The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of A Promised Land

Trey Guinn ❤️ loved this book because...

I am a sucker for presidential autobiographies and writings. This one was a page turner!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Barack Obama,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked A Promised Land as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times • NPR • The Guardian • Marie Claire
 
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Trey Guinn ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Doris Kearns Goodwin,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked Team of Rivals as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

One of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln, his unlikely presidency, and his cabinet of former political foes.

Winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize and the inspiration for the Oscar Award winning–film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Tony Kushner.

On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago.…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Stories I Only Tell My Friends

Trey Guinn ❤️ loved this book because...

A surprisingly excellent book. I was intrigued because of my familiarity with the author, but was impressed by his storytelling and appreciated his outlook on life.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Rob Lowe,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Stories I Only Tell My Friends as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A wryly funny and moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.

Teen idol at fifteen, international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Communication Essentials: The Tools You Need to Master Every Type of Professional Interaction

By Trey Guinn,

Book cover of Communication Essentials: The Tools You Need to Master Every Type of Professional Interaction

What is my book about?

A first in the new Business Essentials Series, this book is packed with must-know tools and strategies for the most important business (and life) skill of all―communication

No matter how great your knowledge, expertise or experience, poor communication skills undermine your ability to get your message across, achieve your objectives, and build crucial relationships. To advance your career―and succeed in other aspects of life, as well―building theses skills is essential.

In Communication Essentials, expert Trey Guinn takes you step-by-step through the process of improvement, from understanding the importance of message clarity to specific, goal-based strategies to develop and maximize your skills.

In Part I: The Essentials, he covers the fundamentals, from why and how we communicate and what effective communication looks like to how it can all go wrong. In Part II: The Essentials Applied, he provides practical advice on identifying goals, owning your message, and anticipating how your audience will perceive you, the messenger. Finally, in Part III: Beyond the Essentials, you'll find practical tips to help you communicate your way into a job, improve your digital communication, work through difficult conversations, and much more.

Packed with insights, anecdotes, exercises, and Essential Takeaways to wrap up each chapter, Communication Essentials ensures you'll walk away feeling fully equipped and prepared to put your skills into action right away.

Book cover of A Promised Land
Book cover of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Book cover of Stories I Only Tell My Friends

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