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This was my lunch time reading for many months whilst doing contract web development. I was working with the most offensive tech lead I've ever met, but he was also incredibly effective.
It kept me sane (I think).
For computer security fact-wrapped-up-as-fiction, the "Stealing the network' books are very entertaining, realistic depictions of 'the perfect hack'.
For scifi, I enjoy collections of short stories such as the "new writings in SF" anthologies. But they're hard to get hold of, so any "best SF" collection of short stories will serve you well.
For postmodern fiction, Haruki Murakami's Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a great read.
Jane Jacobs's three city books: The Death and Life of Great American Cities, The Economy of Cities, and Cities and the Wealth of Nations.
Fiction: tie between Of Human Bondage by W.Somerset Maugham or The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky Non-Fiction: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Business: Rework by Jason Fried - one of the best in a long time
I checked out Rework on Amazon and saw some really mixed reviews, now im not sure about getting it. What do you like about it, and do you suggest anything else?
I got over my own negativities when I read the book for the second time three months later. The book is written in such a way that, to me, the message will adapt and be meaningful regardless of the current situation. Kind of like the bookd Who Moved My Cheese is still taught and changes meaning for each reader, each time they read it.
In my opinion it's definitely worth reading - take that for what you will.
Other suggestions? I've got plenty if you want 'em. I read a book or two a week. Here's two more of my fav business-type books.
Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin & The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber - a classic
Here's a short cut to the best reading on business and entrepreneurship - take the following links and cross reference. If a book is on both lists it's usually very good.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card If you're on HN, you already know what this is. Probably.
Best overall: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and its less well-known sequel, Lila Best fantasy in terms of most imaginative and full of wonder: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. (I know, everyone saw the crappy movie; it simply does not do the book justice.) Best Scifi: The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
Didn't you find Endymion and The Rise of Endymion brutally painful?
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