What's on your 2021 reading list?

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[Alvaro Montoro]

I'm halfway through 3 books:

• Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
• The First 90 Days, by Michael D. Watkins (a bit late 😓)
• Steal Like an Artist, by Austin Kleon

And in the backlog for 2021 (among others):

• Keep Going, by Austin Keon
• Limpieza de Sangre, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
• The Pragmatic Programmer, by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas (read part of it before, but will have to start from the beginning again)

That, and a TON of comic books and graphic novels (mainly "Something is killing the children")... but I don't know if those count.

[Shannon Crabill]

Every book I purchased in 2020 and still haven't read 😂

[Sdu]

Me included, that's about 14 books

[Simon Wicki]

Out of curiousity, does this delay your book reading process or is buying books more like a physical reading list?

[Sdu]

I actually bought eBooks, of which I think is the reason why I've had a tough time finishing a single one. Its so easy switching to another app when reading, and that is very distracting. I wish I had access to hard copies from my purchases or either a dedicated ereader

[Ashwin Hariharan]

These are on my list, I'm halfway through some of them:

1. A guide to spirituality without religion, by Sam Harris
2. The Industries of the Future, by Alec Ross
3. The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins
4. Head First Design Patterns
5. Refactor, by Martin Fowler

[Jonas Brømsø]

You got the new (2nd) edition of "Head First Design Patterns" ?

I have the 1st. edition on my bookshelf, considering upgrading it, since it is a book and topic you can always refresh.

If you need more pattern literature, "Design Patterns Explained" is recommendable.

[Michael Caveney]

I love the Head First series, I don't understand why they're not making new ones.

[Ashwin Hariharan]

Me too!

[Nihar Raote]

I love that series too! I learned Java from only reading Head First Java and practicing the code written in it.

[Brad]

I don't read novels as much as I used to as I find I end up staying up to late and not able to do much more than read. So my list currently consists of a single book:

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

I'm a hard sci-fi guy, and this is one of the "newer" options available that I keep hearing about. Been sitting on it for when I have a large chunk of time to read it. :)

I purposely didn't buy the sequels yet so I have to wait between reading them.

[Jonas Brømsø]

Just got this one for Christmas. Only fiction book on my list currently

[Michael Caveney]

My GoodReads total last year was 146, and while about a third of that was graphic novels, there were a lot of doorstops from Brandon Sanderson, Neal Stephenson, etc, so I'm aiming for shorter reading experiences this year. Top of my list right now is:

• Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby by Sandi Metz
• Refactoring by Martin Fowler
• The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth by Josh Levin
• Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

[Jonas Brømsø]

Nice list, I really need to consume "Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby" at some point

[Andriy Andruhovski]

• Bland, David and Osterwalder, Alexander. Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation.
• Jason Schreier. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
• Eric Freeman. Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

[Dominic Duffin]

These are some for the first part of 2021:

• Atomic Habits, by James Clear
• Your Next Government?, by Tom W Bell
• Samsung Rising, by Geoffrey Cain
• Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa, by Nwando Achebe
• Habitats, by Constance Rosenblum

[Jonas Brømsø]

Have heard a lot about "Atomic Habits", I think I need to check it out

[Madza]

Good list by @simonholdorf to kick this off 📚👍

[Simon Holdorf]

Thanks for the mention :)

[Anibal]

Hi !
I want to learn this year all that i could about security, bug bounty, hacking ...
I began yesterday a course in udemy , and when I finish i will begin to start reading books (that I already have) about it :)

[Stephanie S.]

1. Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
   by Clive Thompson

2. The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think

3. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

4. A Promised Land by Barack Obama

[Jonas Brømsø]

"Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson" is on my list too

[Sheila Gomes]

I've just started watching "The Expanse" TV series, and I always try to read the books behind the series I watch, which means I started reading "Leviathan Wakes" by James Corey (and only after discovered it's a collection of many titles, so maybe that'll be it for 2021 :D). But, in case I don't really like it, next on the list are: "The Book of Delights" by Ross Gay, "Nomadland" by Jessica Bruder, "The Tyranny of Merit" by Michael Sandel, "Between the World and me" by Ta-nehisi Coates, "The Refusal of Work" by David Frayne. It's always a growing list, that will probably change very soon, especially after I read all the comments in this discussion!

[Darshak Parikh]

• Free Will by Sam Harris
• Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham
• Purple Cow by Seth Godin
• A World Without Email (unreleased) by Cal Newport
• My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job (Pragmatic Programmers) by Chad Fowler

(That last one is just for fun. I am Indian. 😜️)

This list is for the first few months of the year. I’ll figure out the rest as I go.

[Maureen T'O]

Currently reading "How to Be An Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi and "My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies" by Resmaa Menakem

But will read:

"The Skin We're In" by Desmond Cole

"A Mind Spread Out On the Ground" by Alicia Elliott

"Moon of the Crusted Snow" by Waubgeshing Rice

"Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change" by Ellen Pao

and lastly, "Together" by Dr. Vivek Murthy!

[Glenn Stovall]

My tech/business specific list as of now:

• Ask Your Developer by Jeff Lawson
• Tech Humanist: How You Can Make Technology Better for Business and Better for Humans , Kate O' Neill
• The Collected Angers, Mike Monterio

[Sandor Dargo]

Some of the books I'm going to read this year:

• Skin in the game by Nassim Taleb
• Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe
• Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P. Feynman
• The Compleat Strategyst (Complete Strategist): Being A Primer On The Theory Of Games Of Strategy by J. D. Williams
• Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Right now I'm reading What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography by Bruce Dickinson which is not a bad book for those like Iron Maiden plus rock stars who can do more than partying around. I'm proofreading C++20 - Get The Details by Rainer Grimm - a great - and still improving - book if you want to learn more about C++20.