I put together a collection of audiobooks that get mentioned whenever the discussion turns to “reading”.
Unfortunately there aren’t many books about code, but there are some for the infosec crowd and even more for those with an entrepreneurial bent.
Code
I could only find one true “coding” book, but it’s a start!
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Dreaming in Code
There are a lot of great technical podcasts but many are language specifics so I’ll skip for now. I would love to hear any suggestions you may have!
Fiction
These books keep coming up amongst programmers. There are two Neil Stephenson books here because, yes, they are that good!
I was torn on whether to include 1984 in the security section 🙂
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Daemon
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Neuromancer
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Snow Crash
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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Cryptonomicon
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1984
Security
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Liars and Outliers
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Schneier On Security
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Cypherpunks
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Art Of Deception
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America The Vulnerable
Bonus: Security Podcasts
Entrepreneurship / Business
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Tribes
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Rework
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Here Comes Everybody
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The Lean Startup
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Good to Great
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Delivering Happiness
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Design of Every Day Things
Go Do!
Bonus: Entrepreneurship/Business Podcasts
Miscellaneous Audiobooks
Miscellaneous audiobooks that programmers seem to be attracted to. I’ve seen lots of blog/forum posts over the years that keep coming back to these books.
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Freakonomics
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Getting Things Done
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Outliers
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Elements of Style
Bonus: Miscellaneous Podcasts
Wishlist
Books I wish were on audible, and I think would translate well.
- Joel on Software
- More Joel on Software
- Mythical Man Month
- PeopleWare
- The Phoenix Project
- The Pragmatic Programmer
- Code Complete 2
- The 4-Hour Work Week
So tell me, what am I missing?