YNAB's Summer Reading List

If you listen to our podcast, Jesse has finally read Atomic Habits which is still the best book I’ve read so far this year! It’s one I think about often, and one I’ll definitely read again.

Jesse’s been applying the author James Clear’s ideas about habits to budgeting, and it’s fantastic. As I’ve been listening, it got me thinking about how much I enjoy finding out people's favorite books or what they are currently reading. I had posed that question in our YNAB Book Club Slack channel, and I was flooded with amazing responses — more than I could ever read in a single summer. I narrowed it down, and I have my official YNAB Summer Reading List, and I’m so excited about the books, I thought I’d share them with you today!

0:00 - Atomic Habits
0:49 - My Current Reads
1:38 - The Kitchen Counter Cooking School
2:21 - When Sadness is at Your Door
2:33 - Range
3:30 - How to Train Your Dragon
3:55 - Clever Girl Finance
4:38 - Joyful
5:39 - The Fifth Season

(Thanks to @mappedoutmoney for telling me how to add timestamps to the video progress bar! 😄)

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Books mentioned:

• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

• The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett

• Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

• The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks by Kathleen Flinn

• When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Hardcover by David Epstein

• How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

• Clever Girl Finance: Ditch debt, save money and build real wealth by Bola Sokunbi

• Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee

• The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1) by N. K. Jemisin

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[gotshakespeare]

Your voice and advice make me feel calm about money

[Kazandra]

You should also make a review/wrap-up video for the month where you discuss what you liked or disliked of each book!

[charlsiesturm]

Just finished Atomic Habits because you mentioned it. Reading Where the Crawdad Sings and a whole bunch more!

[JustJoia]

Thanks! I did screen shot a few of these. Currently finishing up The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes... I have the audible version. Hearing it in her voice considering her talents really give me the drive to keep moving... conquer those goals.

[Laurenr]

Currently listening to The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory, and reading (physical book) How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones. Both are a part of my participation in our local library’s 2020 reading challenge!

[christinascott]

Great reading picks! I can't wait to read Clever Girl Finance : )

[carolea]

Currently reading:
Warren Buffett's letters to the shareholders - I'm reading these a little bit at a time
Loving Our Neighbor by Beth Lindsay Templeton
The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith
I used to listen to books on my commute to work/home; I'm trying to make time for them in my WFH schedule.

[maryhaskins]

Thanks for the suggestions! I have already requested a couple of holds at the library and using the library's mobile app for audio books! I'm currently listing to American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.

[gpslentz]

I JUST finished The Glass Castle, a memoir (I know I'm late to the game) and it was incredible. I'm going to go watch the movie right now (and probably be disappointed, but I love to compare).

[vids]

Currently Reading: Fiction - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes; Nonfiction - Happy Gut by Dr. Vincent Pedre

[marilynSchafer]

I enjoyed Michelle Obama's book Becoming much more than I anticipated. Some great takeaways from it include her hiring a personal chef when her daughter was diagnosed pre-diabetic and she needed help with healthy meals & that launched her white house garden and exercise movement and going to marriage counselling to "fix" her husband and figuring out what she needed to change about herself. That book gave me permission to hire help where I need it (and can afford it) without the judgments that held me back.

[jennyyang]

I love these videos and recommendations, have added them to my list. I just finished reading Utopia for realists by Rutger Bregman and This book could save your life by Graham lawton. Both are pretty good non fiction books. Still reading Normal people by sally rooney (fiction).

[chelebelle]

I'm currently reading Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. I'm adding several the books you mentioned to my list.

[stefaniacattaneo]

The Fifth Season trilogy is amazing! One of a kind world!

[werelemur]

Am I the only one disappointed by the lack of velociraptors on the cover of "Clever Girl Finance"? Probably.

I've pre-ordered a copy of "Savage Legion, " by Matt Wallace, which is epic fantasy that's NOT about kings and queens and sounds awesome.

[RossCampoli]

My current fiction is Game of Thrones 🐺
And my current nonfiction is Tony Robbins’s Money: Master the Game 💰👏

[kaitlinalexandra]

Anyone else living for the cat content at the end of each video!? Please caption in their name! When Things Fall Apart is a fantastic book. In Five years- Rebecca Serle. Anything by Stephanie Danler.

[ChristineDorsey]

I’m reading The Color of Law. Not exactly uplifting, but an important examination of how our society has promoted white privilege at the expense of people of color through policies and laws that go against our Constitution. I highly recommend it.

[Haadlum]

Reading Getting Things Done by David Allen for the tenth time.

[TwoOnlyChildrenxoxox]

You look gorgeous, Ashley!

I just finished “Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies” by Tara Schuster. So good. Now onto Shopaholic Christmas (which I didn’t know came out last October). I’ve been reading this series for 19 years! 😳