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2014 Reading List

Below are the books I've read (so far) in 2014. Mainly business books, some technical (some for desk reference), and a couple on Zen, and a couple of novels.

The Software Craftsman: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride, Sandro Mancuso (pre-ordered)

Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu (in progress)

The Way of Zen, Alan Watts (in progress)

Enchiridion, Epictetus (in progress)

Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#, Robert C. Martin, Micah Martin

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman (in progress)

History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell (in progress)

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot, James B. Stockdale

In Love and War, Jim and Sybil Stockdale

The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition, Michael Fogus, Chris Houser (in progress)

Rework, Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hanson

High Output Management, Andrew Grove

How Google Works, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg

The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz

Zero to One, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

Code Complete 2, Steve McConnell

The Passionate Programmer, Chad Fowler

Cracking the Coding Interview, Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Behind Closed Doors, Johanna Rothman, Esther Derby

Testing Applications on The Web, Second Edition, Hung Q. Nguyen, Bob Johnson, Michael Hackett

Sources of Power, Gary Klien

How Successful People Think, John C. Maxwell

The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr., E.B. White

Say it Right The First Time, Loretta Malandro, Ph.D.

Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zin

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki

You Can Be Happy No Matter What, Richard Carlson, PhD

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig

Succeeding with Agile, Software Development Using Scrum, Mike Cohn

Management 3.0, Jurgen Appelo

Crossing the Chasm, Geoffry A. Moore

Good to Great, Jim Collins

The Lean Startup, Eric Ries

Clean Code, Robert C. Martin

Refactoring, Improving the Design of Existing Code, Matin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, Don Roberts

Refactoring to Patterns, Joshua Kerievsky

Domain Driven Design, Eric Evans

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, Martin Fowler

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, Andy Hunt

Personal (Jack Reacher), Lee Child

Sycamore Row, John Grisham

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