The library

Technology and Computing

Python

• Python for Everybody Charles Severance
• Python Crash Course Eric Matthes
• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python + Workbook Al Sweigart
• Fluent Python Luciano Ramalho
• Powerful Python Aaron Maxwell
• Python Cookbook
• High Performance Python Micha Gorelick & Ian Ozsvald
• Python Testing with pytest Brian Okken
• Think Like a Programmer V. Anton Spraul

Web and Django

• Django for Beginners William Vincent
• Django for APIs William Vincent
• Django 5 by Example Antonio Melé
• Two Scoops of Django Daniel and Audrey Feldroy
• Learning Web Design Jennifer Robbins

Web scraping

• Web Scraping with Python Ryan Mitchell
• Hands-On Web Scraping Cookbook Anish Chapagain
• Python Web Scraping Chapagain

SQL, data, and data engineering

• Learning SQL Alan Beaulieu
• SQL Cookbook Anthony Molinaro
• Python for Data Analysis Wes McKinney
• Storytelling with Data Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
• Data Science for Business Foster Provost & Tom Fawcett
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications Martin Kleppmann
• Fundamentals of Data Engineering Joe Reis & Matt Housley
• Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling Wayne Winston

Math and statistics for computing

• Naked Statistics Charles Wheelan
• The Manga Guide to Statistics Shin Takahashi
• The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra Shin Takahashi & Iroha Inoue
• The Manga Guide to Calculus Hiroyuki Kojima
• Essential Math for Data Science Thomas Nield
• Mathematics for Machine Learning Marc Peter Deisenroth, A. Aldo Faisal & Cheng Soon Ong
• Practical Statistics for Data Scientists Peter Bruce, Andrew Bruce & Peter Gedeck
• Math for Programmers Paul Orland

Machine learning and AI

• Data Science from Scratch Joel Grus
• Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras & TensorFlow Aurélien Géron
• StatQuest Illustrated Guide to Neural Networks and AI Josh Starmer
• Practical Deep Learning for Cloud, Mobile and Edge Howard & Gugger
• Natural Language Processing with Transformers Lewis Tunstall, Leandro von Werra & Thomas Wolf
• Build a Large Language Model from Scratch Sebastian Raschka
• AI Engineering Chip Huyen
• Generative AI Design Patterns Valliappa Lakshmanan & Hannes Hapke
• Building Data-Driven Applications with LlamaIndex Andrei Gheorghiu
• Natural Language Processing with Python Steven Bird, Ewan Klein & Edward Loper
• Building Machine Learning Powered Applications Emmanuel Ameisen

Software engineering and architecture

• Clean Code Robert C. Martin
• The Pragmatic Programmer Andrew Hunt & David Thomas
• A Philosophy of Software Design John Ousterhout
• Modern Software Engineering David Farley
• Architecture Patterns with Python Harry Percival & Bob Gregory
• Design Patterns Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson & John Vlissides
• Fundamentals of Software Architecture Mark Richards & Neal Ford
• Software Architecture: The Hard Parts Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage & Zhamak Dehghani
• Building Microservices Sam Newman

Systems and computer science

• System Design Interview Alex Xu & Sahn Lam
• Generative AI System Design Interview Ali Aminian & Hao Sheng
• Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach Robert Sedgewick & Kevin Wayne
• The Algorithm Design Manual Steven Skiena
• Grokking Algorithms Aditya Bhargava
• Cracking the Coding Interview Gayle Laakmann McDowell
• Hacker's Delight Henry S. Warren Jr.
• The Art of Computer Programming Donald Knuth

Security

• Black Hat Python Justin Seitz
• Hacking: The Art of Exploitation Jon Erickson
• Penetration Testing Georgia Weidman
• The Web Application Hacker's Handbook Dafydd Stuttard & Marcus Pinto
• The Hacker Playbook Peter Kim
• The Developer's Playbook for Large Language Model Security Steve Wilson

Dev tools

• Pro Git Scott Chacon & Ben Straub
• The Linux Command Line William Shotts
• Practical Vim Drew Neil
• Mastering Vim Ruslan Osipov

Mobile and frontend

• React Native in Action Nader Dabit
• Flutter for Beginners Thomas Bailey & Alessandro Biessek
• Flutter Complete Reference 2.0 Alberto Miola

How machines work — the history and theory shelf

• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software Charles Petzold
• The Annotated Turing Charles Petzold
• Turing's Vision Chris Bernhardt
• The Innovators Walter Isaacson
• Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson

Digital logic and electronics

• Boolean algebra, programmed-instruction volume Gerhard Hoernes & Melvin Heilweil
• Digital Fundamentals Thomas Floyd
• Boolean Algebra and Its Applications J. Eldon Whitesitt
• Digital Computer Electronics Albert Malvino
• Make: Electronics Charles Platt
• Make: More Electronics Charles Platt
• Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Charles Platt
• Practical Electronics for Inventors Paul Scherz
• Physical Computing Dan O'Sullivan & Tom Igoe
• Making Things Talk Tom Igoe
• Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors Franklin D. Jones (ed.)

