Ask HN: Which non-programming books are a beneficial read for programmers?

Re:Ask HN: Which non-programming books are a beneficial read... by ryanstorm on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @05:02PM (#17129388)

I listen to books during commutes and errands, and give them a letter grade when I'm done. I read a lot of different genres as I believe there's value in all genres (and mediums too).

These are some of the books I've given an "A" over the last few years, roughly grouped by genre:

Nonfiction:

- A Short History of Nearly Everything

- Fabric of the Cosmos

- Dataclysm

- The Righteous Mind

- Merchants of Doubt

- Dead Wake

- Man's Search for Meaning

- Evicted

- The New Jim Crow

- Night

Sci-fi:

- We

- The Sirens of Titan

- Hyperion

- Stories of Your Life

- Frankenstein

- The Day of the Triffids

- Childhood's End

Fantasy:

- The Stormlight Archives

- The First Law Trilogy

- The Lord of the Rings

Literature:

- The Stranger

- Dubliners

- Things I've Learned from Dying

- The Things They Carried

- Cloud Atlas

- Stoner

- Pillars of the Earth

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Re:Ask HN: Which non-programming books are a beneficial read... by akoshodi on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:10AM (#17133438)

For fantasy, I would add the Malazan Book of the Fallen. http://malazan.wikia.com/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen

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Re:Ask HN: Which non-programming books are a beneficial read... by ryanstorm on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:34PM (#17135504)

Thanks for the recommendation! I've heard so many good things about Malazan. I'm a big fan of the 'grimdark' genre, and Malazan seems like the quintessential series for that genre.

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Re:Ask HN: Which non-programming books are a beneficial read... by leojg on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:43AM (#17135047)

+1 for the Stormlight Archives I would add the rest of Brandon Sanderson Cosmere books:

Mistborn Trilogies Warbreaker Elantris etc.

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