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

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Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

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The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

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Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

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1984

1984

George Orwell

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The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

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Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

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Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

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The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

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On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

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The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

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The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

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A Guide to the Good Life

A Guide to the Good Life

William B. Irvine

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The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

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On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

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Blue Ocean Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy

W. Chan Kim

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Drive

Drive

Daniel Pink

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The Gift of Fear

The Gift of Fear

Gavin De Becker

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Turn the Ship Around!

Turn the Ship Around!

L. David Marquet

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

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The Trial

The Trial

Franz Kafka

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The Big Short

The Big Short

Michael Lewis

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Debt

Debt

David Graeber

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Thirst

Thirst

Scott Harrison

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Maverick

Maverick

Ricardo Semler

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The Origins of Political Order

The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

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The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus

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Dreamland

Dreamland

Sam Quinones

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How to Break Up With Your Phone

How to Break Up With Your Phone

Catherine Price

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The Examined Life

The Examined Life

Stephen Grosz

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Political Order and Political Decay

Political Order and Political Decay

Francis Fukuyama

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Punished by Rewards

Punished by Rewards

Alfie Kohn

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The Age of Absurdity

The Age of Absurdity

Michael Foley

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The Myth of the Spoiled Child

The Myth of the Spoiled Child

Alfie Kohn

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Understanding Exposure

Understanding Exposure

Bryan Peterson

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Are Your Lights On?

Are Your Lights On?

Donald C. Gause & Gerald M. Weinberg

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Domain-Driven Design

Domain-Driven Design

Eric Evans

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Escape from Freedom

Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm

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Finding Flow

Finding Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Martin Fowler

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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

Kent Beck

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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Jaron Lanier

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The New Tsar

The New Tsar

Steven Lee Myers

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The Self-Driven Child

The Self-Driven Child

William Stixrud & Ned Johnson

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Refactoring

Refactoring

Martin Fowler

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Books written by David Heinemeier Hansson

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Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

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Remote

Remote

David Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried

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I'm reading so much and exposing myself to so many new ideas. It almost feels like the chemistry and the structure of my brain is changing so rapidly sometimes.

Emma Watson