I'm a huge believer in going back to primary texts, and understanding where ideas came from. If you've liked a book, read the books it references (repeat). I al

I'm a huge believer in going back to primary texts, and understanding where ideas came from. If you've liked a book, read the books it references (repeat). I also feel like book recommendations often oversample recent writings, which are probably great, but it's easy to forget about the generations of books that have come before that may be just as relevant today (The Mythical Man Month is a ready example). I approach the reading I do for fun the same way, Google a list of "classics" and check for things I haven't read. My go to recommendations: http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-50th-Anniversary/dp/0226458121 http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-50th-... - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, (1996) http://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X http://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master... - The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas (1999) Things I've liked in the last 6 months: http://www.amazon.com/How-Measure-Anything-Intangibles-Business/dp/1118539273 http://www.amazon.com/How-Measure-Anything-Intangibles-Busin... - How to Measure Anything, Douglas Hubbard (2007) http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959 http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineerin... - Mythical Man Month: Essays in Software Engineering, Frederick Brooks Jr. (1975, but get the 1995 version) http://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996 http://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/00... - Good To Great, Jim Collins (2001) Next on my reading list (and I'm really excited about it): http://www.amazon.com/Best-Interface-No-brilliant-technology/dp/0133890333 http://www.amazon.com/Best-Interface-No-brilliant-technology... - The Best Interface is No Interface, Golden Krishna (2015)