Books I Read 2021
“We read books to find out who we are.”
- Ursula K. Le Guin
I read and/or listened to 56 books this year (a new record for me). Below, I’ve listed all of them. Plus, I’ve included my Top 3 in a few different categories: Overall, Breathing, and Better Living/Philosophical
If you have any recommendations for 2022, please send them to me! nick@thebreathingdiabetic.com
Enjoy!
Top 3 Overall
Top 3 Breathing Books
Heart Breath Mind [Amazon]
Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life [Amazon]
The Breathing Cure [Amazon]
Top 3 Better Living/Philosophical
Constructive Living [Amazon]
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down [Amazon]
Counterclockwise [Amazon] (Although this is a sciencey book, it really made me re-think how I use science in my own life.)
All Books Read
No particular order here, just the order of how I found them on the Audible app or on my bookshelf.
1. Breath of Life [Amazon]
2. Everything is Figureoutable [Amazon]
3. Tiny Habits (twice 😁) [Amazon]
4. They Psychology of Money [Amazon]
5. The Compound Effect [Amazon]
6. How to Be Better at (Almost) Everything [Amazon] (This was a re-read; This is my favorite book of all time, so I try to re-read it every now and then.)
7. Oxygen [Amazon]
8. Breath Taking [Amazon]
9. Why We Sleep [Amazon]
10. The Circadian Code [Amazon]
11. Drug Use for Grown-Ups [Amazon]
12. The Mindful Athlete [Amazon]
13. The Paradox of Choice [Amazon]
14. The Upside of Stress [Amazon] (Re-read, the first time was in 2016 or 2017)
15. So Good They Can’t Ignore You [Amazon]
16. The Stranger in the Woods [Amazon]
17. Make it Stick [Amazon]
18. Constructive Living [Amazon]
19. The Undefeated Mind [Amazon]
20. The Freak Factor [Amazon]
21. Breathe: A Life in Flow [Amazon]
22. Flow [Amazon]
23. The Comfort Crisis [Amazon]
24. Finding Flow [Amazon]
25. Range [Amazon]
26. Counterclockwise [Amazon]
27. Learn Like a Pro [Amazon]
28. The Art of Learning [Amazon]
29. Made to Stick [Amazon]
30. Late Bloomers [Amazon]
31. The Art of Impossible [Amazon]
32. Breathing for Warriors [Amazon]
33. Will [Amazon] (One of the best audio books ever)
34. Peak [Amazon]
35. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English [Amazon]
36. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down [Amazon]
37. Breath by Breath [Amazon]
38. Breath Taking [Amazon]
39. Neurodharma [Amazon]
40. Mapping Cloud Nine [Amazon]
41. Bhagavad Gita [Amazon]
42. The Heartmath Solution [Amazon]
43. The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching [Amazon]
44. The Greatest Salesman in the World [Amazon]
45. The Tibetan Yoga of Breath [Amazon]
46. One Simple Thing [Amazon]
47. Heart Breath Mind [Amazon]
48. Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life [Amazon]
49. Stealing Fire (re-read, first time was in 2017) [Amazon]
50. The Joy of Movement [Amazon]
51. The Wim Hof Method [Amazon]
52. The Breathing Cure [Amazon]
53. Restoring Prana [Amazon]
54. The Primordial Breath [Amazon]
55. Killers of the Flower Moon [Amazon]
56. Tao te Ching [Amazon]