I didn’t exactly stick to the one book a month timeline, but I was able to get in at least 12 this year, so I’m happy. I also attempted to tackle some pretty lengthy and non conventional books as well (the programming/tech ones and 4 hour body), which helped account for spanning multiple months. I definitely wish I had read more, but this year was kind of crazy so not much I could do. Plus, there’s always next year, right? Here’s what I read in 2011 (most recently finished first):

• The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
• The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Suppose to Be and Embrace Who You Are - Brene Brown
• Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men - Roy F. Baumester
• In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto - Michael Pollan
• Anything You Want - Derek Sivers
• Delusions of Gender - Cordelia Fine
• Rails for PHP Developers - Derek DeVries
• The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Tim Ferriss
• The Thank You Economy - Gary Vaynerchuk
• Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose - Tony Hsieh
• See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It - James Garbarino
• Building Scalable Web Sites - Cal Henderson
• Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before - Jean M. Twenge