Books

I love reading & listening to new books and making notes on things I've read and learned.
I keep Goodreads lists of books I am reading, want to read in future & ones I want to read next.
I also have bookshelves of books I liked & read.
Below are books I read (or listened) sorted by year I read them in. The books with links attached will lead to notes I made when reading the book. Books with 🌟 are my favorite.
2019
21 Lessons for the 21st Century 🌟
Brief Answers to the Big Questions 🌟
A Brief History of Time (Review)
2016
Mind for Numbers 🌟 (Review) (Notes)
Flowers for Algernon 🌟 (Review)
Heart of a Dog 🌟 (Review)
You Don't Know JS: Up & Going (Review)
2015
Logical Reasoning: A First Course (Review)
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
The Little Prince 🌟 (Review)
Understand - Ted Chiang 🌟
2014
Roadside Picnic (Review)
A Thousand Tiny Failures: Memoirs of a Pickup Artist (Review)
The Last Question 🌟 (Review)
2013
The Master and Margarita 🌟 (Review)
2012
The Picture of Dorian Gray 🌟 (Review)
Unfinished
​Thinking fast and slow​
​Go in action​
​Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach​
​Programming in Haskell​
​Surely, you're joking Mr Feynman​
​Mindstorms​
​Rich dad poor dad​
​Elements of programming interviews​
​Crafting interpreters​
​Brave new world​
​Cracking the coding interview​
​Code: hidden language of software​
​Eloquent ruby​
Confident ruby
University physics with modern physics
The Yellow Wallpaper
Interesting authors
​Douglas Adams​
​Ted Chiang​
​Alan Watts​
​Jorge Luis Borges​
​Nikolay Nekrasov​
​HP Lovecraft​
​Aleksandr Solzhenitisyn​
​David Sedaris​
​Jorge Luis Borges​
Recommendations
​Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building projects? (2020)​
​Gergely Orosz's reading list​
​Side Project books​
​Derek Sivers's books read​
​Rahim's books read​
​Books written in a style similar to SICP​
​HN recommends (2017)​
​Check these books - master switch is interesting​
​Most meaningful books I read in 2016​
​Most mentioned programming books on Reddit​
​Language-agnostic programming books​
​Some more recommends​
​Bret Victor’s favorite books​
​AI books​
​Lobsters - what are you reading (2018) (2020)
​Ask HN - what are you reading​
​Math books​
​History books​
​Good books for deep hacks​
​Some psychology books to read​
​Top programming books 2017​
​Many math books​
​Psychonaut books​
​Reading list​
​Pick three books you think every beginner to sci-fi should read, three for "veterans", and three for "experts".​
​Any book recommendations for building your own indie business?​
​Books read by Radek​
​Bookicious - Favorite books of various founders.
​How long to read?​
​Ask HN: Recommendations on books and documentaries on tech companies/people?​
​Ask HN: What's one book that changed your life? (2018)​
​Looking for a dark scifi novel​
​Three books every beginner to scifi should read​
​Good novels featuring mathematics and mathematical philosophy?​
​Math-related pleasure reading books?​
​Ask HN: Non-tech books that have helped you grow professionally?​
​Ask HN: What are the best textbooks in your field of expertise? (2018)​
​What’s the best book you read in 2018?​
​Some fiction books​
​Books I Recommend (2019)​
​Miikka Koskinen's reading list​
​My Favourite Book Recommendations by catonmat​
​Hacker News Books - Dozens of book recommendations delivered straight to your inbox.
​Ted Chiang's books + audiobooks​
​Some fiction audiobook recommendations​
​Alan Kay's Reading List​
​Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? (2019)​
​Patrick Collison's bookshelf​
​Recommendations from an audiobook addict​
​HN: Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books programmers should read?’ (2019)​
​Ray Dalio’s Recommended Books: His Reading List​
​Josh Wolfe's favorite books​
​What are the most indispensable books for indie hackers? (2019) (HN)
​Jared Palmer's favorite books​
​Nice CS books/papers​
​Programming books that aren't boring​
​Some Favorite Non-technical Books of Bjarne Stroustrup (HN)
​The 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years​
​Books Samrat Singh read​
​Lobsters: New books worth reading in 2019​
​Lobsters: Old books worth reading (2019)​
​Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?​
​Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019?​
​Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? (2019)​
​What and How I read in 2019 by Christopher Schroeder​
​Books read in 2019 by arshia​
​85 Best Business Books in 2020 for Entrepreneurs, Creatives & Professionals to Read (and Grow) (2020)​
​Naval’s Recommended Reading​
​Toby Shorin's Library​
​Books read by Mark McGranaghan​
​Books read by James Somers​
​Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have read? (2020)​
​Which book did you enjoy the most in 2019? 📚​
​Favorite books that almost nobody else knows or talks about (2019)​
​Rational Fiction books​
​Top Fantasy Reads - Processed thousands of comments to determine top fantasy books the people of Reddit are reading. (HN)
​On the shoulders of the giants (2020) (HN)
​Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life? (2020)​
​Books That Every Programmer Should Read (2020) (Lobsters)
​Nice web books (2020)​
​Reading List of Ben Congdon​
​Rafaël Garcia-Suarez's books read​
​Books I recommend to my software engineering students (2020) (HN)
​Calvin French-Owen's bookshelf​
​Maksim Stepanenko's bookshelf​
​Austen Allred's reading list​
​107 books recommended by Patrick Collison​
​Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? (2020)​
​Tom MacWright's reading list​
​Which books have you read at least 3 times? (2020)​
​Kevin Rooke books - Explore the books recommended by the world's top investors, entrepreneurs, and thinkers.
