Reading

A list of books I have read/been reading and the ones I plan to read.

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Book Author Genre Status Notes
The Rust Programming Language Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols Programming Reading A book on the Rust programming language.
Database Internals: A deep-dive into how distributed data systems work Alex Petrov Databases Reading A book on how the internals of a distributed database work.
The Beginning of Infinity David Deutsch Philosophy Reading Talks about how contrary to the popular belief, human beings are not just a tiny speck of dust in the universe, our creativity and intelligence is what makes us unique.
Our Mathematical Universe Max Tegmark Science Read list A book on the nature of the universe and how mathematics is the language of the universe.
The Science of Interstellar Kip S. Thorne Science Read list A book on the science of the movie Interstellar.
Gödel, Escher, Bach Douglas Hofstadter Philosophy Read list A book on the nature of intelligence and creativity.
Dopamine Nation Anna Lembke Science Read list A book on the science of dopamine and how it affects our behavior.
Poor Charlie's Almanack - The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Peter D. Kaufman Biography, Humor Read list A collection of Charlie Munger's thoughts on life, business, and investing.
Amazon Letters to Shareholders 1997 - 2020 Jeff Bezos Business Read list A collection of letters from Jeff Bezos to Amazon shareholders.
Antifragile Nassim Nicholas Taleb Philosophy, Economics Read A book on how to be antifragile.
Atomic Habits James Clear Self-help Read A very practical book on how habits are formed and how to break them.
The Hard Thing about Hard Things Ben Horowitz Business Read A book on how to build and run a startup with stories from his experience at Netscape and Loudcloud.
Metamorphosis Franz Kafka Fiction Read Interesting story on how human life is not always what we expect it to be.
Chaos Monkeys Antonio Garcia Martinez Business Read A story about how companies are built and how they fail. Has stories from Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. during their early days.
American Prometheus Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin History Read A story about the development of the atomic bomb and the people involved, especially J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari History Read An excellent starter book on history and human evolution.
Meditations Marcus Aurelius Philosophy Read A collection of Marcus Aurelius's thoughts on life and how to live it.