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Most of the time, i read to increase my knowledge. Below are books i find myself constantly recommending. Hope you enjoy these as well. If you buy any through this page, you’ll help fund my habit and shrink my wish list.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

―  Max Planck

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Engineering & Hacking | Software

Deep Learning with Python Cover
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Organizations Cover
A Philosophy of Software Design Cover
Blue Team Field Manual (BTFM) Cover
Clean Architecture Cover
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and Tensorflow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems Cover
Introduction to Algorithms Cover
Changing stuff and Seeing what happens Cover
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software Cover
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach Cover
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code Cover
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master Cover
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture Cover
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation Cover
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Cover
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja Cover
JavaScript Patterns Cover
Copying and Pasting from StackOverflow Cover
Maintainable JavaScript Cover
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Cover
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon Cover
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners Cover
Designing Data-Intensive Applications Cover
The Go Programming Language Cover
The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations Cover
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow Cover
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect Cover
Dawn of the Code War: America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Cyber Threat Cover
HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age Cover
Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World Cover
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers Cover
The Unicorn Project Cover

Business strategy & Product management | Startup

Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams Cover
Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 Cover
Play Bigger: How Rebels and Innovators Create New Categories and Dominate Markets Cover
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Workbook Cover
Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production Cover
High Output Management Cover
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers Cover
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days Cover
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Cover
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Cover
Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow Cover
Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent Cover
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization Cover
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love Cover
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Cover
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Cover
Business Model Generation Cover
Rework Cover
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Cover
Venture Deals Cover
The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future Cover
Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights Cover
Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster Cover
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want Cover
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Cover
Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love Cover
Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy Cover
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking Cover
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Cover
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Cover
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity Cover
Measure What Matters Cover

Thinking & Mind | Psychology

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts Cover
The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology Cover
36 Strategeme für Manager Cover
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models Cover
Crystallizing Public Opinion Cover
How to Win Friends and Influence People Cover
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Cover
The 48 Laws of Power Cover
Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions Cover
The Consolations of Philosophy Cover
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High Cover
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger Cover
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less Cover
Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior Cover
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Cover
Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite Cover
Stumbling on Happiness Cover
Little Gold Book of Yes! Attitude: How to Find, Build and Keep a Yes! Attitude for a Lifetime of Success Cover
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves Cover
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive Cover
The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking Cover
Thinking in Systems: A Primer Cover
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions Cover
How We Decide Cover
The Art of Choosing Cover
Principles: Life and Work Cover
Lying Cover
Thinking, Fast and Slow Cover
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love Cover
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator Cover
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Cover
Mastery Cover
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions Cover
Choose Yourself! Cover
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph Cover
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking Cover
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Cover
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions Cover
Never Split the Difference Cover
Ego Is the Enemy Cover
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers Cover
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Cover
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Cover
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Cover
The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You Cover
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Negotiation (with bonus article "15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer" by Deepak Malhotra) Cover
Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life Cover

UI & UX | Design

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Cover
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Cover
Information is Beautiful Cover
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm Cover
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Cover
Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design Cover
Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design Cover
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need Cover
Wie Wir Leben Werden: Unsere Zukunft Beginnt Jetzt Cover
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures Cover
Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy: Seven Essential Steps to Success Cover
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs Cover
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences Cover
The Web Designer's Idea Book Volume 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design Cover
decodeunicode Cover
Hanzi Graphy: A Typographic Translation between Latin Letters and Chinese Characters Cover
Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything Cover
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Cover
The Design of Everyday Things Cover
About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design Cover
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites Cover
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability Cover
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (Voices (New Riders) Cover
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things Cover
Designing for Interaction: Creating Innovative Applications and Devices Cover
Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions Cover
Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior Cover
Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? Cover
Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics Cover
Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks Cover
Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services Cover
Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems Cover
Pervasive Information Architecture: Designing Cross-Channel User Experiences Cover
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People Cover
The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Ensuring a Quality User Experience Cover
Smashing UX Design: Foundations for Designing Online User Experiences Cover
Quantifying the User Experience: Practical Statistics for User Research Cover
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience Cover
Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us Into Temptation Cover
Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience Cover

