Reading
Currently reading
- The Fabric of Reality (opens in a new tab) — David Deutsch
- The Iliad (opens in a new tab) — Homer (Penguin Clothbound Classics, revised E. V. Rieu translation)
- The Proof in the Code: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI (opens in a new tab) — Kevin Hartnett
Studying
- Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) (opens in a new tab) — Sebastian Raschka
- The StatQuest Illustrated Guide to Neural Networks and AI (opens in a new tab) — Josh Starmer
- AI Engineering (opens in a new tab) — Chip Huyen
- How to Prove It: A Structured Approach (opens in a new tab) — Daniel J. Velleman
- Functional Programming in Lean (opens in a new tab) — David Thrane Christiansen
Read in 2026
- The Odyssey (opens in a new tab) — Homer (Penguin Clothbound Classics, revised E. V. Rieu translation)
- Through the Looking-Glass (opens in a new tab) — Lewis Carroll (Penguin Clothbound Classics, combined volume)
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (opens in a new tab) — Lewis Carroll (Penguin Clothbound Classics, combined volume)
- Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth (opens in a new tab) — Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou; illustrated by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna
- Gödel’s Proof (opens in a new tab) — Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (opens in a new tab) — Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI (opens in a new tab) — Anil Ananthaswamy
- Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World (opens in a new tab) — Parmy Olson
- Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future (opens in a new tab) — Dan Wang
- Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle (opens in a new tab) — Matthew Symonds
Read in 2025
- The New New Thing: The Gripping Inside Story of Silicon Valley - from the no 1 bestselling author of The Big Short (opens in a new tab) — Michael Lewis
- Chapterhouse: Dune (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert
- Warrior Mindset: The Tao of a Champion (opens in a new tab) — Roger Gracie
- Man's Search for Meaning (opens in a new tab) — Viktor E. Frankl
- The Lays of Beleriand (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien
- Source Code: My Beginnings (opens in a new tab) — Bill Gates
- Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert (opens in a new tab) — Brian Herbert
- Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (opens in a new tab) — Johann Hari
- The Psychology of Money (opens in a new tab) — Morgan Housel
- Heretics of Dune (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert
Read in 2024
- God Emperor of Dune (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert
- Children of Dune (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert (re-read)
- The Book of Lost Tales, Part II (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien
- Dune Messiah (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert (re-read)
- The Book of Lost Tales, Part I (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien
- Dune (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert (re-read)
- Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet (opens in a new tab) — Chris Dixon
- Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) (opens in a new tab) — Douglas Adams
Read in 2023
- Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life (opens in a new tab) — Peter Coveney
- Foundation (Foundation, #1) (opens in a new tab) — Isaac Asimov
- $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series) (opens in a new tab) — Alex Hormozi
- Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making (opens in a new tab) — Tony Fadell
- Be Useful: Seven tools for life (opens in a new tab) — Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon (opens in a new tab) — Michael Lewis
- Elon Musk (opens in a new tab) — Walter Isaacson
- Permutation City (opens in a new tab) — Greg Egan
- The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (opens in a new tab) — David Deutsch
- $100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No (opens in a new tab) — Alex Hormozi
- Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It (opens in a new tab) — Scott Kupor
- Philosophy and the Real World: An Introduction to Karl Popper (opens in a new tab) — Brian Magee
- The Selfish Gene (opens in a new tab) — Richard Dawkins
- American Gods (American Gods, #1) (opens in a new tab) — Neil Gaiman
- Children of Dune (Dune, #3) (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert
- The Absolute Sandman, Volume 4 (opens in a new tab) — Neil Gaiman
- How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (opens in a new tab) — Mortimer J. Adler
- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (opens in a new tab) — Scott McCloud
Read in 2022
- Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) (opens in a new tab) — Liu Cixin
- The Absolute Sandman, Volume 3 (opens in a new tab) — Neil Gaiman
- Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) (opens in a new tab) — William Gibson
- Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 (opens in a new tab) — Warren Ellis
- The Absolute Sandman, Volume 2 (opens in a new tab) — Neil Gaiman
- Currency Cold War: Cash and Cryptography, Hash Rates and Hegemony (Perspectives) (opens in a new tab) — David Birch
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (opens in a new tab) — Philip K. Dick
- The Billionaire’s Folly: The Untold Story of Ethereum and the Unicorn That Wasn’t (opens in a new tab) — Faisal Khan
- William Gibson's Neuromancer: The Graphic Novel (opens in a new tab) — William Gibson
- The Trusted Advisor (opens in a new tab) — David H. Maister
- Prometheus: The Complete Fire and Stone (opens in a new tab) — Kelly Sue DeConnick
- The Absolute Sandman, Volume 1 (opens in a new tab) — Neil Gaiman
- The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything (opens in a new tab) — Matthew L. Ball
- 24 Assets: Create a digital, scalable, valuable and fun business that will thrive in a fast changing world (opens in a new tab) — Daniel Priestley
