Joe Byerly's 2017 in the Books

This list was taken with permission from Joe Byerly's blog From the Green Notebook. The author's comments on the books are available on his website. All Amazon links support the list author's blog (FTC disclosure).

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Top 3 books of 2017

1. American War

by Omar El Akkad

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2. Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude

by Mike Erwin and Ray Kethledge

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3. The Causes of War

by Geoffrey Blainey

AMAZON GOODREADS

History and Warfare

The Future of War: A History

by Lawrence Freedman

AMAZON GOODREADS

Preparing for War

by J.P. Clark

AMAZON GOODREADS

War and the Art of Governance: Consolidating Combat Success into Political Victory

by Nadia Schadlow

AMAZON GOODREADS

The Causes of War

by Geoffrey Blainey

AMAZON GOODREADS

Science Fiction

Autonomous

by Annalee Newitz

AMAZON GOODREADS

Annihilation

by Jeff VanderMeer

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Artemis

by Andy Weir

AMAZON GOODREADS

The Clockwork Dynasty

by Daniel H. Wilson

AMAZON GOODREADS

American War

by Omar El Akkad

AMAZON GOODREADS

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

AMAZON GOODREADS

Technology and Innovation

The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Amir Husain

AMAZON GOODREADS

The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

by Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen & Clayton M. Christensen

AMAZON GOODREADS

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

by Adam M. Grant

AMAZON GOODREADS

Leadership

Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World

by Mitch Prinstein

AMAZON GOODREADS

Ego Is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday

AMAZON GOODREADS

Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude

by Mike Erwin and Ray Kethledge

AMAZON GOODREADS

The Leader's Bookshelf

by James Stavridis, R Manning Ancell

AMAZON GOODREADS

21st Century Patton: Strategic Insights for the Modern Era

by J. Furman Daniel III (Editor)

AMAZON GOODREADS

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

by Daniel Goleman

AMAZON GOODREADS

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves

by Dan Ariely

AMAZON GOODREADS

Radical Inclusion: What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership

by Martin E. Dempsey & Ori Brafman

AMAZON GOODREADS

Biography

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

by Walter Isaacson

AMAZON GOODREADS

Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided

by Daniel P. Bolger

AMAZON GOODREADS

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

by Michael Lewis

AMAZON GOODREADS

General Non-Fiction

Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life

by Patrick Van Horne, Jason Riley, Shawn Coyne & Steven Pressfield

AMAZON GOODREADS