This is a reading list I compiled from the books I've read in the past. It contains books of various subjects like entrepreneurship, personal development, programming and fiction. The rating is based on my personal perspective. I will be updating this list as I read more.

Please note the books are linked with Amazon referral links.

-- Lakshan Perera

The E-Myth Revisited

  • Author - Michael E. Gerber
  • ISBN - 0887307280
  • Rating - 10/10
  • Favorite Quote - "The true product of a business is the business itself"

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

  • Author - Robert M. Pirsig
  • ISBN - 0061673730
  • Rating - 9/10
  • Favorite Quote - "The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"

Ender's Game

  • Author - Orson Scott Card
  • ISBN - 0812550706
  • Rating - 9/10
  • Favorite Quote - "Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth."

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

  • Author - Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
  • ISBN - 020161622X
  • Rating - 9/10
  • Favorite Quote - "One broken window, left unrepaired for any substantial length of time, instills in the inhabitants of the building a sense of abandonment -- a sense that the powers that be don't care about the building."

Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code

  • Author - Jeff Atwood
  • ISBN - 147830054X
  • Rating - 8/10
  • Favorite Quote - "People spend their entire lives learning how to write effectively. It isn’t something you can fake. It isn’t something you can buy. You have to work at it."

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

  • Author - Daniel H. Pink
  • ISBN - 1594484805
  • Rating - 8/10
  • Favorite Quote - "When money is used as an external reward for some activity, the subjects lose intrinsic interest for the activity."

Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup

  • Author - Brad Feld, David Cohen
  • ISBN - 0470929839
  • Rating - 7/10
  • Favorite Quote - "a smart-ass team with a kick-ass product in a big-ass market."

Anything You Want

  • Author - Derek Sivers
  • ISBN - 1936719118
  • Rating - 9/10
  • Favorite Quote - "Don't be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams."

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

  • Author - Steve Krug
  • ISBN - 0321344758
  • Rating - 8/10
  • Favorite Quote - "Any design idea--no matter how appallingly bad--can be made usable in the right circumstances, with enough effort"

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

  • Author - Kent Beck
  • ISBN - 013476904X
  • Rating - 7/10
  • Favorite Quote - "A pattern is a decision an expert makes over and over."

Brave New World

  • Author - Aldous Leonard Huxley
  • ISBN - 0061767646
  • Rating - 9/10
  • Favorite Quote - "But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."