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This holiday season it’s time to take a step back, relax and read a book. The authors or interviewers from the GOTO Book Club have shared with us some of the books that they would either like to give away as a present or would receive themselves as a gift. So whether you want to give or receive a special present this holiday season, there is a wide selection of over 30 titles covering software development and more. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Mar Hicks • Programmed Inequality • https://amzn.to/3szCxuF John Ousterhout • A Philosophy of Software Design • https://amzn.to/3mjUvx2 Ben Forta & Shmuel Forta • Captain Code • https://amzn.to/32njAAh Gene Kim • The Unicorn Project • https://amzn.to/3mkZ6iC Rolf Dobelli • The Art of Thinking Clearly • https://amzn.to/3qavZzI Adam Grant • Think Again • https://amzn.to/3H82Wnb Martin Kleppmann • Designing Data-Intensive Applications • https://amzn.to/3mk2Roj Ted Nelson • Computer Lib/Dream Machines • https://amzn.to/3mmLDXs Aileen Nielsen • Practical Fairness • https://amzn.to/3mmblLL Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • https://amzn.to/3JcfhIQ Yuval Harari • Sapiens • https://amzn.to/3J8CNqm Ben Marx & Jose Valim • Adopting Elixir • https://amzn.to/3sm97ju Vladimir Khorikov • Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns • https://amzn.to/3penPao Martin Fowler • Refactoring • https://amzn.to/3E79wsc Staffan Nöteberg • Monotasking • https://amzn.to/3EgTCeQ Ursula K. Le Guin • Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching • https://amzn.to/3spKzWQ Chris Hanson & Gerald Jay Sussman • Software Design for Flexibility • https://amzn.to/3yUbvPB Gojko Adzic & David Evans • 50 Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories • https://amzn.to/32hb6e2 Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design • https://amzn.to/3qb7HWn Nir Eyal • Indistractable • https://amzn.to/3J485OO Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky • Make Time • https://amzn.to/3mjdsjs Suzanne Simard • Finding the Mother Tree • https://amzn.to/3sm37r4 Liz Rice • Container Security • https://amzn.to/3e7Hkuy Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce • Java to Kotlin • https://amzn.to/32ajzQc Laurentiu Spilca • Spring Start Here • https://amzn.to/3pbOBQw Adam Tornhill • Your Code as a Crime Scene • https://amzn.to/3J8GNXU David Thomas & Andrew Hunt • The Pragmatic Programmer • https://amzn.to/3sm8eHG Adam Rutherford & Hannah Fry • The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) • https://amzn.to/3yIM6br Rutger Bergman • Humankind • https://amzn.to/3EoD4BR Emily St. John Mandel • Station Eleven • https://amzn.to/3suVz5o David Easley & Jon Kleinberg • Networks, Crowds, and Markets • https://amzn.to/3J2g13b Casey Rosenthal & Nora Jones • Chaos Engineering • https://amzn.to/2B3R0qb

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Eoin Woods

Eoin Woods

Chief Engineer of Endava, co-author of three software architecture books

Dave Farley

Dave Farley

Author of the best-selling books “Continuous Delivery” and “Modern Software Engineering” and over 6 million views on his YouTube channel.

Kevlin Henney

Kevlin Henney

Independent consultant, speaker, writer and trainer

Preben Thorö

Preben Thorö

Chairman for the GOTO Program Committees, Group CTO Trifork

Fabio Nudge Pereira

Fabio Nudge Pereira

Author of the book Digital Nudge, Futurist, TEDx Speaker and Curator

Mike Amundsen

Mike Amundsen

The ultimate API expert. #api

Phil Winder

Phil Winder

CEO of Winder.AI, author of "Reinforcement Learning"

Casey Rosenthal

Casey Rosenthal

Deprecating Simplicity and the Rise of CV

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This holiday season it’s time to take a step back, relax and read a book. The authors or interviewers from the GOTO Book Club have shared with us some of the books that they would either like to give away as a present or would receive themselves as a gift. So whether you want to give or receive a special present this holiday season, there is a wide selection of over 30 titles covering software development and more.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS Mar Hicks • Programmed Inequality • https://amzn.to/3szCxuF John Ousterhout • A Philosophy of Software Design • https://amzn.to/3mjUvx2 Ben Forta & Shmuel Forta • Captain Code • https://amzn.to/32njAAh Gene Kim • The Unicorn Project • https://amzn.to/3mkZ6iC Rolf Dobelli • The Art of Thinking Clearly • https://amzn.to/3qavZzI Adam Grant • Think Again • https://amzn.to/3H82Wnb Martin Kleppmann • Designing Data-Intensive Applications • https://amzn.to/3mk2Roj Ted Nelson • Computer Lib/Dream Machines • https://amzn.to/3mmLDXs Aileen Nielsen • Practical Fairness • https://amzn.to/3mmblLL Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • https://amzn.to/3JcfhIQ Yuval Harari • Sapiens • https://amzn.to/3J8CNqm Ben Marx & Jose Valim • Adopting Elixir • https://amzn.to/3sm97ju Vladimir Khorikov • Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns • https://amzn.to/3penPao Martin Fowler • Refactoring • https://amzn.to/3E79wsc Staffan Nöteberg • Monotasking • https://amzn.to/3EgTCeQ Ursula K. Le Guin • Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching • https://amzn.to/3spKzWQ Chris Hanson & Gerald Jay Sussman • Software Design for Flexibility • https://amzn.to/3yUbvPB Gojko Adzic & David Evans • 50 Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories • https://amzn.to/32hb6e2 Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design • https://amzn.to/3qb7HWn Nir Eyal • Indistractable • https://amzn.to/3J485OO Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky • Make Time • https://amzn.to/3mjdsjs Suzanne Simard • Finding the Mother Tree • https://amzn.to/3sm37r4 Liz Rice • Container Security • https://amzn.to/3e7Hkuy Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce • Java to Kotlin • https://amzn.to/32ajzQc Laurentiu Spilca • Spring Start Here • https://amzn.to/3pbOBQw Adam Tornhill • Your Code as a Crime Scene • https://amzn.to/3J8GNXU David Thomas & Andrew Hunt • The Pragmatic Programmer • https://amzn.to/3sm8eHG Adam Rutherford & Hannah Fry • The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) • https://amzn.to/3yIM6br Rutger Bergman • Humankind • https://amzn.to/3EoD4BR Emily St. John Mandel • Station Eleven • https://amzn.to/3suVz5o David Easley & Jon Kleinberg • Networks, Crowds, and Markets • https://amzn.to/3J2g13b Casey Rosenthal & Nora Jones • Chaos Engineering • https://amzn.to/2B3R0qb