – literary fiction
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – scifi, dystopian
• The Way of Zen by Alan Watts – Buddhism

Let me know in the comments what you’ve read so far this year. And if you have any recommendations for what I read next.