Any books you cannot wait to read next year? Or is there something you really wish to learn? Curious about <i>all</i> kinds of great book suggestions for 2019. Thanks for sharing!
Programming Rust. I've used it in the past and never quite felt great about a few aspects of it (lifetimes, for example). Now however a work situation is arising where Rust might be preferred, so deep into the pool I go.<p>It'll make me a better programming regardless, so it's good for me. I look forward to improvement :)
Not quite book, but I would like to read all laws and regulations related to business, finance and taxation such as the Companies Act etc as applicable to India. I will be transitioning to becoming a businessman in 2019 and its pertinent that I make myself at home with these topics so that I am not swindled by lawyers and auditors, or even the government for that matter.
I’ve bought <i>the Critical Chain</i> by E. Goldratt two weeks ago and I’ve been enjoying the anticipation of reading it. <i>The Goal</i> was a real eye opener and I hope that the Critical Chain will bring me new insights on project management specifically (the Goal is a great introduction to lean methods but it is heavily geared towards manufacturing processes).
Sci-fi<p>- Ready Player One<p>- Pattern Recognition<p>- Burning Chrome<p>- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<p>- Hyperion<p>- A Fire Upon The Deep<p>Technical (backend development + security)<p>- HTTP: The Definitive Guide<p>- RESTful Web Services<p>- Designing Data Intensive Applications<p>- Web Scalability for Startup Engineers<p>- The Art of Software Security Assessment<p>- The Web Application Hacker's Handbook<p>- A Philosophy of Software Design<p>- Clean Architecture<p>- The Go Programming Language<p>- Refactoring (new 2nd edition)<p>- Algorithm Design Manual<p>- Cracking The Coding Interview<p>I'll definitely be able to get through all the sci-fi novels, but not the technical stuff. At minimum I need to go through the technical interview prep books, refactoring, and designing scalable applications.
Several books by Jerry Weinberg (started last year) on systems and <i>Thinking in Systems: A Primer</i> by Donella Meadows.<p>Alongside those, my current job has me programming less, so I'm enjoying it as a hobby again. I've decided to pick up Common Lisp again so I'm going through various texts on it as exercises to relearn the language and its extent.
I've had a wonderful experience with all of the No Starch Press[0] books I've bought over the last few years. I recently got Absolute OpenBSD and Serious Cryptography. How Linux Works is also really good if you would like to brush up on your knowledge of the architecture of the average Linux system.<p>I'm not affiliated with them, I just haven't gotten a bad (or even mediocre) book from them.<p>[0]: <a href="https://nostarch.com/" rel="nofollow">https://nostarch.com/</a>
Not sure if this fits the criteria but I plan to read the Unbearable lightness of being this coming year.<p>So many people have recommended it that I cannot not ignore it any longer.
Tech:<p>* Programming Phoenix, latest edition. I plan on launching a side project with Phoenix in 2019.<p>* The Rust Programming Language. I want to build simple CLIs in Rust as my gateway into the language - will use what I lean here to do it.<p>Non tech:<p>I have about 25 unread history, art history, and culture books in my bookshelf. My plan is to exercises self-restraint and not buy more books until I finish these!
95 Best Books for Smart Minds to Read & Re-read for a Refreshing Start in 2019:<p><a href="http://casualwalker.com/95-best-books-to-read-in-2019/" rel="nofollow">http://casualwalker.com/95-best-books-to-read-in-2019/</a>
I'd love to begin the year with a book on Rust and another one on being a team manager/lead because I got promoted as a lead (a team of 8) but I totally feel I'm unprepared.
1. Bad Blood, John Careyou<p>2. Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter<p>3. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires<p>4. Zero to one Peter Thiel<p>5. The republic – Plato<p>6. The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz<p>7. The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd Kindle Edition<p>8. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike<p>9. Never split the difference<p>10. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Hardcover<p>11. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win<p>12. Economy course: <a href="https://www.core-econ.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.core-econ.org/</a>
Here’s a few:<p>- chapters 4 and 5 of SICP<p>- Fowler: Refactoring, 2nd Edition<p>- Gehl: Cities for People<p>- Cohen: The Book of Numbers<p>- Drnaso: Sabrina