- The Network State: How To Start a New Country (opens in a new tab) — Balaji S. Srinivasan
- Winners Have a Story: How CEOs can turn complex science and technology into irresistible fundraising pitches (opens in a new tab) — Giuseppe Marzio
- Dune Messiah (Dune #2) (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert
- Generation Decks: The Unofficial History of Gaming Phenomenon Magic The Gathering (opens in a new tab) — Titus Chalk
- Dracula (opens in a new tab) — Bram Stoker
- Go Do Deals: The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Buying & Selling Businesses (opens in a new tab) — Jeremy Harbour
Read in 2021
- Add Then Multiply: How small businesses can think like big businesses and achieve exponential growth (opens in a new tab) — David B. Horne
- The Silmarillion (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien
- Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It All (opens in a new tab) — Matthew Leising
- Crypto Wars: Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption (opens in a new tab) — Erica Stanford
- The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking (opens in a new tab) — Saifedean Ammous
- Frankenstein (opens in a new tab) — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) (opens in a new tab) — Liu Cixin
- Accelerando (opens in a new tab) — Charles Stross
- Bookbuilder: The definitive guide to writing the book to transform your business (opens in a new tab) — Lucy McCarraher
- How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs (opens in a new tab) — Guy Raz
- The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) (opens in a new tab) — Liu Cixin
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (opens in a new tab) — Stephen King
- Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (opens in a new tab) — Charles T. Munger
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants (opens in a new tab) — Bill Bryson
- Money Moments: Simple steps to financial well-being (opens in a new tab) — Jason Butler
- 101 Simple Ways to be a Better Runner (opens in a new tab) — Jason Fitzgerald
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (opens in a new tab) — Daniel J. Siegel
Read in 2020
- Meditations (opens in a new tab) — Marcus Aurelius
- The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien (re-read)
- Dune (Dune, #1) (opens in a new tab) — Frank Herbert
- How to Take Smart Notes (opens in a new tab) — Sönke Ahrens
- The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien (re-read)
- Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success (opens in a new tab) — Brad Stulberg
- Entrepreneur Revolution: How to Develop your Entrepreneurial Mindset and Start a Business that Works (opens in a new tab) — Daniel Priestley
- The Prophet (opens in a new tab) — Kahlil Gibran
- The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (opens in a new tab) — Tim Wu
- The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien (re-read)
- The Infinite Machine (opens in a new tab) — Camila Russo
- Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era (opens in a new tab) — Eiji Yoshikawa
- The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (opens in a new tab) — J.R.R. Tolkien (re-read)
- Key Person of Influence (Revised Edition): The Five-Step Method to become one of the most highly valued and highly paid people in your industry (opens in a new tab) — Daniel Priestley
- Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams (opens in a new tab) — Matthew Walker
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE (opens in a new tab) — Phil Knight
- To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others (opens in a new tab) — Daniel H. Pink
- How to Travel (opens in a new tab) — The School of Life
- Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up (opens in a new tab) — Jerry Colonna
Read in 2019
- Snow Crash (opens in a new tab) — Neal Stephenson
- Breaking Smart: How Software is Eating the World (opens in a new tab) — Venkatesh G. Rao
- Blog to Win Business: How to Enchant Readers and Woo Customers (opens in a new tab) — Henneke Duistermaat
- Mastering The 21 Immutable Principles Of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: The Ultimate Handbook for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Students (opens in a new tab) — Paulo Guillobel
- Inbound Marketing, Revised and Updated: Attract, Engage, and Delight Customers Online (opens in a new tab) — Brian Halligan
- The Way of the Fight (opens in a new tab) — Georges St-Pierre
- Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living (Bruce Lee Library) (opens in a new tab) — Bruce Lee
- Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption (opens in a new tab) — Ben Mezrich
- Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (opens in a new tab) — Paul Graham
- Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (opens in a new tab) — Ahmir Thompson
- Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web (opens in a new tab) — Tim Berners-Lee
- Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy, #1) (opens in a new tab) — Margaret Atwood
- Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era (opens in a new tab) — John Cassidy
Read in 2018
- The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance (opens in a new tab) — Josh Waitzkin
- Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups: A Handbook for Growth (opens in a new tab) — Alnoor Bhimani
- Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind (opens in a new tab) — Al Ries
- Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (Strategyzer) (opens in a new tab) — Alexander Osterwalder
- Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers (opens in a new tab) — Geoffrey A. Moore
- 1984 (opens in a new tab) — George Orwell
- Brave New World (opens in a new tab) — Aldous Huxley
- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group) (opens in a new tab) — Marty Cagan
- Kettlebell Workouts and Challenges 1 (updated 2022): The best kettlebell workouts for beginners to advanced (opens in a new tab) — Taco Fleur
