Reading Recommendations

We only collect the best here. Only what we've read ourselves and are willing to recommend to others.

Software development - general

• Andrew Hunt, David Thomas. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
• Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)
• Eric Freemen, Elizabeth Freemen. Design Patterns
• Robert Glass. Facts and fallacies of Software Engineering
• Joel Spolsky. More Joel on Software

Software development - technologies

• Chrome DevTools
• Ben Vinegar, Anton Kovalyov. Third-party JavaScript
• Daniel Roy Greenfeld. Two Scoops of Django
• Douglas Crockford. JavaScript, the Good Parts
• Ivo Wetzel, Zhang Yi Jiang. JavaScript Garden
• Christophe Kalenzaga. How Does a Relational Database Work?
• Martin Kleppmann. Designing Data-Intensive Applications
• Andrew Ng. Machine Learning course at Coursera
• Kent Dodds. Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration
• Alexey Golub. Unit Testing is Overrated

Interface

• Alan Cooper. The Inmates are Running the Asylum
• Jeff Raskin. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
• Donald A. Norman. The Design of Everyday Things.
• Karl T. Ulrich. Design: Creation of artifacts in society

Product and Project Management

• Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister:
  • Peopleware. Productive Projects and Teams.
  • Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies
• Basecamp:
  • Getting Real
  • Rework
  • Remote: Office not Required.
• Frederick Brooks. The Mythical Man-Month.
• Andrew S. Grove. High Output Management
• Eric Ries. The Lean Startup.
• Marty Cagan. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love, 2nd Edition
• Gavin Kennedy. Everything’s Negotiable
• Nicollo Machiavelli. The Prince

Lifestyle

• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
• Richards J. Heuer, Jr. Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
• Neil C. C. Brown, Felienne F. J. Hermans, Lauren E. Margulieux. 10 Things Software Developers Should Learn about Learning
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss. Embrace the Grind
• Irwin Yalom. Staring at the Sun. Overcoming the Terror of Death
• Irina Hakamada. The Tao of Life: A Master Class from a Staunch Individualist
• Nicholas Nassim Taleb. The Black Swan
• Allison Kaptur. Effective Learning Strategies for Programmers
• Steven Pinker. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
• David Foster Wallace. This is Water
• James Clear. Atomic Habits