Since 2008, I typically take a month on the road every year, and read 20 business books. You’ll find each of them below, ranked in decreasing order of impact in any given year. The full list of 300+ books can be found at the bottom of the page, as well as the 200+ books on my ever-expanding ’to-read’ list. Do feel free to contact me directly with any book recommendation or query, and/or check out my full library on GoodReads

Spending a month reading in Colombia in January 2022 was a real privilege, and the best 6 books were really really good.

I was lucky enough to work from Dubai throughout January 2021, focussing heavily on AI. I took a few programming courses on Udemy, and read 16 books. The best 6 have been:

Argentina welcomed me in January 2020, and I had the pleasure of reading 20 business books there. The best 6 have been:

In January 2019, I had the pleasure of reading 20 business books in 20 days in Sri Lanka, and the best 6 are:

I was in Senegal in April 2018, reading my yearly self-imposed “20 books in 20 days”, and the ranking of the best 6 is as follows:

In January 2017, my "business books top-up" took place in Myanmar.  I read 20 books in 20 days, and the 6 best books from the lot were:

My self-imposed challenge took place in Cambodia in January 2016.  I read "20 books in 20 days in the sun", and the best 6 were:

Here are the 150+ books in my satchel for my 2023 reading trip (in Vietnam & Malaysia), and hopefully I’ll draw 20 great ones!

... and here are 250+ of the smartest books I've ever read (in decreasing date of publication):