​Julian Weisser's books​
​AskReddit: What's your favourite book you've read and why? (2020)​
​Ask HN: Best books under 200 pages for developers (2020)​
​Reading of David Blue​
​Matthew Bunday's reading list​
​Luke Smith's personal library​
​Ask HN: Which books have you read more than once? (2020)​
​Ask HN: What, in your opinion, are the greatest and most useful textbooks? (2020)​
​Books I bought in 2019 but didn't read​
​Amber Wilson's book reviews​
​Michael Akilian's favorite books​
​Nick Cammarata's bookshelf​
​List of books on various topics​
​Bardia Pourvakil's favorite books​
​Juvoni Beckford's bookshelf​
​Nabeel Qureshi's favorite books​
​Sharif Shameem's Bookshelf​
​Ask HN: Which book helped you understand the world? (2020)​
​Dan Romero's bookshelf​
​Devine's curated list of books​
​Books people (re)read (2020)​
​89 books Paul Graham recommended​
​Best-Books.dev - Best programming books, all in one place.
​Derek Sivers books read with notes​
​8 Science Fiction Books That Get Programming Right​
​Juanito Fatas Bookshelf​
​Library of Merveilles​
​Patricia Mou Bookshelf​
​Brutality of Life Reading List (HN)
​Some good books​
​Abhinav Sarkar's books read​
​Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy and Physics: A Topical Index (HN)
​The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time​
​Ian Vanagas's Reading List​
​Maker Reads (News)
​Essential Reading for Startup CTOs​
​Book Recommendations - Limitless Curiosity​
​Lex Fridman Library - Library of book recommendations of all guests of the Lex Fridman Podcast.
​NPR's Best Books (2020)
​Founder Library Bookshelf​
​Ask HN: Recommend books that give you insight into other professions (2020)​
​The Best Books of 2020​
​The Best Books of 2020 2​
​Great Books Program​
​A Map that Reflects the Territory - Essays by the LessWrong community.
​My Favorite Books 2020 (HN)
​2020 booklist​
​Lobsters: What books are you reading? (2021)​
​Best Books I read in 2020​
​The Greatest Books of All Time (HN)
​Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building projects? (2021)​
​My sci-fi novel recommendations (2021)​
​Most Recommended Books - Discover books recommended by the world's most influential people.
​Longest book you actually are delighted you read and think about very often?​
​Ask HN: What is a good fictional universe to get immersed in? (2021)​
​Unhinged Women Fiction // Book Recs (2021)​
​50 book recommendations (2021)​
​20 books to read in your 20s​
​In search of the new (2021)​
​Reddit's Favorite Books (HN)
​Books from which you forgot to take breaks (2021)​
​Sylvain Kerkour - Readings​
​If you could only ever read three books, again and again, what would they be? (2021)​
​The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade (2021) (HN)
​The Best Books for Software Engineers​
​Useful Spy Books (2021)​
​HackerNews Readings - 40,000 HackerNews book recommendations identified using NLP and deep learning. (HN)
​The Most Influential Sci-Fi Books Of All Time (2021)​
​Краткое содержание: лучшие новые рассказы на русском (2021)​
​Books you can’t put down (page-turners)? (2021)​
​Josh Wolfe's bookshelf​
​What are your favorite books under 250 pages? (2021)​
​Best and most engaging Sci-Fi books (2021)​
​Favorite weird short story collections (2021)​
​Whats your favorite book? (2021)​
​Best book you read lately? (2021)​
​Books that are better than therapy (2021)​
​Eric Button's Books Read​
​Ask HN: Most interesting, mildly impractical, well-written books on software? (2021)​
​5 books I loved reading this year | Bill Gates (HN)
​Books that changed my career as a software engineer (HN)
​Very very short book you read (< 150 pages) (2021)​
​Ask HN: What are some must read books? (2021)​
​Best fiction of 2021​
​Reddit Reads: Book reccomendations from Reddit​
​Radical Polish books to add to your reading list (HN)
​Reading List • Timothy Andrew​
​To Read • Timothy Andrew​
​19 book recommendations from the Ars staff (2021)​
​The 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century​
​The best fantasy and sci-fi books of 2021​
​Best short story you've read (2021)​
​Ask HN: Is there any fiction that's based on a world with different physics? (2021)​
​Best books you've read as an engineering manager or software engineer​
​Ask HN: Life Changing Books? (2021)​
​Your favorite book that you read in 2021​
​The Ultimate Best Books of 2021 List​
​The Best Books of 2021​
​Books where you it makes you happy & excited when you learn they're a favorite of someone else​
​Best fiction book you read this year (Tweet)
​Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?​
​Best comedies you read (2021)​
​Mind Expanding Books (Code) (HN)
​Robert Miller's 2020 reading list​
​Books changed your life and stuck with you (2021)​
​Books read in 2021​
​What’s the most disturbing or scary book you ever read?​
​Readers Pick the Best Book of the Past 125 Years​
​What was your favorite book of 2021?​
​7 лучших книг 2021 года: выбор Егора Михайлова​
​Топ-5 книг 2021 года​
​Best audio book experience you’ve had?​
​Best fiction books that are just beautifully written?​
Interesting Prose Books
​Alice's Adventures in Wonderland​
Notes
With Audible plans, you can do easy exchanges. Don’t love a book? Swap it for free, anytime.