Hardware, manufacturing, and making

• Product Design and Development Karl Ulrich & Steven Eppinger
• Design for Manufacturability David Anderson
• Poorly Made in China Paul Midler
• The Goal Eliyahu Goldratt
• The Hardware Hacker Andrew "bunnie" Huang
• The Hardware Startup Renee DiResta, Brady Forrest & Ryan Vinyard

Computers, AI, and the human question

• Computer Power and Human Reason Joseph Weizenbaum
• Islands in the Cyberstream Joseph Weizenbaum & Gunna Wendt
• The Technological Condition: An Anthology Scharff & Dusek (eds.)
• The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays Martin Heidegger
• Technological Slavery Theodore Kaczynski
• Genius Makers Cade Metz
• Amusing Ourselves to Death Neil Postman
• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff
• What Computers Still Can't Do Hubert Dreyfus
• Gödel, Escher, Bach Douglas Hofstadter
• The Sciences of the Artificial Herbert Simon

Systems and CS

• Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective Randal E. Bryant & David R. O'Hallaron
• Understanding Distributed Systems Roberto Vitillo

Math and statistics

• An Introduction to Statistical Learning Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie & Robert Tibshirani

SQL and data

• Software Engineering for Data Scientists Catherine Nelson
• Data Quality Fundamentals Barr Moses, Lior Gavish & Molly Vorwerck
• Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments Ron Kohavi, Diane Tang & Ya Xu

Web

• Don't Make Me Think, Revisited Steve Krug

Philosophy

Existentialism and meaning

• I and Thou Martin Buber
• Penguin existentialism anthology Jonathan Webber (ed.)
• Existentialism Is a Humanism Jean-Paul Sartre
• Being and Time Martin Heidegger
• The Myth of Sisyphus Albert Camus
• Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl
• The Denial of Death Ernest Becker

Stoicism and the ancients

• Discourses, Fragments, Handbook Epictetus
• Letters from a Stoic Seneca
• Meditations Marcus Aurelius
• Courage Under Fire James Stockdale
• Cyropaedia Xenophon
• Elements Euclid

Strategy and the warrior tradition

• The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli
• The Art of War Sun Tzu
• The Complete Musashi Miyamoto Musashi
• Hagakure Yamamoto Tsunetomo
• On War Carl von Clausewitz
• The Strategy of Conflict Thomas Schelling
• Strategy B. H. Liddell Hart
• Boyd Robert Coram
• The Art of Worldly Wisdom Baltasar Gracián

Logic and argument

• Logically Fallacious Bo Bennett
• Being Logical D. Q. McInerny
• An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments Ali Almossawi
• How to Read a Book Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren

Jewish thought, scripture, and mysticism

• The Hebrew Bible Robert Alter
• Tanakh Jewish Publication Society
• Tales of the Hasidim Martin Buber
• Tales of the Dervishes Idries Shah
• The Sabbath Abraham Joshua Heschel
• God: A Biography Jack Miles
• Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos Lawrence Fine
• Sha'ar HaGilgulim Chaim Vital
• The Jewish Annotated New Testament Amy-Jill Levine & Marc Zvi Brettler (eds.)
• A River Flows from Eden Melila Hellner-Eshed

Myth and pattern

• The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell

Esoteric

• Reality Transurfing Vadim Zeland

Spiritual

• Power vs. Force David R. Hawkins
• The Untethered Soul Michael A. Singer

History

World and big history

• The Times Complete History of the World Richard Overy (ed.)
• The Penguin History of the World J. M. Roberts & Odd Arne Westad
• Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari
• The Lessons of History Will & Ariel Durant
• The Dawn of Everything David Graeber & David Wengrow

America

• These Truths Jill Lepore
• Land of Hope Wilfred McClay
• The PayPal Wars Eric Jackson
• Bicentennial illustrated history set (decorative rather than scholarly)

Rome and the ancient world

• Rubicon Tom Holland
• Lives Plutarch
• Selected Works Cicero
• Selected Political Speeches Cicero
• SPQR Mary Beard
• Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Empire Barry Strauss

Persia, Iran, and the Jewish world

• Shahnameh Ferdowsi
• A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind Michael Axworthy
• Two Centuries of Silence Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
• Esther's Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews Houman Sarshar (ed.)
• The Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times Norman Stillman
• The Jews of Islam Bernard Lewis
• Journey from the Land of No Roya Hakakian

Exploration and the unexplained

• Endurance Alfred Lansing
• Missing 411 David Paulides

Psychology

Jung

• The Red Book C. G. Jung
• Man and His Symbols C. G. Jung
• Modern Man in Search of a Soul C. G. Jung
• Synchronicity C. G. Jung
• The Essential Jung: Selected Writings Anthony Storr (ed.)
• The Freud/Jung Letters William McGuire (ed.)

Freud

• The Freud Reader Peter Gay (ed.)

