books recommended by David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer, racing driver and the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki. He is also a partner at the web-based software development firm Basecamp.

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer, racing driver and the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki. He is also a partner at the web-based software development firm Basecamp.

books recommended by David Heinemeier Hansson

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

1984

1984

George Orwell

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

William B. Irvine

The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

Blue Ocean Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy

W. Chan Kim

Drive

Drive

Daniel Pink

Turn the Ship Around!

Turn the Ship Around!

L. David Marquet

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

The Trial

The Trial

Franz Kafka

The Big Short

The Big Short

Michael Lewis

The Gift of Fear

The Gift of Fear

Gavin De Becker

Debt

Debt

David Graeber

Maverick

Maverick

Ricardo Semler

The Origins of Political Order

The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus

Thirst

Thirst

Scott Harrison

Dreamland

Dreamland

Sam Quinones

How to Break Up With Your Phone

How to Break Up With Your Phone

Catherine Price

The Examined Life

The Examined Life

Stephen Grosz

Political Order and Political Decay

Political Order and Political Decay

Francis Fukuyama

Punished by Rewards

Punished by Rewards

Alfie Kohn

The Age of Absurdity

The Age of Absurdity

Michael Foley

The Myth of the Spoiled Child

The Myth of the Spoiled Child

Alfie Kohn

Understanding Exposure

Understanding Exposure

Bryan Peterson

Are Your Lights On?

Are Your Lights On?

Donald C. Gause & Gerald M. Weinberg

Domain-Driven Design

Domain-Driven Design

Eric Evans

Escape from Freedom

Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm

Finding Flow

Finding Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Martin Fowler

Refactoring

Refactoring

Martin Fowler

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

Kent Beck

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Jaron Lanier

The New Tsar

The New Tsar

Steven Lee Myers

The Self-Driven Child

The Self-Driven Child

William Stixrud & Ned Johnson

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I would continuously search for new ideas. I read every book and magazine I could. Heck, 3 bucks for a magazine, 20 bucks for a book. One good idea that led to a customer or solution and it paid for itself many times over.

— Mark Cuban