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 Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

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

Drive

Drive

Daniel Pink

On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

Blue Ocean Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy

W. Chan Kim

The Stranger

The Stranger

Albert Camus

The Gift of Fear

The Gift of Fear

Gavin De Becker

The Big Short

The Big Short

Michael Lewis

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

Turn the Ship Around!

Turn the Ship Around!

L. David Marquet

The Trial

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Thirst

Thirst

Scott Harrison

Debt

Debt

David Graeber

The Examined Life

The Examined Life

Stephen Grosz

How to Break Up With Your Phone

How to Break Up With Your Phone

Catherine Price

Dreamland

Dreamland

Sam Quinones

Maverick

Maverick

Ricardo Semler

The Origins of Political Order

The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Jaron Lanier

Escape from Freedom

Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm

Refactoring

Refactoring

Martin Fowler

Are Your Lights On?

Are Your Lights On?

Donald C. Gause & Gerald M. Weinberg

Understanding Exposure

Understanding Exposure

Bryan Peterson

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Martin Fowler

The Age of Absurdity

The Age of Absurdity

Michael Foley

Finding Flow

Finding Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The New Tsar

The New Tsar

Steven Lee Myers

Political Order and Political Decay

Political Order and Political Decay

Francis Fukuyama

The Myth of the Spoiled Child

The Myth of the Spoiled Child

Alfie Kohn

Punished by Rewards

Punished by Rewards

Alfie Kohn

Domain-Driven Design

Domain-Driven Design

Eric Evans

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

Kent Beck

The Self-Driven Child

The Self-Driven Child

William Stixrud & Ned Johnson

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