└── README.md /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Books 2 | 3 | What I am reading, what I have read, and what I would like to read. Suggest a book with a PR... 4 | 5 | Books that I have read are not always endorsements of those books. I believe that reading is a cheat code to life. 6 | 7 | ### What is on my list to read in order 8 | 9 | | Title | Author | Summary | Genre | 10 | |--------------|-----------|---------|-------| 11 | | Quantitative Portfolio Management | Michael Isichenko | The Art and Science of Statistical Arbitrage | Business + Money Management | 12 | | Hackers and Painters | Paul Graham | Big Ideas From the Computer Age| Programming | 13 | | Why We Sleep | Matthew Walker | The New Science of Sleep and Dreams | Science | 14 | | The Most Human Human | Brian Christian | What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive | Science, AI | 15 | | Proof of Stake | Vitalik Buterin | The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains | Blockchains | 16 | | Rust for Rustacians | Jon Gjengset | Idiomatic Programing for Experienced Developers | Programming | 17 | | Gödel, Escher, Bach | Douglas Hofstadter | An Eternal Golden Braid | Cognitive Science | 18 | | More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite | Sebastian Mallaby | Detailed history of hedge funds | Finance | 19 | | Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets | Donald MacKenzie | History and background to hft trading | Finance | 20 | | Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers | Andy Greenberg | Russian Sandworm hacking group | Non-Fiction | 21 | | The Gnostic Bible | Willis Barnstone, Marvin W. Meyer | Detailed coverage of Gnosticism | Religion | 22 | | A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War | Melvyn P. Leffler | American Cold War history | History | 23 | | The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation | Richard M. Gamble | American history | History | 24 | | The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection | Michael A. Singer | Letting Go | Philosophy | 25 | | Obviously Awesome | April Dunford | How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It | Business theory | 26 | | Running Lean | Ash Maurya | Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works | Business | 27 | | Predictable Revenue | Aaron Ross | Best Sales Practices | Business | 28 | | $100m Dollar Offers | Alex Hormozi | How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No | Business | 29 | | Fit for Life | Harvey Diamond | Health and Longevity | Health | 30 | | Expert Secrets | Russell Brunson | Secrets of Selling | Business | 31 | | The Sovereign Individual | Davidson / Rees-Mogg | Transition into the Information Age | Economy and Culture | 32 | 33 | ### What I have read 34 | 35 | | Title | Author | Summary | Genre | 36 | |--------------|-----------|---------|-------| 37 | | Atomic Habits | James Clear | Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results | Psychology | 38 | | No Rules Rules | Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer | Hard work is irrelevant. Be radically honest. And never, ever try to please your boss. | Business| 39 | | The Innovator's Dilemma | Clayton Christensen | When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail | Business theory | 40 | | The Code Book | Simon Singh | The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography | Non-Fiction | 41 | | Perminant Record | Edward Snowden | Edward Snowden | Autobiography | 42 | | When Things Fall Apart | Pema Chodren | Heart Advice for Difficult times | Tibetan Buddhism | 43 | | Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism | Chogyam Trungpa | Self Deception | Tibetan Buddhism | 44 | | How To Change Your Mind | Michael Pollan | What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence | Biography | 45 | | Clean Code | Robert C. Martin | A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship | Textbook | 46 | | The Myth of Sisyphus | Albert Cammus | Absurdism | Philosophy | 47 | | Introduction to the Theory of Computation | Michael Sipser | Theory of Computation | Textbook | 48 | | Numerical Recipies | Saul Teukolsky, William H. Press, and William T. Vetterling | Algorithms and Numerical Analysis | Textbook | 49 | | The Martian| Andy Weir | Lost in Space | Science fiction, Novel | 50 | | How to be an Adult in Relationships | David Richo | The Five Keys to Mindful Loving | Psychology | 51 | | Sapiens | Yuval Noah Harari | A Brief History of Humankind | Non-Fiction | 52 | | An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography | Jeffrey Hoffstein | Theory and Practice of Modern Cryptography | Textbook | 53 | | Conduct of Inquiry | Richard F. Kitchener | An Introduction of Logic and Scientific Method | Textbook | 54 | | On the Brink of Paradox | Agustín Rayo | Highlights from the Intersection of Philosophy and Mathematics | Textbook | 55 | | The Rust Programming Language | Steve Klabnik | The official book on the Rust programming language | Textbook | 56 | | The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck | Mark Manson | A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life | Self-Help | 57 | | Seven Years in Tibet | Heinrich Harrer | Life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover | AutoBiography | 58 | | Algorithms to Live By | Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths | The Computer Science of Human Decisions | Psychology | 59 | | The C Programing Langauge | Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan | The C Programing Language | Textbook | 60 | | Hacking | Jon Erickson | The Art of Exploitation | Textbook | 61 | | The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross | John M. Allegro | Dead Sea Scrolls | Folklore | 62 | | The Art of War | Sun Tzu | Ancient Chinese Military Treatise | Biography | 63 | | The Satanic Bible | Anton S. Lavey | Essays, Observations, and Rituals | Spirituality | 64 | | The Prophet | Kahlil Gibran | 26 prose poetry fables | Poetry | 65 | | Discrete Mathematics | László Lovász | Elementary and Beyond | Textbook | 66 | | The Intelligent Heart | Kongtrul Rinpoche and Joseph Waxman | A Guide to a Compassionate Life | Tibetan Buddhism | 67 | | The Tibetan way of Life Death and Rebirth | John Peacock | Tibet’s Ancient Bon religion | Tibetan Buddhism, Folklore | 68 | | How to win friends and influence people | Dale Carnegie | How to stop worrying and start living | Self Help | 69 | 70 | This list will likely grow as I remember to add to it. This list currently excludes a large quantity of fantasy and fiction books that I read during my Childhood. 71 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------