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Ask HN: Book recommendations
Hey HN community, I've slacked off on reading in the past month or so because I have run out of material. Are there any books you wanted to share? Can be any genre/subject but please leave a title/author and why you recommend it!
- barbe 6y agoA Spy Among Friends by Ben McIntyre--eye-opening account of Britain's most famous double-agent Kim Philby--and why we should be very concerned about Russian meddling in U.S. politics The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone--about David Fairchild, the man who changed what we eat in the U.S. over 100 years ago Regeneration by Pat Barker, a novel based on real facts about WWI The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum--the origin of modern forensic medicine
- asplake 6y agoIf I may recommend my own: Right to Left: The digital leader’s guide to Lean and Agile, Mike Burrows (2019, audiobook 2020). I completely get why we have Agile doubters and haters here and I present something outcome-oriented, neither backlog-driven nor imposed solution (both “left to right” by the book’s central metaphor). Also – and under the lightest of disguises – a leadership book. Edit: That and my previous book both have extensive reading lists [1, 2]. There are more references in the patterns pages at [3]. [1] https://www.agendashift.com/books/right-to-left/recommended-reading https://www.agendashift.com/books/right-to-left/recommended-... [2] https://www.agendashift.com/books/agendashift/recommended-reading https://www.agendashift.com/books/agendashift/recommended-re... [3] https://www.agendashift.com/framework/patterns https://www.agendashift.com/framework/patterns