This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
David Foster Wallace
4.6 on Amazon
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It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life
Kathie Lee Gifford and Dolly Parton
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life
David D. Burns M.D.
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
What Makes Love Last?: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal
John Gottman Ph.D. and Nan Silver
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Alive After the Fall: How to Survive an EMP/HEMP Attack on the Power Grid
Alexander Cain
4.3 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity
Napoleon Hill
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
Gary Wilson, Noah Church, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson, Roger Wayne, et al.
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
4.8 on Amazon
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
4.6 on Amazon
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski PhD and Amelia Nagoski DMA
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book
Anonymous
4.7 on Amazon
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Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power
Robert Greene, Joseph Powers, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
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chris_jonJuly 26, 2021
Apprenticeship Patterns by Adewale Oshineye and Dave Hoover: A set of "design patterns" for your career as a software engineer. I read this relatively late on, when my career was in a bit of a rut, and I credit it for giving me the motivation and the tools to get out of that rut. I wish I'd found it earlier.
Other brilliant non-technical books: The Manager's Path by Camille Fournier, Radical Candor by Kim Scott, Mastering Communication At Work by Jon Wortmann and Ethan Becker, Mindset by Carol Dweck, Drive by Daniel Pink, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.
Some brilliant books focussing a bit more on tech and code craft: Growing Object Oriented Software, Guided by Tests ("The GOOS Book") by Nat Pryce and Steve Freeman, Refactoring by Martin Fowler, Clean Code and Clean Architecture by Bob Martin.