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• URL: https://github.com/alexweininger/reading
• Owner: alexweininger
• Created: 2018-04-13T03:45:12.000Z (over 6 years ago)
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# summer reading list 2018

goals for the summer:

1. difficult to read

2. popular/leisure

3. programming

4. world of programming

5. classical literature

## difficult to read

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - David Hume (hard) (philosphy) [pdf](/books/EnquiryConcerningHumanUnderstanding-DavidHume.pdf)

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell (philosophy) (medium difficulty) (popular) [pdf](/books/1984-GeorgeOrwell.pdf)

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe (english classes) (popular) (hard) [pdf](/books/ThingsFallApart-AchebeChinua.pdf)

The Stranger - Albert Camus [pdf](/books/TheStranger-AlbertCamus.pdf)

## popular/leisure

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (popular)

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard P. Feynman (biography) (science) (good normal read)

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (popular) (historical fiction)

Maus - Art Spiegelman (short) (graphic novel) (historical) (I love this book, would read again)

## programming

The Pragmatic Programmer - Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas (free) (programming)

The Algorithm Design Manual - Steven S Skiena (free) (programming)

Why Functional Programming Matters - John Hughes (free) (short) (programming)

## world of programming

The Phoenix Project -  Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford (short) (dev-ops)

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - Steven Levy (history) (hackers) (interesting) (informative)

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie (+1 alex) (people skills) (extremely useful) [pdf](books/HowToWinFriendsAndInfluencePeople.pdf)

## classics

Frankenstien - Mary Shelley (free) [pdf](books/Frankenstien-MaryShelley.pdf)

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald [pdf](books/TheGreatGatsby-F.ScottFitzgerald.pdf)

Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes

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## giant list of books

this list contains any and all types of books that I think are interesting to read

## design

The Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman (design)

The Visual Display of Quantatative Information - Edward R Tufte (free) (design)

## philsophy

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values - Robert M Pirsig (philosophy)

The Art of War - Sun Tzu (philosphy) (free) (short) [pdf](books/TheArtOfWar-SunTzu.pdf)

The War of Art

## programming languages

Eloquent Javascript - (learn) (javascript) (examples) (practice problems) [website/ebook](eloquentjavascript.com) [pdf](books/EloquentJavascript.pdf)