2019 Reading List Share tweet Annual Reading lists: 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 1. Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts 2. Worldly Wisdom: Collected Quotations and Aphorisms by Josh Kaufman 3. The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley 4. The Five Foundations for Success by Napoleon Hill 5. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells 6. American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton 7. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick 8. The Way of Men by Jack Donovan 9. Strategy by B. H. Liddell Hart 10. A Man Called Intrepid: The Incredible True Story of the Master Spy Who Helped Win World War II by William Stevenson 11. The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick 12. Strategy by Captain B. H. Liddell Hart 13. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson 14. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard 14. The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War by Peter Hart 15. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin 16. Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson 17. Bomber Command by Max Hastings