My 6 Best Books from 2006 – Speed Reviews
I am an avid reader. In fact, I have read almost 50 books this year. But life is short and workdays are long so I have to be choosy about what to include in my diet of books and I like to read widely with a balanced diet of different genres.
Here is a list of best books with their categories that I read this year. The synopses of the books are available through the links, so I have simply added my subjective opinions in the form of pros and cons. I hope that you will enjoy these to add to your balanced diet in 2007.
The Long Tail
Author: Chris Anderson
Category: Business
Pro: Helped me see niche markets everywhere and reinvigorated my enthusiasm for our modern, connected world
Con: It got repetitive at times and the idea is too new to have much credible economic research behind it
Getting to Yes
Author: Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton
Category: How To
Pro: Made me argue against the truth behind my opponent’s argument, instead of simply fighting over their official position
Con: There is not much wrong with this book – it delivered what it promised
Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior
Author: Chogyam Trungpa
Category: Spirituality
Pro: Rinpoche a Tibetan who went to Oxford University – he has huge credibility and has a sense of humor as well
Con: The title and cover art make it look like it is a cult handbook and the prose is sometimes awkwardly written
Female Chauvinist Pigs
Author: Ariel Levy
Category: Women’s Studies
Pro: A very interesting take on women in a cultural phenomena written in a very palatable form
Con: It takes some things that are not important too seriously does not lie on a solid foundation of research
Self Esteem
Author: Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning
Category: Personal Development
Pro: The exercises are straightforward and it helped me work through some personal blocks in a painless way
Con: It has a chapter on hypnotism which seems out of place
Hey Nostradamus!
Author: Douglas Coupland
Category: Fiction
Pro: Very creative, thoughtful and full of surprises
Con: Sometimes the light treatment of such a serious subject made me feel uneasy
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