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Dec 31, 2022, 12 tweets

THREAD: As each year ends, I look back at the books I’ve read/re-read or listened to across 12 months.

I’ve read a lot this year—and thought I’d share my list in categories, alphabetically by author within each.

I recommend every one of these books and thank all authors.

1/12

Books I read in 2022 (history, part 1):

Lincoln and the Fight for Peace by @JohnAvlon

SPQR by @wmarybeard

Grant by Ron Chernow

Washington by Ron Chernow

The Cabinet by @lmchervinsky

Behold, America by @sarahchurchwell

The Wrath To Come by @sarahchurchwell

2/12

Books I read in 2022 (history, part 2):

The Craft: How Freemasons Made the Modern World by @JohnDickie1

Lincoln by David Herbert Donald

The Future History of the Arctic by @charlesemmerson

Adams vs. Jefferson by John Ferling

The Field of Blood by @jbf1755

3/12

Books I read in 2022 (history, part 3):

Watergate by @vermontgmg

Reagan’s War Stories by @bengriffin06

Destination Casablanca by @CapitolClio

The Peacemaker by Will Inboden

Imperfect Union by @NPRinskeep

Hokkaido: A History by Ibrahim Jalal

4/12

Books I read in 2022 (history, part 4):

Plagues and Their Aftermath by @BrianMJenkins

Ancient Rome by Thomas Martin

True or False by Cindy Otis

A Man of Iron by @troy_senik

Terrorism in American Memory by Marita Sturken

Misinformation Nation by @PubliusorPerish

5/12

Books I read in 2022 (intelligence/natsec/politics, part 1):

Why We Fight by @cblatts

Analyzing Intelligence ed. by Roger George & James Bruce

Intelligence and the State by Jonathan House

MBS by @NYTBen

Truth to Power, ed. by Robert Hutchings & Gregory Treverton

6/12

Books I read in 2022 (intelligence/natsec/politics, part 2):

A Question of Standing by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

The Devil Never Sleeps by @juliettekayyem

The Peaceful Transfer of Power by @DavidMarchick

The Oil Wars Myth by @EMeierding

Why We Did It by @Timodc

7/12

Books I read in 2022 (intelligence/natsec/politics, part 3):

Black Ops by @RicPrado2

Challenges in Intelligence Analysis by Timothy Walton

The Spymasters by @ccwhip

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms by @AmyZegart

8/12

Books I read in 2022 (science):

A Taste of Poison by Neil Bradbury

A Furious Sky by @EricJayDolin

How We Know What Isn’t So by Thomas Gilovich

Fire and Flood by Eugene Linden

The Moon by @Eaterofsun

The Loop by @byjacobward

9/12

Books I read in 2022 (other nonfiction):

Spies on the Sidelines by @kevbryantauthor

Not Dead Yet by @PhilCollinsFeed

The Games by @Davidsgoldblatt

Bigfoot … It’s Complicated by @RepRiggleman

A Different Way to Win by Jim Rooney

10/12

Books I read in 2022 (fiction):

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

Victor in Trouble by @alexzfinley

Damascus Station by @mccloskeybooks

Black Ice by @BradThor

Rising Tiger by @BradThor

The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson

11/12

In 2023, I hope to read/listen to just as many great books.

I also hope that, after a challenging couple of years, I’ll make progress on research and start writing my own next book.

Stay tuned.

#HappyNewYear

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