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What I Read and Recommend
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items This list is not complete yet. The final version will have around 300 books.
These are some of the books that I have read, reading, want to read, and have recommend other people to read over multiple times. The list is not complete yet. Right now 2/3rd of all books I read are computer science and physics. I’m trying to incorp...
These are some of the books that I have read, reading, want to read, and have recommend other people to read over multiple times. The list is not complete yet. Right now 2/3rd of all books I read are computer science and physics. I’m trying to incorp...
Sections
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Computer science
Physics and the universe
Fiction
Biography
Linguistics
Psychology
Computer science
Top 3 books recommended by me on software engineering
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable ...
A really good introductory book on how to think in algorithm and how to order thoughts in process that computer can understand
How to Solve it By Computer
A guide to becoming a thoughtful, adaptable developer who takes responsibility for code quality, continuous learning, and long-term craftsmanship rather than just writing programs.
Pragmatic Programmer, The | Andrew Hunt
A deep dive into how databases actually work under the hood, from storage engines and indexing to replication, transactions, and distributed consensus.
This is a “mechanics book,” not a usage book. It shifts you from user of databases to systems thi...
Database Internals: Deep Dive into Distributed Systems
Learn from dacades of experience from google on growth and evolution of sustainable software engineering. They break down the whole book in 2 aspect, culture, process, and tools.
Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned
A practical exposé on how attackers exploit human psychology rather than technology, revealing social engineering as the weakest link in security.
The Art of Deception: Human Security
A rigorous, proof-oriented foundation in algorithm design and analysis, teaching how to reason about correctness, efficiency, and computational limits.
Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition
A formal mathematical treatment of object-oriented programming, modeling objects, subtyping, and inheritance through type theory and calculi.
A Theory of Objects (Monographs in CS)
A mathematically grounded introduction to machine learning that builds algorithms from first principles and explains why they generalize (or fail) through statistical learning theory.
Understanding Machine Learning
A focused mathematical toolkit (linear algebra, calculus, probability) designed to make machine learning algorithms understandable rather than magical.
Mathematics for Machine Learning
Physics and the universe
The argument that physical reality is a mathematical structure, and that all mathematically possible universes may exist as equally real.
Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark
A collection of playful, rebellious stories showing how curiosity, irreverence, and hands-on experimentation shaped Feynman’s life in science and beyond.
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman | R P Feynman
Hawking’s final reflections on humanity’s biggest scientific and existential questions, blending cosmology with warnings and hopes about our technological future.
This one is less technical than his earlier work. it’s Hawking stepping back from equa...
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
A concise tour of the universe that distills modern cosmology into short reflections on space, time, matter, and our small place within it.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
A narrative history of how black holes moved from theoretical oddities to central players in modern cosmology, reshaping our understanding of gravity and the universe.
A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came In
An ambitious mathematical journey through the fundamental theories of physics, arguing that deep mathematical structures underlie the laws governing reality.
The Road to Reality: Guide to Universe Laws
Fiction
A comedic cosmic adventure that uses absurdity to explore the meaninglessness, randomness, and quiet beauty of existence.
This one isn’t “about space travel”. it’s about how humans react to absurdity. Always try to extract the philosophical core, no...
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A tragic story about a creator who brings life into the world but fails to take responsibility for it, exploring ambition, isolation, and the moral limits of science.
People think it’s about a monster; it’s really about accountability of the creator...
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
A novel-in-verse about a woman striving to become a serious poet while navigating love, independence, and social constraints in Victorian England.
Aurora Leigh | Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A surreal tale of a man who wakes up transformed into an insect, exposing themes of alienation, guilt, and the fragility of human identity within family and society.
The Metamorphosis
A philosophical novel that walks a young girl (and the reader) through the entire history of Western philosophy while questioning the nature of reality itself.
Sophie's World | Jostein Gaarder
A dystopian warning about totalitarian control where surveillance, language manipulation, and manufactured truth reshape reality itself.
1984: 75th Anniversary
Biography
A collection of playful, rebellious stories showing how curiosity, irreverence, and hands-on experimentation shaped Feynman’s life in science and beyond.
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman | R P Feynman
The intimate diary of Anne Frank, revealing a young girl’s thoughts, fears, and hopes while hiding during the Holocaust.
The Diary of a Young Girl
Linguistics
The case that language is an innate biological faculty shaped by evolution, not merely a cultural invention we learn from scratch.
The Language Instinct: How Mind Creates Language
Psychology
The case that language is an innate biological faculty shaped by evolution, not merely a cultural invention we learn from scratch.
The Language Instinct: How Mind Creates Language
An exploration of how common knowledge (what we know others know we know) quietly shapes markets, political power, and everyday social coordination.
This is a game-theory lens book. The key shift is from “facts” to shared beliefs about shared belief...
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Money, Power, Life
Freud’s concise introduction to the core ideas of psychoanalysis: the unconscious mind, repression, dreams, and the structure of neurosis.
Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis
Freud’s foundational work arguing that dreams are symbolic expressions of unconscious desires, especially those repressed by the conscious mind.
Interpretation of Dreams
A practical guide to learning difficult technical subjects by using cognitive science techniques like spaced repetition, focused/diffuse thinking, and deliberate practice.
A Mind for Numbers: Excel at Math & Science
Economics
An exploration of how common knowledge (what we know others know we know) quietly shapes markets, political power, and everyday social coordination.
This is a game-theory lens book. The key shift is from “facts” to shared beliefs about shared belief...
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Money, Power, Life
A behavioral finance guide arguing that long-term wealth depends more on temperament, habits, and risk management than on technical investing skill.
The Psychology of Money: Lessons on Wealth
Systems Theory
A practical introduction to seeing the world as interconnected feedback loops, showing how structure drives behavior in economies, ecosystems, and organizations.
Thinking in Systems | Donella Meadows
Antropology
A sweeping narrative of human history arguing that shared myths and imagined orders (religion, money, nations) enabled large-scale cooperation and shaped civilization.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Philosophy
Socrates’ courtroom defense, arguing that the examined life and pursuit of truth are worth more than reputation, comfort, or even life itself.
Apology
A philosophical novel that walks a young girl (and the reader) through the entire history of Western philosophy while questioning the nature of reality itself.
Sophie's World | Jostein Gaarder
An accessible introduction to existentialism, exploring how thinkers like Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre confront meaning, freedom, and anxiety in a world without guaranteed certainty
Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
An exploration of how purpose, daily routine, community, and small meaningful activities contribute to longevity and life satisfaction.
Ikigai: Japanese Secret to Long Happy Life
other non-fiction
A scientific explanation of how sleep regulates brain function, memory, health, and longevity, arguing that sleep is a biological necessity rather than optional rest.
Why We Sleep: Unlocking Sleep & Dreams