A Stack of Good Books

Harry Potter and Methods of Rationality

aka HPMOR

by Eliezer S. Yudkowsky

fanfiction, but beats most fantasy books

13.5 lives of Captain Bluebear

(before he was a captain)

by Walter Moers

really good world building

The Goal

a buisness novel

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

stories are a really underrated way to teach

The Design Of Everyday Things

an introduction to design

by Don Norman

into to design

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

society is 100% belief

Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!

autobiography of Richard Feynman

by Richard Feynman

scientist getting into very funny situations

A Short History of Nearly Everything

An amusing history of science.

by Bill Bryson

a good popular science history book

Antimematic Division

There Is No Antimematic Division

by qntm

if you are tired of time travel, meet antimemes

The Royal Game

aka Schachnovelle

by Stefan Zweig

hidden gem, just like Perfume by Süskind

The Count of Monte Cristo

a well executed revenge

by Alexandre Duma

it is a good story

The Data Science Design Manual

data science guide

by Steven Skiena

one of the few programming books that work as hardcover

Momo

a story about stolen time

by Michael Ende

and then you notice the metaphor

Catch-22

satirical war novel

by Joseph Heller

everyone is crazy

Cryptonomicon

histocial fiction

by Neal Stephenson

a decent wrapper on a bunch of mundane computer facts