My Top Books in 2023

My Top Books in 2023


I'm looking forward to surpassing my goal of reading 50 books again for the Goodreads 2023 Reading Challenge!

This year I've had a large number of books I gave 5 stars, so I took extra time to enjoy them.

For many years I gave myself the excuse that I didn't have the time to sit down and read, and barely read 1 book a year. So how did I do it?

Well listening to audiobooks while driving or training for sports to stay in shape https://ninja.ninjaforlife.com/ definitely helps. Luckily books in Amazon Kindle format can also be read by Echo devices and even using the Alexa app.


My top books by category read in 2023 were:


Data & AI

• Power and Prediction https://amzn.to/411oHAn

• The Signal and The Noise https://amzn.to/3GpKTup


Business/Technology

• Chip War https://amzn.to/3R5KEcR

• Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making https://amzn.to/3RpoDag

• Sandworm https://amzn.to/3TcuHo5


Mindset/Motivational

• Motivational Legends https://amzn.to/46Iqzz7


Health/Wellness/Psychology

• Transcend (currently reading) https://amzn.to/47B4tQn


Fun/Historical

• Money: The True Story of a Made Up Thing (currently reading) https://amzn.to/47FGVtw

• The Great Mortality https://amzn.to/3uMVXit

• How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States https://amzn.to/46I5THk

Financial Independence

• Lower Your Taxes Big Time https://amzn.to/4a3rk8U


You can see my favorite books from other years, including my all-time favorites at https://destroyobstacles.com/books

Also for a full list & other books you can follow @DigitalBeyond on @GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/digitalbeyond

I'm looking forward to reading another 50 books for this coming year, and you may find many of your favorites available at your local library.

If you don't already have devices to help check out the Kindle https://amzn.to/3Ne7X31, and you can spread out multiple Echo Dots https://amzn.to/3t1eUxA around the house to read to you when you are not using headphones.


And don't stop there! You can also find a lot of great courses online such as through your library.


Any favorite books you'd like to share? Let us know on Twitter @destroyobstacle https://twitter.com/destroyobstacle

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