​Kindle changed the way we read books and then… stopped there. I want social highlights, notes, flash cards, and fractal reading (each chapter summarized in 1 paragraph, expandable on several levels if you want to dig deeper)​
​Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.​
​Read what you love until you love to read.​
​I used to read a lot of old books growing up, and they were all different. And... being extremely online and reading contemporary things all day does have a sort of tunnel-vision effect. The way we live, the way we think, the way we talk. Go read a really old book from a different time, from a different place.​
​Sometimes you have to read a book at the exact right time in your life for it to really click​
Links
​Awesome books​
​Free Programming Books (Code)
​Ask HN: How do you read programming books?​
​Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?​
​Thinking with Types LaTeX source - Original source material for Thinking with Types: Type-Level Programming in Haskell book.
​Scribd - Books, audiobooks, and more for a fixed fee / month.
​Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Sub-Genres​
​Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything? (2019)​
​Awesome Programming Books​
​Libby - Local library of thousands of ebooks and audiobooks.
​Why books don’t work (2019) (HN)
​BookBrowser - Easy-to-use tool to generate a web-based ePub and PDF ebook browser.
​Now, what do I read? - Enter your favorite book and get a list of suggested books to read.
​How I Read (2018)​
​The Most Abandoned Books on GoodReads (2019) (HN)
​What Should I Read Next?​
​Reedsy - Crafting beautiful books is at the heart of everything that Reedsy does.
​Ask HN: Are books worth it? (2020)​
​1,000 Free Audio Books​
​Read This Twice - Books worth reading twice.
​Holloway - Knowledge you can rely on. Modern book publisher.
​JSTOR Open Content Books (Search)
​Public Books Database​
​LibriVox - Free public domain audiobooks. (HN)
​Standard Ebooks (HN)
​SafariBooks - Download and generate EPUB of your favorite books from Safari Books Online library.
​Crafting "Crafting Interpreters" (2020) (HN)
​BookAuthority - Curates the books recommended by the world's most successful CEOs, business leaders and experts.
​Ask HN: How can I restore my concentration when reading? (2020)​
​Writing a Book with Pandoc, Make, and Vim (2020) (HN)
​Library JSON - A Proposal for a Decentralized Goodreads (2020)​
​Springer Link - Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips.
​Python script to download all Springer books​
​The Tools I Use To Write Books (2018)​
​KindleUnpack - Python based software to unpack Amazon / Kindlegen generated ebooks.
​How to write a programming book (2020) (HN)
​Most book clubs are doing it wrong (2017) (HN)
​Antilibrary - Space both for celebrating all sorts of amazing books, and exploring more broadly the idea of learning from the unknown.
​Hello, EPUB (2020) - Intro to the format.
​On Books - Collection of readings and notes on the past, present, and future of books.
​I won't buy ebooks anymore (2020) (HN) (Lobsters)
​Reading habits that changed my life (2020) (HN)
​LibraryThing - Catalog your books online.
​Bookshop - Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
​Kindle Highlights - Vercel/Next.js app to render my Kindle highlights.
​How I made $3,300 on a short niche philosophy book (2020) (HN)
​Collection of free books from Springer (HN)
​Project Gutenberg - Library of over 60,000 free eBooks.
