Discussion on: What books do you want to read next year?

[Sung M. Kim]

Technical Books

1. Automating with Node.js - To learn to create a cross-platform automation jobs.
2. Progressive Web Apps - A book mentioned by @jacoby. To learn how to provide a seemless offline native-feel application.
3. Accessibility for Everyone - A synergetic (buzzword ⚠) book with the PWA book.
4. Head First Design Patterns & Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture - To communicate effectively with other devs.
5. The Road to GraphQL - What's the deal with GraphQL?

Non-Fictions

1. How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digial Age - A revised version of, How to Win Friends and Influence People.
2. Homo Deus - A follow up of Sapiens, which discussed a history of "humans/sapiens". This sequel will provide an insight into where humanity is moving toward.
3. How Google Works - I read Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO) this year and wanted to learn about Google this time.
4. Principles by Ray Dalio - To understand philosophy behind one of the world's wealthiest person.

Fictions

1. Seveneves - Found it via Gate's notes, The Day the Moon Blew Up. Interesting 👍.
2. Children of Time - Dropped this book a quarter into it, but will read again.
3. The Sun Also Rises - Dropped after 10 pages as I was lost 😅 but will read again.