This is my bookshelf. Not completed because I am lazy to type all here. I put up here for some books that inspired me. Books I particularly liked preceded with **, substantially above average with *.

• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! **

• What Do You Care What Other People Think? **

  These 2 books are so good when you‘re in university studying physics, but do not really know why we study physics. I skipped the classes but felt guilty, so I went to library to find some books related to physics. Then OMG, this man is really interesting and gave me motivations to study physics. Well, I studied enough to pass physics, electromagnetic, ... but I remember nothing.

• Hackers and Painters**

  First time I read it when I was 19. I just got my first salary from making scallion pancakes ($3 per hour), I bought a collins English dictionary ($40!!) along with this book because the stories of first chapter reasonates with me. I read it and a seed of programming planted into my heart.

• Rework**

  I was in a terrible job and this book made me realized and quit that job.

• Remote

  I was in another terrible job (commuting) and this book made me quit and find a remote job.

• The Little Schemer

  The Q&A style to teach programming is nothing I‘ve ever seen. And this book is written for non-tech people like me!

• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

  I read in 2015-ish. I discovered this when I was checking out Japan Society NYC‘s YouTube channel. This becomes my guideline to buy things carefully and throw away things easily.

• Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

  I was into Netflix‘s culture deck and bought this book to learn more.

• Three body problem

  Sci-fi recommended by a friend. You will finish in one day because it is so fascinated...

• The Design of Everyday Things

• High Output Management

• The Element of Style

  My habit of apply ‘s from users‘s came from here.

• Anything you want

  Derek Siver‘s reluctant entrepreneurial stories.

• Let My People Go Surfing

  If you have to wait to go surfing on Satuday 3pm, then you‘re a loser.

  Patagonia!!

• A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation

  Probably my first book of intro to programming! I finished all exercises on paper and pen in a library of one hot summer.

• Pragmatic Programmer

• Permanent Record

  I like the Mario metaphor that there is no going back in time.

• NO HARD FEELINGS**

  Can I say this is probably the best onboarding book go into work at a giant tech company?

• Just For Fun

  A short book by Linus to know more about the stories behind creating Linux.

For Magzines. For Chinese books recommendation.

At this point of life, I only read tech / tech related books. I would like to read something else. Please send me your recommendations!

Hey some books are so bad but you...

Books I marked ** maybe the worst book to you, because I read in the time I most needed and got inspired. A book needs to read by you at the right time. Other people‘s best books maybe worst book of yours, because you already read other good ones.

I want to like reading

Velocity of being is perfect for you.

Where to find good books to read?

• Podcast often talks about books
• Brainpickings by Maria Popova
• Follow people who read on Twitter
• A good book leads you to another one
• Conference talks often recommend books
• Find out what your friends are reading

Other recommendations:

• Patrick Collison‘s Bookshelf
• 297 books by Brandur Leach
• Books I’ve read by Derek Sivers
• Books which have influenced me most by Tyler Cowen
• This twitter thread

Books I bought but haven‘t finished

• Scheme and the Art of Programming
• How to win friends and influence people

Wishlist

• Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
• I am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter
• Life: A User‘s Manual by Georges Perec
• Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
• The Soul of A New Machine
• Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
• Developer Hegemony

If you would like to be an angel of my life, my wish list.

Recommend by friends

• Ted Chiang
• Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell

Failed to read

• SICP (never made it to chapter 4)
• G.E.B.