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Technically, I'd say "Land of Lisp" has been the most fun and the most rewarding.
- World record improves linearly for over 50 years, for how long will the trend continue?
- Is it OK not to rescore erroneously high SAT scores?
- Why among examinees who get the same SAT score White examinees do better on easy items, whereas Black examinees do better on hard items?
- How comes that areas with the lowest and the highest kidney cancer death rate are rural areas?
I can't really decide, but here are a few of my favorites. * Song of Ice and Fire series. I never really liked fantasy but this series is wonderful. The TV-series (Game of Thrones) is okay but a far cry from the books. * The Pragmatic Programmer. The best programming book I've seen. A must read for programmers I'd say. * Introduction to Algorithms. Haven't really gone through it but so far it's been great.
A song of Ice and Fire series
I'd like to mention two books because I can't decide which is greatest (they're very different): - The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (often quoted here, and rightly so; it's short and really really great) - How to Live, or A life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell (a fantastic take on Montaigne's essays by a contemporary scholar with a refreshing take on everything).
With respect to nonfiction, I enjoyed Schroeder's recent biography of Warren Buffett, entitled the Snowball. It was much less of a hagiography than much of what you read on him. He's a fascinating, complex man.
Not tech related, but I loved Devil in the White City by Larson and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig. Also, I reread Rework about 3 times this year. Always a good and quick read.
Ah, but Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig is very much tech related!
The Lean Startup - Eric Reis
Rework - 37signals