Reading
A list of books I have read/been reading and the ones I plan to read.
If you are interested in my collection of online resources to learn about computer science, physics, philosophy, and life, you can check out my best online resources post.
Book | Author | Genre | Status | Notes |
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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. |