And 5) get something out of reading software books. Not sure what it is, but in general software books just don't do much for me. Only one I truly liked and g

And 5) get something out of reading software books. Not sure what it is, but in general software books just don't do much for me. Only one I truly liked and got a lot out of was Physically Based Rendering[1]. It had a great blend of explaining the concepts but also showing how to implement them, and for me the literal programming style worked very well in this case. But apart from that I struggle with getting something out of software books. Not fiction though, I read tons of sci-fi (especially hard) in my 20s. [1]: https://www.pbrt.org/ https://www.pbrt.org/