Bill’s Book Bucket List

First there was Bill’s Bucket List. Now there’s Bill’s Book and Movie Bucket Lists!

  1. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum (2024)

  2. Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro (2009)

  3. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro (2012)

  4. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney (2024)

  5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (2024)

  6. Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins (2023)

  7. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer (2011)

  8. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham (1949)

  9. Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson (2023)

  10. Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen (2024)

  11. The Shortest History of China by Linda Jaivin (2021)

  12. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight (2016)

  13. Atatürk by Andrew Mango (1999)

  14. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (2020)

  15. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H. R. McMaster (2024)

  16. Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam by H. R. McMaster (1997)

  17. Freiheit: Erinnerungen 1954 – 2021 von Angela Merkel, Beate Baumann (2024)

  18. Der Dreißigjährige Krieg: Europäische Katastrophe, Deutsches Trauma 1618 – 1648 von Herfried Münkler (2017)

  19. Fascism in Its Epoch by Ernst Nolte (1963)

  20. ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY by Office of the Director of National Intelligence (2024)

  21. That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph (2019)

  22. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger (2023)

  23. The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569–1999 by Timothy Snyder (2004)

  24. Stalin and Europe: Imitation and Domination, 1928-1953 by Timothy Snyder (editor), Ray Brandon (editor) (2014)

  25. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder (2015)

  26. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder (2017)

  27. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder (2018)

  28. On Freedom by Timothy Snyder (2024)

  29. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) (yes, I’ve been to Romania)

  30. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone (2013)

  31. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker (2017)