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Bookshelf

Personal Feb 16, 2021

A selective list of books (Technical, Non-Technical, Others) I've read over the last couple of years.

Presently Reading
  1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Technical
  1. UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian W. Kernighan
  2. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small: Being the Third Edition of Systemantics by John Gall ++
  3. Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World by Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani
  4. Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time by Titus Winters
Product Building (Hardware & Software)
  1. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
  2. Androids: The Team That Built the Android Operating System by Chet Haase
  3. Architecting Cloud SaaS Software: Solutions or Products: Engineering Multi-tenanted Distributed Architecture Software by Sankaran Prithviraj
Biography - Autobiography
  1. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
  2. I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Ayres
  3. Simply Fly by G.R. Gopinath
  4. Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura
  5. Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival by Brock Lesnar
  6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Music
  1. Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece by Dave Mustaine
Fantasy
  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Fiction
  • Dan Brown

    1. The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon #2)
    2. The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon #3)
    3. Digital Fortress
  • Paulo Coelho

    1. The Winner Stands Alone
    2. The Alchemist
  • Jeffrey Archer

    1. Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles #1)
    2. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
  • Others

    1. The Chamber by John Grisham
    2. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma
Science
  1. The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell That Changed the Course of Medicine by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Non-Fiction
  1. Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal
Business/Entrepreneurship
  1. Memos from the Chairman by Alan C. Greenberg
  2. Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos by Jeff Bezos ++
  3. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters ++
  4. The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos by Christian Davenport
Modern Philosophy - Work - Life - Business
  1. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson ++
  2. Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio ++
Poetry
  • Rupi Kaur

    1. The Sun and Her Flowers
    2. Milk and Honey ++
Resources
  1. Book Authority - Book recommendations by thought leaders.
  2. Good Reads - Site for readers and book recommendations.
  3. Calibre - E-book management.

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Anantha Raju C

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