What are the best books you read in 2017?
Bill Gates recommends books every year. Which book would you recommend?
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I recently read The Three Body Problem and it surely is one of the most interesting and accessible hard science fiction books that I have read in a long time.
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
- Tools of Titans (was positively surprised by this one)
For developers I can highly recommend the Domain Driven Design books by Vaughn Vernon.
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
- Tools of Titans (was positively surprised by this one)
For developers I can highly recommend the Domain Driven Design books by Vaughn Vernon.
"Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" was a standout read this year https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted-...
The best book published in 2017 for me is this one:
"A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market" by Edward O. Thorp
http://www.edwardothorp.com/books/a-man-for-all-markets/
"A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market" by Edward O. Thorp
http://www.edwardothorp.com/books/a-man-for-all-markets/
For any current or perspective developer; Clean Code.
I cannot recommend this and the rest of Uncle Bob's books.
In no particular order:
* Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
* Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
* The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday
* The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday
* The Effective Engineer, Edmund Lau
* The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
* The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman
* Certain to Win, Chet Richards
* Left of Bang, Patrick Van Horn & Jason A. Riley
* Native Set Theory, Paul R. Halmos
EDIT: list formatting
* Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
* Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
* The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday
* The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday
* The Effective Engineer, Edmund Lau
* The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
* The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman
* Certain to Win, Chet Richards
* Left of Bang, Patrick Van Horn & Jason A. Riley
* Native Set Theory, Paul R. Halmos
EDIT: list formatting
I like the book 'Man Searching for Meaning'. I read it multiple times.
-- all fiction except Tense Bees --
Born - jeff vandermeer
Dichronauts — Greg Egan
That's Why I'm a Journalist - Mark Bulgutch interviews
Mooncop - Tom Gauld
Tense Bees and Shell-Shocked Crabs - Michael Tye
Alif the Unseen - G. Willow Wilson
Junction True - Ray Fawkes, Vince Locke
Born - jeff vandermeer
Dichronauts — Greg Egan
That's Why I'm a Journalist - Mark Bulgutch interviews
Mooncop - Tom Gauld
Tense Bees and Shell-Shocked Crabs - Michael Tye
Alif the Unseen - G. Willow Wilson
Junction True - Ray Fawkes, Vince Locke
-When Breath Becomes Air
-The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and ReturnAgree with tools of Titans, disappreance of childhood (older book), on tyranny, and trust me I'm lying
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- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Euler letter to German Princess - Part 1
- Tipping Point
- Euler letter to German Princess - Part 1
- Tipping Point
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consider the lobster
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
cryptonomicon
The hunt for Vulcan: and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
cryptonomicon
The hunt for Vulcan: and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet