I love reading. I read to learn new things as a professional, I read for self-improvement, I read because I’m curious and I also read just because I enjoy it.
Below are some of my favorite books. Some of them I read and re-read many times, others I’ve read once but they made a significant impact on my life. Yet others may not be strictly my favorite but I keep recommending them to others for one reason or another.
This list is woefully incomplete and I will update and organize it when I can.
Pragmatic Programmer from Journeyman to a Master
Life’s Greatest Lessons by Hal Urban
Debugging
Phoenix Project
Peopleware
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Self discipline in 10 days
Eat that frog
The Magic of Thinking Big
Never Let Go by Dan John
The Complete Keys to Progress by John McCallum
Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Dune by Frank Herbert
The 12 Chairs and the Golden Calf by Ilif and Petrov
Captain Blood’s Odyssey by Sabatini
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Monday Begins on Saturday (Понедельник начинается в субботу) by Arkadi and Boris Strugatski
Roadside Picnic (Пикник на обочине) by Arkadi and Boris Strugatski
Short Stories by O. Henry
The Garin Death Ray (Гиперболоид инженера Гарина) by A.N. Tolstoy