This year, instead of coming up with an entirely-too-ambitious list of books I want to read (like I did last year!), I decided to only pick 24 books I want to aim to read in 2011. I’ve broken my list down into a month-by-month basis to help keep me on better track.
Business and Financial Books I Plan to Read and Review This Year:
January — 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
February — Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living
March — Becoming a Person of Influence
April — Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
May — Life on the Wire: Avoid Burnout and Succeed in Work and Life
July — Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days
August — Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t
September — America’s Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money
October — Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
November — Shift Your Habit: Easy Ways to Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Save the Planet
December –
Personal Investing: The Missing Manual
Other Books I Plan to Read This Year:
January — Calm My Anxious Heart: A Woman’s Guide to Finding Contentment
February — Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
March — The Possibilities of Prayer
April — The Blessing of Boundaries
May — Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
June — Honey for a Child’s Heart
July — One With Christ
August — A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning
September — Womanly Dominion: More Than A Gentle and Quiet Spirit
October — The Rose Conspiracy
November — Disciplines of a Godly Woman
December –
Benjamin Rush: Signer of the Declaration of Independence
I plan to review the Business or Financial book of the month on my blog on the third Friday of each month and I’ll also give a little update in that post on the other book(s) I’ve read in the past month.
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After going through your list I got online and place a hold on three of the books listed. I have a Nook and have read many of the FREE books and have bought some. This year I have devoted to saving as much money as I can so I am using my local library to get books instead of pruchasing the Ebooks. I did download the copy of the Financial book you had on here the other day. I read about 8 books a month ontop of everything else in life. haha I wanted to say thanks for so many things that you share with everyone.
I just saw “Have a New You” on sale in the Family Christian Bookstore flyer so I may have to look into that one as well. I notice your theme this year seems to be finance but I was curious if you had any recommendations on parenting books.
I really enjoyed Calm My Anxious Heart. There were so many helpful things I found for myself that I’m working through the 12 week bible study right now and loving every minute of it.
Calm My Anxious Heart is a tome I come back to time and time again. I can’t say how beautiful the message is, or how it completely speaks to the female heart. It is a blessing of a book
Charlotte Mason=win. My husband and I don’t have children yet, but plan to not only homeschool, but to implement Mason’s philosophy of education.
Good luck with your year’s reading list! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on these books.
God bless!
You have some great choices! I just read “Shift Your Habit” and really enjoyed it. “Honey for a Child’s Heart” is truly a classic for readers and their children. It’s probably time for me to reread this one.
Good to Great is an excellent book to listen too. Jim Collins recorded it himself and has a dynamic voice, making it easy to listen to. I would recommend this one in audio version if you are interested.
I’d suggest making room in your list for one more, the sequel to Three Cups of Tea which is on your list–Stones Into Schools. I highly recommend both books!
Just came back to your list to peruse, and realized that Have a New You by Friday is by Dr. Kevin Leaman ~ I love him! Popped over to our library’s site, put it on hold, and I can’t wait to read it. Thanks, Crystal!
You have a lot of great ones on there. If you want to boost it to 25
One that could fall into both categories is Business for the Glory of God by Wayne Grudem. I think you’ll really like it. It’s also VERY short, so you could potentially slip it in…Or you could save it for 2012 
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