- Cryptonomicon (opens in a new tab) — Neal Stephenson
- Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist (opens in a new tab) — Brad Feld
- Kettlebell Training (opens in a new tab) — Steve Cotter
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity (opens in a new tab) — Steven Pinker
Read in 2017
- Don't Just Roll the Dice - a usefully short guide to software pricing (opens in a new tab) — Neil Davidson
- Kettlebell Simple & Sinister (opens in a new tab) — Pavel Tsatsouline
- Jiu Jitsu: The Black Belt Blueprint: An Intelligent Approach to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (opens in a new tab) — Nicolas Gregoriades
- Selling to Big Companies (opens in a new tab) — Jill Konrath
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship (opens in a new tab) — Ben Horowitz
- Getting to Yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in (opens in a new tab) — Roger Fisher
- Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (opens in a new tab) — Eric Evans
- Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire (opens in a new tab) — James Wallace
- Dual Momentum Investing: An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk (opens in a new tab) — Gary Antonacci
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life (opens in a new tab) — Scott Adams
Read in 2016
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (opens in a new tab) — Cal Newport
- Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder (opens in a new tab) — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack (opens in a new tab) — Benjamin Franklin
- Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future (opens in a new tab) — Blake Masters
- Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World (opens in a new tab) — Don Tapscott
- Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life (opens in a new tab) — Thich Nhat Hanh
- Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (opens in a new tab) — Krug Steve
- Buffett: The Biography (opens in a new tab) — Roger Lowenstein
- Outliers: The Story of Success (opens in a new tab) — Malcolm Gladwell
- Choose Yourself (opens in a new tab) — James Altucher
Read in 2015
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change (opens in a new tab) — Charles Duhigg
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (opens in a new tab) — Yuval Noah Harari
- Letters from a Stoic (opens in a new tab) — Seneca
Read — date not recorded
These books are also on my Goodreads read shelf (opens in a new tab) , without recorded completion dates.
- Norse Mythology (opens in a new tab) — Neil Gaiman
- The Problem of HFT - Collected Writings on High Frequency Trading & Stock Market Structure Reform (opens in a new tab) — Haim Bodek
- Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts (opens in a new tab) — David Gerard
- The Startup Owner's Manual Strategy Guide (opens in a new tab) — Steve Blank
- Anxiety: Panicking about Panic: A Powerful, Self-Help Guide for Those Suffering From an Anxiety or Panic Disorder (opens in a new tab) — Joshua Fletcher
- Surf Nation: In Search of the Fast Lefts and Hollow Rights of Britain and Ireland (opens in a new tab) — Alex Wade
- Stumbling on Happiness: An insightful neuroscience self-help psychology book on cognitive enhancement and human behavior (opens in a new tab) — Daniel Todd Gilbert
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (opens in a new tab) — Daniel Kahneman
- The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World (opens in a new tab) — Frans Johansson
- High Output Management (opens in a new tab) — Andrew S. Grove
- Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft (opens in a new tab) — Paul Allen
- Inside the Black Box: A Simple Guide to Quantitative and High-Frequency Trading (Wiley Finance) (opens in a new tab) — Rishi K. Narang
- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (opens in a new tab) — Gino Wickman
- Vijnana Yoga Practice Manual (opens in a new tab) — Orit Sen-Gupta
- Big Drop (opens in a new tab) — John Long
- Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming (opens in a new tab) — Peter Seibel
- The Devil's Teeth: The True Story of Great White Sharks (opens in a new tab) — Susan Casey
- The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean (opens in a new tab) — Susan Casey
- Life (opens in a new tab) — Keith Richards
- How To Be The Luckiest Person Alive! (opens in a new tab) — James Altucher
- Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long (opens in a new tab) — David Rock
- Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground (opens in a new tab) — Kevin Poulsen
- Shake the World: It's Not About Finding a Job, It's About Creating a Life (opens in a new tab) — James Marshall Reilly
- Start It Up: Why Running Your Own Business is Easier Than You Think (opens in a new tab) — Luke Johnson
- The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (opens in a new tab) — Noam Wasserman
- Surfari (opens in a new tab) — Tim Baker
- Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent (opens in a new tab) — Joel Spolsky
- Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way (opens in a new tab) — Richard Branson
- Bradley Wiggins: My Time: An Autobiography (opens in a new tab) — Bradley Wiggins
- Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup (opens in a new tab) — Rob Walling
- Total Recall (opens in a new tab) — Arnold Schwarzenegger
- More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (opens in a new tab) — Sebastian Mallaby
- The Intelligent Investor (opens in a new tab) — Benjamin Graham
- Common Sense on Mutual Funds, Updated 10th Anniversary Edition (opens in a new tab) — John C. Bogle
- Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy (opens in a new tab) — Barry Ritholtz
- Smarter Investing: Simpler Decisions for Better Results (opens in a new tab) — Tim Hale
- A Random Walk Down Wall Street (opens in a new tab) — Burton G. Malkiel
- Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street (Wiley Investment Classics) (opens in a new tab) — Fred Schwed Jr.
