As the year is coming to an end, it is time for me to reflect back on what I read this year. Just like last year, I ended up reading about a book a week. That’s a pretty good pace for me, and one that I plan on keeping next year as well. My five favorite (☆) books of the year were: Nonviolent Communication (3.) Sophie’s World (11.) The Cuckoo’s Egg (14.) The Undoing Project (30.) Outlive (45.) For the first half of the year, I read my usual mix of tech, nonfiction, pop-scientific and ...