I generally try to read as many books as I can (ie, in addition to all the magazines, web sites, blogs, etc). And, sitting on crazy long flights to Asia and Europe certainly help with the effort. I didn’t quite make my goal of two books per month, but did manage to bang out 22 books total (certainly a lot better than my gaming action this year (hmm, note to self, check if PSPs function high in the sky ;)

Anyway, here’s what I’ve read over the past year:

So, a bunch of non-profit specific books (gotta keep them IGDA members happy), some game books, some self-help books (the Line of Fire book is a really good tool for improving interview techniques), some general biz and culture books and two books from the ’60s (Understanding Media and Logic of Collective Action (which seem to be written in another language at times)).

Freakonomics and Rebel Sell were particularly insightful with many aha type moments. And, for the ongoing political defense of games, Everything is Bad, Savage Pastimes and a Theory of Fun were particularly helpful.

Top of my 2006 reading wish list is Jesper’s new book, Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds.