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Ask HN: What are you reading?
Third Edition of the HN Book Club. Past recommends: Where I Belong by Alan Doyle. Patterns of Enterprise Application Archetecture by Martin Fowler. Planning: Clean Code by Robert Martin. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson. Reinventing Fire by Amory Lovin. Short Stories (Kafka). Dover's* Abstract Algebra Paberback. Cambridge's Demosthenes Selected Private Speeches. Getting More by Stuart Diamond. Classic Myths to Read Aloud by William Russell. The Power of Positive Dog Training by Pat Miller. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by ???. Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson. Markets, Not Capitalism by Various Authors. The Known World by Edward P. Jones. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. River of Gods by Ian MacDonald. Delivered From Distraction by Edward Hallowell. Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, the Pioneers of Psychodelic Sound by ???. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Shadow Chaser by Alexey Pehov. Masters of Doom by ???. An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jameson.
- EnderMB 12y agoAlgorithms by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne I have a degree in Computer Science, but my weak spot is without a shadow of doubt Data Structures and Algorithms. I'd consider myself a good developer, but I've been interested in programming problem exercises for a while now, and I'd love to give myself the grounding to be able to jump onto a site like TopCoder and be able to implement these problems without significant research and time. Within the year, I'm hoping to be finish this book and read through CSLR, and (finally) put this weak spot to rest.
- aurora72 12y agoSmalltalk best practice patterns by Kent Beck
- JSeymourATL 12y agoThe Power Broker: Robert Moses And the Fall of New York - originally published in 1975, this fascinating true story still holds up. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1111.The_Power_Broker http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1111.The_Power_Broker
- jmc734 12y agoThe Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
- chatmasta 12y agoFlash Boys by Michael Lewis Good story at the intersection of tech and finance.
- cafard 12y agoRates of Exchange by Malcolm Bradbury, The Aeneid, on and off The Cultural History of Modernity by Egon Friedell, but clearly need to read up on modern Javascript.
- koberstein 12y agoEye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound If you are unfamiliar with Roky, you should check out this documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVFLqzJB6qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVFLqzJB6qw His is an incredible story.
- andersthue 12y agoThe one skill / the letting go book by Leo Babauta. Traction by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares.
- um304 12y agoJust finished "How to win friends and influence people?". A friend recommended "Crossing the Chasm" so will be picking it next.
- graghav 12y agoZero to One by Peter Thiel.