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.
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."