{"id":39364,"date":"2026-05-09T04:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=39364"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:39:25","slug":"looking-for-a-good-read-check-out-my-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=39364","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a good read? Check out my book recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Book-recommendations-initial-list.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39371\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Book-recommendations-initial-list.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Book-recommendations-initial-list.jpg 920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Book-recommendations-initial-list-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Book-recommendations-initial-list-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been making book recommendations for many years, but I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve ever actually written out a formal list. I\u2019ve done that now \u2014 and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n<p>Although I can strongly recommend each of the 10 books on this list, I can\u2019t say these are the 10 books I\u2019d most recommend over everything else. There are a few that would be on any list of my favorite books, but beyond that, there might be 40 or 50 that I feel equally strongly about.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, I feel as though I would have different lists for different kinds of people and for different circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, I think I\u2019m going to try to maintain a top 1o list, but the books on that list are going to change over time. In addition, I\u2019m going to add some speciality lists at some point \u2014 because these first 10 do no more than scratch the surface of what I\u2019d like you to read.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->To see where I\u2019ve started \u2014 and see the reasons for each choice \u2014 check out <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?page_id=39263\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a work in progress, but few things are as exciting as talking about great books, so I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;ve finally at least started.<\/p>\n<p>If you buy anything using one of the links on the list, I will get a tiny commission from Amazon for the sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been making book recommendations for many years, but I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve ever actually written out a formal list. I\u2019ve done that now \u2014 and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Although I can strongly recommend each of the 10 books on this list, I can\u2019t say these are <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=39364\" class=\"more-link\">Keep Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1x9iR-aeU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39364"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39376,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39364\/revisions\/39376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}