Virtue | Philosophy

Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters Cover
Plato: Complete Works Cover
Selected Works Cover
Kant für Anfänger: Die Kritik der reinen Vernunft. Cover
Letters from a Stoic Cover
Meditations Cover
A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy Cover
Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt: Vorträge und Aufsätze aus dreißig Jahren Cover
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: Twelve Lectures Cover
River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life Cover
The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti Cover
Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living Cover
Simplify Your Life. Einfacher und glücklicher Leben Cover
Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification Cover
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Cover
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Cover
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) Cover
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil Cover
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy Cover
Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive Cover
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Cover
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer Cover
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being Cover
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion Cover
Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success Cover
The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast Cover
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Cover
Discourses and Selected Writings Cover
Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, Endorphin Levels Cover
The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life Cover
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Cover
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Cover

Classics, Science & History | Misc

5 Years of Must Reads from Hbr: 2020 Edition (5 Books) Cover
How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time Cover
HBR's 10 Must Reads Ultimate Boxed Set (14 Books) Cover
Human Footprint Cover
The Elon Musk Blog Series: Wait But Why Cover
Propaganda Cover
Brave new world and Brave New World Revisited (Perennial Classics) Cover
How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling Cover
Edison: A Biography Cover
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher Cover
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere:An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society Cover
Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins: Kommentiert und Erweitert Von Jürgen Ehlers und Markus Pössel Cover
The Lessons of History Cover
Der Pate Cover
A Confederacy of Dunces Cover
Our Masters' Voices: The Language and Body Language of Politics Cover
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character Cover
Re-Imagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age Cover
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Cover
200 Ways to Better Selling Cover
Snow Crash Cover
Material World: A Global Family Portrait Cover
Arm und Reich. Die Schicksale menschlicher Gesellschaften Cover
Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way Cover
CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (DV-Undefined) Cover
Natural Capitalism Cover
Die dunkle Seite des Mondes Cover
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Cover
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Cover
The Art of Travel Cover
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture Cover
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Cover
Bekenntnisse eines Economic Hit Man Cover
Lend Me Your Ears: All you need to know about making speeches and presentations Cover
How Full Is Your Bucket? Cover
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Cover
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1) Cover
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want Cover
Why Good Things Happen to Good People: The Exciting New Research that Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life Cover
StrengthsFinder 2.0 Cover
Einstein: His Life and Universe Cover
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment Cover
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Cover
What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People Cover
The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun Cover
How to Set Up and Run a Fashion Label Cover
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation Cover
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work Cover
You Are Not a Gadget Cover
Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements Cover
The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance Cover
The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom Cover
Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era Cover
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Cover
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Cover
Debt: The First 5,000 Years Cover
Legendäre Handelsrouten: Von Karawanen und Piraten Cover
Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur Cover
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era Cover
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success Cover
Your Network Is Your Net Worth: Unlock the Hidden Power of Connections for Wealth, Success, and Happiness in the Digital Age Cover
Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert Cover
Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity Cover
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Cover
Wait But Why Year One: We finally figured out how to put a blog onto an e-reader Cover
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Cover
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Cover
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Cover
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization Cover
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow Cover
Leonardo da Vinci Cover
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Cover
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Cover
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Cover
The Laws of Human Nature Cover
Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell Cover
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Cover
Permanent Record Cover
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea Cover
Die drei Kritiken - Kritik der reinen Vernunft. Kritik der praktischen Vernunft. Kritik der Urteilskraft Cover
The Prince Cover
Poor Richard's Almanack Cover
Der Wohlstand der Nationen. Eine Untersuchung Seiner Natur und Seiner Ursachen Cover
Ansichten der Natur Cover
Beyond Good and Evil Cover
Philosophie des Geldes Cover
Siddhartha Cover
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading Cover
The Fountainhead Cover
The Intelligent Investor Cover
The Hero With a Thousand Faces Cover
1984 Cover
Atlas Shrugged Cover
Dune (Dune, #1) Cover
The Limits to Growth Cover
The Selfish Gene Cover
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) Cover
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) Cover
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Cover
The Alchemist Cover
Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings Cover
The Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update Cover
Mit Dem Wissen Kommt Das Denken Cover

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