July 21, 2019
, Last updated on Dec 17, 2024
I ❤️️ reading books and so far have read about
112 books
Programming - language agnostic
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andy Hunt
- Code Complete 2 by Steve McConnell
- Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C.
Martin
- The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers by
Robert C. Martin
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler
-
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change by Kent Beck
Programming
- Fullstack React: The Complete Guide to ReactJS and Friends by Anthony
Accomazzo - My notes
- Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke - My notes
- Natural Language Processing with Python by Steven Bird
- Dive Into Python 3 by Mark Pilgrim
- Effective Java by Joshua Bloch
- Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist by Allen B.
Downey
- JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford
- Head First JavaScript by Michael Morrison
- Head First Java by Kathy Sierra
- Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth Robson
- Head First jQuery by Ryan Benedetti
- Head First PHP & MySQL by Lynn Beighley, Michael Morrison
- Head First JSP & Servlets by Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
- Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen
- JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov
Work
-
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for
Work You Love by Cal Newport
-
The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development by Chad Fowler
- What The Heck Do I Do With My Life by Ravi Venkatesan - My
notes
- Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact by Liz Wiseman - My notes
Fiction - Tamil
- பொன்னியின் செல்வன் - புது வெள்ளம் (Ponniyin Selvan, #1) by Kalki
- பொன்னியின் செல்வன் - சுழற்காற்று (Ponniyin Selvan, #2) by Kalki
- பொன்னியின் செல்வன் - கொலை வாள் (Ponniyin Selvan, #3) by Kalki
- பொன்னியின் செல்வன் - மணிமகுடம் (Ponniyin Selvan, #4) by Kalki
- பொன்னியின் செல்வன் - தியாகச் சிகரம் (Ponniyin Selvan, #5) by Kalki
- பார்த்திபன் கனவு (Parthiban Kanavu) by Kalki
- வீரயுக நாயகன் வேள்பாரி, பாகம் 1 by Su. Venkatesan
- வீரயுக நாயகன் வேள்பாரி, பாகம் 2 by Su. Venkatesan
Fiction - English
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand - highlights
- The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
- The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi
- The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi
- The 3 Mistakes of My Life by Chetan Bhagat
- Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat
- 2 States: The Story of My Marriage by Chetan Bhagat
- The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho
- Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho
Personal Finance
- அள்ள அள்ளப் பணம் 1 பங்குச்சந்தை அடிப்படைகள் (Alla Alla Panam #1:
Basics) by Soma Valliappan
- அள்ள அள்ளப் பணம் 2 அனாலிசிஸ் (Alla Alla Panam #2: Ananlysis) by Soma
Valliappan
- அள்ள அள்ளப் பணம் 3 பியூசர்ஸ் & ஆப்ஷன் (Alla Alla Panam #3: Futures and
Options) by Soma Valliappan
- அள்ள அள்ளப் பணம் 4 போர்ட்ஃபோலியோ முதலீடுகள் (Alla Alla Panam #4:
Portfolio invesments) by Soma
Valliappan
- Coffee Can Investing: The Low Risk Road to Stupendous Wealth by
Saurabh Mukherjea
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
-
The Richest Man In Babylon by George S. Clason
-
Masterclass with Super-Investors by Vishal Mittal
-
Fooled By Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - highlights
-
Gamechanger: Forget Start-ups, Join Corporate and Still Live the Rich Life you want by M Pattabiraman &
Pranav Surya
- Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways to Save Money and Build Your Wealth by Nick Maggiulli
- Rich Dad and Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki - My notes
- The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns by Mohnish Pabrai
- The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham - My notes
Biographies
- இன்ஃபோசிஸ் நாராயணமூர்த்தி: ரூபாய் பத்தாயிரம், பத்தாயிரம் கோடி ஆன கதை
by N. Chokkan
- அஸிம் ப்ரேம்ஜி: கம்ப்யூட்டர்ஜி by N. Chokkan
- அம்பானி ஒரு வெற்றிக்கதை by N. Chokkan
- முகேஷ் அம்பானி by N. Chokkan
- அனில் அம்பானி by N. Chokkan
- பில் கேட்ஸ்: சாஃப்ட்வேர் சுல்தான் by N. Chokkan
- லஷ்மி மிட்டல்: இரும்புக்கை மாயாவி by N. Chokkan
- ரத்தன் டாடா by N Chokkan
- ஏர்டெல் (சுனில் பார்தி) மிட்டல்: பேசு! by N. Chokkan
- ரிச்சர்ட் ப்ரான்ஸன்: 'டோண்ட் கேர்' மாஸ்டர் by N. Chokkan
- வாரன் பஃபட் பணக் கடவுள் (Warren Buffett: Panak Kadavul) by Chellamuthu
Kuppusamy
- யூதர்கள் வரலாறும் வாழ்க்கையும் by Mugil
- Business Maharajas by Gita Piramal
- Brother Bakht Singh of India: an Account of Twentieth Century
Apostolic Revival by T.E. Koshy
- The Steve Jobs Way by Jay Elliot
Design
- Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web
Usability by Steve Krug
- Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan, Steve Schoger
Classics
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Branding/Marketing
- Sell: The Art, The Science, The Witchcraft by Subroto
Bagchi - My notes
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate
Them at Your Own Risk by Al Ries
- Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth
Godin
- Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
Start ups
- The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation
to Create Radically Successful
Businesses by Eric Ries
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter
Thiel
- Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup by
Rob Walling
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are
No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
Life/Philosophy
- Life Without Principle by Henry David
Thoreau - My notes
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - My notes
- The First Step is the Last Step by Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion by Derek Sivers
- How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett
- Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin
- The Daily Dad by Ryan Holiday - Quotes, hightlights
- How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
Self help
- வெற்றி வேண்டுமெனில் (Vetri Vendumenil) by Balakumaran
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal
Newport
- Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More
Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
- Atomic Habits by James Clear - My
notes
- Hell Yeah or No: what's worth doing by Derek Sivers
- No Limits: The Art and Science of High Performance by Mukesh Bansal
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams
Business/Company/Culture
- Your Music and People: creative and considerate fame by Derek
Sivers
- 20 Years of KDE: Past, Present and Future by Lydia Pintscher
- Rework by Jason Fried
- Remote: Office Not Required by David Heinemeier Hansson
- Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra - My notes
- The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology
Success of Our Time by David A.
Vise
- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion,
and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
- Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet
by Charles Arthur
- HDFC Bank 2.0 by Tamal Bandyopadhyay
Health/Nutrition
- Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan
Productivity
- Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte - My notes
History
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Others
- Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray