32 Book Recommendations for the Holidays
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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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