​GutenSearch - Full text search Project Gutenberg (60m paragraphs) . (HN)
​Ask HN: How do you read long PDFs? (2020)​
​The Open Book Project - Open-source, DRM-free Kindle alternative. (HN)
​Ask HN: How do you take notes when reading a book? (2020)​
​Readwise - Makes it easy to revisit and learn from your ebook & article highlights. (GitHub)
​Penguin Random House - Committed to publishing great books, connecting readers and authors globally, and spreading the love of reading.
​Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff (HN)
​HN: There’s no replacement for the thrill of browsing in a bookstore (2020)​
​Lessons and Regrets from My $25000 Book Launch (2020)​
​Timeful Texts (2020) (Tweet)
​Future Text Publishing - Collection of dreams for how we want text to evolve as well as how we understand our current textual infrastructures, how we view the history of writing, and much more.
​Literature Map - Tourist Map of Literature.
​Making a modern ebook with Standard Ebooks​
​Readng - Global community of book lovers & readers. (Beta)
​GITenberg - Open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain. (HN)
​Highlights from books and articles​
​The Book is a Program - Practical exploration in dual-publishing websites and printed books, using Pollen, LaTeX, and the Racket programming language.
​Write a Micro-Textbook - Write a complete first draft of a micro-textbook on a subject of your choice.
​3D Book Image CSS Generator (Code)
​StoryGraph - Help you to surface the best books that fit your current mood.
​Great book covers​
​Gatsby Starter Book - Gatsby starter focused on simplicity to help you create books.
​How Chekhov invented the modern short story (2020) (HN)
​I Want to Fix Goodreads (2020) (HN)
​DeDRM tools for ebooks - Remove DRM from ebooks.
​Writing a book: is it worth it? (2020) (HN)
​Searchable Library of book summaries​
​The Book Trail - Match your next read to your destination with The Literary Travel Agency.
​Chareads (YouTube)
​IntechOpen - Publisher of Open Access books. By scientists, for scientists.
​Open Textbook Library​
​How I Made $30,000 on My First Self-Published Book (2020)​
​Readium - Easier way to track reading habits.
​Write Useful Books - Guide containing everything I know about how to design, test, and refine nonfiction books.
​Inventaire - Collaborative resource mapper powered by open-knowledge, starting with books. (Code)
​Five Books - Best Books Recommended by Leading Experts.
​3D Book Cover - Create your 3D Book Cover, and embed it on your website. (HN)
​Pollen - Book-publishing system written in Racket. (Docs)
​How I read (2020)​
​ibis - PHP tool that helps you write eBooks in markdown and convert to PDF.
​Writing a technical book: from idea to print (2020) (HN)
​Bit Better Book Club​
​No Starch Press - Publishing company, specializing in technical literature often geared towards the geek, hacker, and DIY subcultures.
​Fable - Social reading club app.
​How I read books: a guide on how to learn (2020) (HN)
​Guide to Effective Reading (HN)
​Nat Eliason's Roam books notes​
​Ask HN: How do you decide what books to read? (2020)​
​BookDark - Read over 56000 Free Books Online.
​Books Search with Typesense - Instantly search 28M books from OpenLibrary (by Internet Archive). (HN) (Code)
​A Book Like Foo - Powerful Book Recommendations. (HN)
​Open Library - Open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. (Code) (Open Library Data Dumps)
​Packt - Programming Books, eBooks & Videos for Developers. (GitHub)
​Paged.js - Open-source library to display paginated content in the browser and to generate print books using web technology.
​Verso Books - Largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, publishing one hundred books a year.
​BookWyrm - Federated GoodReads Replacement. (Code) (Article) (HN)
​The Most Popular College Books (HN)
​Downpour - DRM Free Audiobooks. (HN)
​Free Science Books​
​Free Ebook Foundation - Making the world safe for free ebooks. (GitHub)
​Approaching (Almost) Any Machine Learning Problem (2020) (Article) (Code)
​ePubViewer - ePub viewer with dictionary, themes, search, offline support, and more. (Code)
​Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction (HN)
​Old Book Illustrations​
​Shortform - World's Best Book Summaries.
​Book Marks Reviews - Book review aggregator.
​Literary Hub - Daily literary website highlighting the best in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and criticism.
​The new reading stack (2020) (HN)
​Goodreads Scraper - Python scripts can be used to collect book reviews and metadata from Goodreads.
​Reading Techniques​
​Bookfeed.io - RSS Feed with New Releases from Your Favorite Authors.
​50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages (2021)​
​Literary Hub - Daily literary website.
​The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently (HN)
​Find Books - Generate search query links for books across a range of websites.
​worldmiao.two - Book search engine.
​How I self-published a professional paperback and eBook using LaTeX and Pandoc​
​Zeneca - Share and discuss your favorite books. (HN)
​Plex & Booksonic Audiobook Guide - Walkthrough for optimal Audiobook experience using Plex.
​Ask HN: Do you read books regularly? Fiction or nonfiction? (2021)​