Kathryn Drake

Suzuki Violin Teacher

Reading

book list

I try to read as many books as I can; this page serves as a log for the books I have managed to read. It is listed in chronological order by the date I finish each book.

Below the book I link any blog posts I write related to the book.

2024

  • The Courage to be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi
  • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  • 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Diana Chapman
  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall-Kimmerer
  • The Mind is Flat by Nick Chater
  • The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy by Nick Romeo
  • Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
  • Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
  • Inconspicuous Consumption by Tatiana Schlossberg
  • This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
  • Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
  • More by Molly Roden Winter
  • The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins
  • The Motive by Patrick Lencioni
  • The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
  • The Culture Code by Erin Meyer

2023

  • Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia
  • No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Erin Meyer and Reed Hastings
  • $100 Million Dollar Leads: How to Get Strangers to want to Buy Your Stuff by Alex Hormozi
  • Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD
  • Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife
  • Lifespan: Why We Age– And Why We Don’t Have To by David Sinclair
  • The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
  • Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World by Eri Hotta
  • Traction by Gino Wickman
  • Everything I Have is Yours by Eleanor Henderson

2022

  • $100 Million Dollar Offers by Alex Hormozi
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  • Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
  • Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
  • Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Erik Jorgenson
  • Breath by James Nestor
  • The Art and Soul of Dune by Tanya Lapointe
  • The Practice of Groundedness by Brad Stulberg
  • Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

2021

  • First Forty Days by Heng Ou
  • Touchpoints-Birth to Three by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
  • Cribsheet by Emily Oster
  • Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
  • Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin
  • Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
  • Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
  • A World Without Email by Cal Newport
  • Montessori from the Start by Paula Polk Lilliard and Lynn Lilliard Jessen
  • The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies
  • The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Overstory by Richard Powers
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

2020

  • The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace Wells
  • Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally Koval
  • Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes
  • Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
  • The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
  • Peak by Anders Erikson
  • Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
  • Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
  • So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (reread)
  • The Laws of Subtraction by Matthew E. May
  • The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
  • The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
  • Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
  • “Workism is Making Americans Miserable” by Derek Thompson
  • Good Work if You Can Get It by Jason Brennan
  • How to be a High School Superstar by Cal Newport
  • The Culture Code: The secrets of highly successful groups by Daniel Coyle
  • The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle
  • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
  • A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
  • Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
  • Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card
  • A Year Without a Name, A Memoir by Cyrus Dunham
  • Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin
  • Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green From Traditional Japan by Azby Brown
  • Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
  • The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk
  • One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
  • The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen  by Sean Sherman
  • The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Cookbook
  • Bar Tartine: Techniques and Recipes by Cortney Burns and Nicolaus Balla
  • Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson
  • Tartine No. 3 by Chad Robertson
  • Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat

2019

  • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  • Art of Learning by Joshua Waitzkin
  • How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
  • Zen Teachings of Huang Po translated by John Blofeld
  • NOMA Guide to Fermentation by Rene Redzepi and David Zilber
  • Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner
  • Essentialism by Greg McKeown
  • Why We Do What We Do by Edward L. Deci
  • Ehei Dogen: Mystical Realist by Hee-Jin Kim
  • Shobogenzo by Dogen
  • The Art of Stillness by Pico Iyer
  • The Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training by John Daido Loori
  • Buddha by Karen Armstrong
  • Devotions by Mary Oliver

2018

  • The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
  • The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
  • This is Marketing by Seth Godin
  • Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  • Journey Down the Kreisler Highway by Craig Timmerman
  • Teaching with an Open Heart by Edward Kreitman (reread)
  • Teaching from the Balance Point: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Students by Edward Kreitman (reread)
  • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus) by Charlotte Joko Beck
  • Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
  • Nurtured by Love by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki (reread)
  • Forever Nomad: The Ultimate Guide to World Travel, from a Weekend to a Lifetime by Tynan
  • Point of Power: A Relationship with Your Soul by Kay Snow-Davis
  • The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Soho
  • Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
  • I Thought It Was Just Me (But it Isn’t) by Brene Brown
  • Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
  • Time to Practice: A Companion For Parents by Carrie Reuning-Hummel
  • Your Cabin in the Woods by Conrad E. Meinecke

2017

  • Fermented Vegetables by Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey
  • How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman
  • House of Light by Mary Oliver (reread)
  • A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver (reread)
  • Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (reread)
  • Love and Lemons: The Cookbook by Jeanine Donofrio
  • Teaching From the Balance Point by Edward Kreitman (reread)
  • The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long Term Health by Justin and Erica Sonnenburg, PhDs
  • Select titles from my annotated bibliography on Suzuki methodology and Zen philosophy
    • Shinichi Suzuki: The Man and His Philosophy by Evelyn Hermann
    • Ability Development from Age Zero by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
    • The Magic of Matsumoto: The Suzuki Method of Education by Carolyn Barrett
    • Where Love is Deep by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
    • My Life with Suzuki by Waltraud Suzuki
    • In the Suzuki style : A Manual for Raising Musical Consciousness in Children by Elizabeth Mills
    • Essays in the Theory and Practice of the Suzuki Method by Kara Eubanks
    • Is Suzuki Education Working in America? by Ray Landers
    • Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice by Robert Fink
    • Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki (reread)
    • Zen and Japanese Culture by D.T. Suzuki
    • A Primer of Soto Zen by Dogen
    • The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
    • The Tao of Zen by Ray Grigg
    • Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen & Pre-Zen Writings by Paul Reps
    • The Method of Zen by Eugen Herrigel
    • The Heart of Dogen’s Shobogenzo by Noman Waddell and Masao Abe
    • Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist by Hee-Jin Kim
    • Zen and American Thought by Van Meter Ames
    • Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki by David Chadwick (reread)
    • Buddhism & Science: A Guide for the Perplexed by Donald S. Lopez
    • Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought by J.J. Clarke
    • The Tao of the West by J.J. Clarke
    • Zen and Comparative Studies by Masao Abe
    • Zen and Western Thought by Masao Abe
    • Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue by Masao Abe
  • The Musician’s Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness by Gerald Klickstein
  • The Vehicle of Music by Dr. Masaski Honda
  • Nurtured by Love by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki (reread)
  • Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren
  • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (reread)
  • How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Arnold Bennett
  • Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music by Jan Swafford
  • Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O’Keefe by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
  • The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey
  • Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugene Herrigel
  • Teaching the Post Secondary Music Student with Disabilities by Kimberly McCord
  • Teaching Music in Higher Education by Conway and Hodgman
  • Collection of Short Stories by Ernest Hemmingway
  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  • The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzō
  • Fireflies: A Collection of Proverbs, Aphorisms, and Maxims by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury
  • Superhuman Social Skills: A Guide to Being Likable, Winning Friends, and Building Your Social Circle by Tynan
  • Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
  • We Should All Be Feminists by Cimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • The Stranger by Albert Camus
  • Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
  • When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
  • Crooked Cucumber by David Chadwick
  • Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
  • Many Hands: Building a Cooperative Future by Erik Jones
  • Zero to One by Peter Thiel
  • Movement Matters by Katy Bowman
  • We Love You Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenridge
  • Getting Things Done by David Allen
  • A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
  • A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
  • Baedan 2: A Queer Journal of Heresy

2016

    • From the Stage to the Studio: How Fine Musicians Become by Dr. Laurie Scott and Cornelia Watkins