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What are the best books you read in 2017?

21 points by xutopia 9y ago

Bill Gates recommends books every year. Which book would you recommend?

feralmoan 9y ago
"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-ebook/dp/B00X47ZVXM https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted-...
patricklouys 9y ago
- 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.
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waseemi 9y ago
Agree with tools of Titans, disappreance of childhood (older book), on tyranny, and trust me I'm lying
dbyington 9y ago
For any current or perspective developer; Clean Code. I cannot recommend this and the rest of Uncle Bob's books.
kleer001 9y ago
-- 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
aalhour 9y ago
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
- makilan 9y ago
  I like the book 'Man Searching for Meaning'. I read it multiple times.
vsc 9y ago
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.
makilan 9y ago
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Euler letter to German Princess - Part 1 - Tipping Point
probinso 9y ago
consider the lobster The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks cryptonomicon The hunt for Vulcan: and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet
SirLJ 9y ago
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/ http://www.edwardothorp.com/books/a-man-for-all-markets/
jestinjoy1 9y ago
-When Breath Becomes Air -The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return

21 points by xutopia 9y ago

Bill Gates recommends books every year. Which book would you recommend?

"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-ebook/dp/B00X47ZVXM https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted-...

patricklouys 9y ago

- 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.

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waseemi 9y ago

Agree with tools of Titans, disappreance of childhood (older book), on tyranny, and trust me I'm lying

dbyington 9y ago

For any current or perspective developer; Clean Code. I cannot recommend this and the rest of Uncle Bob's books.

kleer001 9y ago

-- 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

aalhour 9y ago

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

makilan 9y ago
I like the book 'Man Searching for Meaning'. I read it multiple times.

vsc 9y ago

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.

makilan 9y ago

- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Euler letter to German Princess - Part 1 - Tipping Point

probinso 9y ago

consider the lobster The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks cryptonomicon The hunt for Vulcan: and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet

SirLJ 9y ago

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/ http://www.edwardothorp.com/books/a-man-for-all-markets/

jestinjoy1 9y ago

-When Breath Becomes Air -The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return