Depth psychology and the masculine

• King, Warrior, Magician, Lover Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette
• The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness Erich Fromm

Clinical and mood

• The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk
• Feeling Good David Burns

Influence and decision under uncertainty

• Influence Robert Cialdini
• Thinking in Bets Annie Duke

Habits and focus

• Atomic Habits James Clear
• The Atomic Habits Workbook
• Deep Work Cal Newport
• Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• The Now Habit Neil Fiore
• 12 Rules for Life Jordan B. Peterson
• The Artist's Way Julia Cameron

Learning and memory

• Make It Stick Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III & Mark A. McDaniel
• The Study Skills Handbook Stella Cottrell
• Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Foer
• Unlimited Memory Kevin Horsley
• How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Dominic O'Brien
• Learn to Remember Dominic O'Brien
• Quantum Memory Power Dominic O'Brien

Business and Economics

Economics, read from opposing corners

• The Worldly Philosophers Robert Heilbroner
• The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
• Basic Economics Thomas Sowell
• A Conflict of Visions Thomas Sowell
• Black Rednecks and White Liberals Thomas Sowell
• Discrimination and Disparities Thomas Sowell
• Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty
• Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman
• Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Joseph Schumpeter
• Principles of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw

Strategy and positioning

• Competitive Strategy Michael Porter
• Good Strategy Bad Strategy Richard Rumelt
• Positioning Al Ries & Jack Trout
• Obviously Awesome April Dunford
• Purple Cow Seth Godin
• Play Bigger Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead & Kevin Maney
• Crossing the Chasm Geoffrey Moore

Startups, product, and SaaS

• The Mom Test Rob Fitzpatrick
• Running Lean Ash Maurya
• The Startup Owner's Manual Steve Blank & Bob Dorf
• The SaaS Playbook Rob Walling
• Never Enough Andrew Wilkinson
• Rework Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
• Lean Analytics Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz
• Traction Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
• Lean B2B Étienne Garbugli
• Subscribed Tien Tzuo
• The Automatic Customer John Warrillow
• The CFO Guide to SaaS
• Demand-Side Sales Bob Moesta
• Monetizing Innovation Madhavan Ramanujam & Georg Tacke
• Hooked Nir Eyal
• Hacking Growth Sean Ellis & Morgan Brown

Marketing and SEO

• The Art of SEO Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer & Jessie Stricchiola
• SEO for Growth John Jantsch & Phil Singleton
• Product-Led SEO Eli Schwartz
• Data-Driven SEO with Python Chapagain
• Digital Marketing Strategy Simon Kingsnorth

Finance and investing

• The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham
• Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs Karen Berman & Joe Knight
• The Paytech Book Susanne Chishti et al. (eds.)
• Practical Business Math Jeffrey Slater
• Same as Ever Morgan Housel

Mental models and decision-making

• Poor Charlie's Almanack Charles Munger
• The Great Mental Models Shane Parrish
• Super Thinking Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann
• The Personal MBA Josh Kaufman

Marketing

• The Anatomy of the Swipe Ahmed Siddiqui

Literature

The Russians

• Notes from Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Demons Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Short Fiction Leo Tolstoy
• Hadji Murad Leo Tolstoy
• Cancer Ward Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• Dead Souls Nikolai Gogol
• War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
• Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
• The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov

French

• Les Misérables Victor Hugo
• The Stranger Albert Camus
• The Plague Albert Camus
• Candide Voltaire
• The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
• Swann's Way Marcel Proust

German and Central European

• The Magic Mountain Thomas Mann
• Demian Hermann Hesse
• The World of Yesterday Stefan Zweig
• The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
• Satantango László Krasznahorkai

English and American

• Lolita Vladimir Nabokov
• For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway
• The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway
• The Complete Short Stories Ernest Hemingway
• The Road Cormac McCarthy
• Sabbath's Theater Philip Roth
• A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
• The Goldfinch Donna Tartt
• House of Leaves Mark Z. Danielewski
• Middlemarch George Eliot
• Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë
• The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
• The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy
• East of Eden John Steinbeck
• A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
• The Little Friend Donna Tartt
• Moby-Dick Herman Melville

Epic, classical, and drama

• The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri
• Paradise Lost John Milton
• The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer
• The Aeneid Virgil
• The Riverside Shakespeare G. Blakemore Evans (ed.)
• Metamorphoses Ovid
• Rhetoric Aristotle

Latin American

• Collected Fictions Jorge Luis Borges
• Selected Non-Fictions Jorge Luis Borges
• One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez

Crime, mystery, and the propulsive shelf

• In the Woods Tana French
• Stone's Fall Iain Pears
• Wrong Place Wrong Time Gillian McAllister
• Carter Beats the Devil Glen David Gold
• The Passage Justin Cronin
• Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons

Science fiction

• The Culture novels Iain M. Banks

Scandinavian

• My Struggle: Book 1 Karl Ove Knausgaard

Science

Foundations

• On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin
• Principia Isaac Newton
• Relativity: The Special and the General Theory Albert Einstein

Other

Chess

• The Art of Attack in Chess Vladimir Vukovic

Building

• The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling Charlie Wing

Spiritual

• Opening to Channel Sanaya Roman & Duane Packer