1) Non-fiction: Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/ Entire e-

1) Non-fiction: Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/ Entire e-book available free online. The recursion part is especially fun. If you haven't tried Lisp, this is a great book to start with, and it will open your mind to new approaches to computing without the tough academic grinding of SICP. 2) Fiction: The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. It's dark fantasy. Emphasis on dark. Feels like real life, except less victimology. I find the darkness a palate cleanser, excellent for when I have to deal with the realities of people and their burning desire to avoid responsibility for their own actions. You can read some short bits by Joe free at the publishers site https://www.tor.com/2016/01/12/twos-company-joe-abercrombie/ https://www.tor.com/2016/01/12/twos-company-joe-abercrombie/