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Handily enough, the links go to goodreads where you can read reviews and determine that for yourself. Consider the list as a discovery mechanism and then use y

• paulie_a 9y ago
  So what value does this list have? Anyone can throw together a list of books, without explanation.
  • verletx64 9y ago
    It's a list of books per topic that the author thinks are valuable books for some topic. With the link through to Goodreads, it actually probably doesn't really matter _why_ the author liked it - I don't know the author, so the authors reasoning would be the opinion of a random person, and Goodreads collects the opinion of a whole bunch of random people. So why this article? Yeah, it is pretty much a discovery mechanism. To me, the author is saying "I liked these books," or "I think these books are good," and "Here's what other people said about these books." I knew of some of the books and I didn't know of others, so mission accomplished, to be honest.
• muzani 9y ago
  I mean the article seems very random, linking to some bad books and some good ones. I'm assuming the ones with 3+ stars on Goodreads are poor because the author doesn't say anything to justify why they're decent. There's no hint that the author even reads these books. I already have a bottomless list of books to read, so some form of filter would be nice. There are better methods of discovery, like finding respectable programmers in a field and then reading what they like. Unless I'm missing something, the article doesn't make any effort to establish credibility, so it's similar to any other teenager recommending a stack of books.