- The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk (opens in a new tab) — William J. Bernstein
- The Escape Manifesto: Quit Your Corporate Job. Do Something Different! (opens in a new tab) — Escape the City
- How to Win Friends and Influence People (opens in a new tab) — Dale Carnegie
- The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders (Wiley Trading Book 95) (opens in a new tab) — Jack D. Schwager
- Difficult Men: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad (opens in a new tab) — Brett Martin
- Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (opens in a new tab) — Jack D. Schwager
- Red-Blooded Risk: The Secret History of Wall Street (opens in a new tab) — Aaron Brown
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (opens in a new tab) — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management (opens in a new tab) — Roger Lowenstein
- Flash Boys (opens in a new tab) — Michael Lewis
- So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love (opens in a new tab) — Cal Newport
- Rich Dad Poor Dad (opens in a new tab) — Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Stop Reading Self Help Books (opens in a new tab) — Kate Lester
- A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) (opens in a new tab) — Barbara Oakley
- Functional Programming in Scala (opens in a new tab) — Rúnar Bjarnason
- Deep Meditation - Pathway to Personal Freedom (AYP Enlightenment Series) (opens in a new tab) — Yogani
- Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win (opens in a new tab) — Jack D. Schwager
- The Martian (opens in a new tab) — Andy Weir
- On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries) (opens in a new tab) — Alice Goffman
- Volatility Trading (Wiley Trading) (opens in a new tab) — Euan Sinclair
- The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich (opens in a new tab) — Timothy Ferriss
- Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets (Canons) (opens in a new tab) — David Simon
- Summary of The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz (opens in a new tab) — Eighty Twenty Publishing
- My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance (opens in a new tab) — Emanuel Derman
- Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process (opens in a new tab) — Kenneth S. Rubin
- What I Learned Losing A Million Dollars (opens in a new tab) — Jim Paul
- How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (opens in a new tab) — Mohsin Hamid
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials Book 16) (opens in a new tab) — Robert B. Cialdini
- Siddhartha (opens in a new tab) — Hermann Hesse
- Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies (opens in a new tab) — Andreas M. Antonopoulos
- The Presentation Coach: Bare Knuckle Brilliance For Every Presenter (opens in a new tab) — Graham G. Davies
- Domain-Driven Design Distilled (opens in a new tab) — Vaughn Vernon
- Effective Java (opens in a new tab) — Joshua Bloch
- The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (opens in a new tab) — Robert C. Martin
- Hacker's Delight (opens in a new tab) — Henry S. Warren Jr.
- Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (opens in a new tab) — Andy Oram
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (opens in a new tab) — Michael Lewis
- Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom (opens in a new tab) — Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Steve Jobs (opens in a new tab) — Walter Isaacson
- Think and Grow Rich (opens in a new tab) — Napoleon Hill
- The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (opens in a new tab) — Clayton M. Christensen
- The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) (opens in a new tab) — Brian W. Kernighan
- Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) (opens in a new tab) — Gregor Hohpe
- Java Concurrency in Practice (opens in a new tab) — Brian Goetz
- Head First Java (opens in a new tab) — Kathy Sierra
- Head First Design Patterns (opens in a new tab) — Eric Freeman
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (opens in a new tab) — Erich Gamma
- Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (opens in a new tab) — Robert C. Martin
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series) (opens in a new tab) — Martin Fowler
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (opens in a new tab) — David Allen
- The Lean Startup (opens in a new tab) — Eric Ries
- The E-myth Revisited (opens in a new tab) — Michael E. Gerber
- Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (opens in a new tab) — Tom DeMarco
- Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (opens in a new tab) — Jessica Livingston
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (opens in a new tab) — Susan Cain
- Rework (opens in a new tab) — Jason Fried