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What are the last 3 books you read? 📚🤓

Sarthak Sharma on September 05, 2020

I'll go first. Here are my 3 recent-most reads: Indistractable - Well-researched insights complemented by some great anecdata from Nir Eyal. If ...
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Sibusiso Dlamini
  1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Utkarsh Talwar

Woohoo! You are indeed a cool code kid. XD

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Sibusiso Dlamini

Thanks 😂

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Sarthak Sharma

Potter head 🧙🏻

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Sibusiso Dlamini

You have no idea 😂

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Galdin Raphael
  1. Born a crime: stories from a South African childhood - Trevor Noah
  2. Designing Distributed Systems: Patterns and paradigms for scalable, reliable services - Brendan Burns.
  3. Flatland: A romance of many dimensions - Edwin A. Abbott.
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𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝 • Edited
  1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
  2. The Black Prism - Brent Weeks

I'm terrible for reading too many things at once.. in the last 6 months I think I've only finished the above two books! But I'm also reading:

  1. The Core - Peter V. Brett
  2. Mythos - Stephen Fry
  3. World War Z - Max Brooks
  4. Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve

Maybe this is why I have so many unfinished projects 🤔

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Utkarsh Talwar

I soooo wanna read the Mortal Engines sometime.

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𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝

It's good! Slightly different to the movie if you've seen that :)

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Sarthak Sharma

Wow 😮

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Lautaro Lobo

Hey I'll start WWZ this month :) did you like The Ballad of... ?

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𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝

I did!! The ending felt very rushed, and some parts in the middle dragged a bit, but overall it was entertaining :) "The Hunger Games" (i.e. book 1) is the best in the series by far.

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Max Ong Zong Bao • Edited

Nice I like Peter F Drucker cause he seems to me, more of the most sensible business professors that i came across. That doesn't throw you lots of weird business terms to you but draws from a good amount of stories and examples to show you how it is adopted like "The purpose of a business is to create a customer"

Back to my last 3 books I had completed:
1) Moscow Rules - How US won the code war by the CIA agents and technical officers stationed in Moscow by following these rules. Much like Gibson rules if you had watched NCIS through trial by fire in life or death situations.
2) The Phoenix Project - The organisation transformation story about Parts Unlimited on how they adopted a DevOps approach for delivering value to their customers and stakeholders.
3) The Obesity Code - Talks about the actual case studies and how we approach in losing weight. What we should adopt for our own lifestyle instead of just going on a diet & exercising.

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Srikanth

The Phoenix Project - This gave me an excuse to read at work. :D

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Max Ong Zong Bao

Hahaha yup you do

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Srikanth

Gardens of Moon - Steven Erikson

I liked this a lot. A wonderful cast of characters, full of epic moments, lots of intrigue and a pretty good setup to the rest of the series.

Unlike what some reviews suggested, I was pretty hooked very early on in the book and didn't really have any complaints about there writing.

For me at least, the plot had the right amount of delicious elements - intrigue, powerful characters i.e. Gods and Demigods, a never ending war, battle worn soldiers with names like Whiskeyjack and Kalam, an undead race, dragons. What else can I ask for?

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivkek Shanbag

It is a dark comedy based around a tight-knit family. As I was reading this book while trying to pretend to work from home, I grew increasingly uncomfortable more and more I got into the story.

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee

Fascinating read. It's full of real case studies of people suffering from really peculiar conditions and the authors do a wonderful job in distilling complex concepts into a very accessible book. To be honest I was out of depth in majority of the last chapter where discussions of consciousness, the self and free will were being explained. But nevertheless it did enough to quench my long standing curiosity of the workings of human brain.

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MovieMaker93

erikson is a genius.

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Srikanth

Indeed. I am looking forward to the rest of the series. Thankfully it is completed and I don't have to wait.

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Jean-Michel Plourde
  1. Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu : Je suis une maudite Sauvagesse - An Antane Capesh: a book about a native american woman telling how white settlers robbed their lands and stole everything.

  2. The Soul of a New Machine - Tracy Kidder: In the 70' Kidder witnessed engineers at Data General design and build a new 32-bit minicomputer in just one year. It describes this tumultuous adventure.

  3. Becoming - Michelle Obama: Biography of the first black FLOTUS. It describes her life and her adventures up to the point of entering office with Barack Obama.

I also have a Goodreads account, feel free to add me.

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Tobias Nickel

also

  1. peter druckers the effective executive,... for the second time.
    my favorit quote is: The greatest impact of the computer lies in its limitations, which will force us increasingly to make decisions, and above all, force middle managers to change from operators into executives and decision makers

  2. instant turnaround! by Harry Paukl and Ross Reck
    This is an absolute recommation, not only to learn how to do leadership a little better, but also to understand what organization you want to work for.

  3. A bunch of tiny books on accounting,, book keepung, economic numbers, controlling instruments.

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SJellen
  1. Burning Chrome by William Gibson
    "Fast moving short stories. Very engrossing book. All but two of the stories were very good. As prelude to Neuromancer, it made me want to read the next book as soon as possible."

  2. Mexico Set by Len Deighton
    "Really took off as compared to the first book. Bernard is out on a island after what happened with his wife. Some really scene that get you going. I'm not jumping into the third book just yet. "

  3. Berlin Game by Len Deighton
    "A lot of set-up. It's a really good book with a couple of good scene's. Thing's start to come together at the end to make you wanna read Mexico Set."

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Sarthak Sharma

Fiction ?

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Ben Duncan • Edited

I'm trying to improve my French reading, so I'm going through the Harry Potter series in French and taking breaks between each one by reading something in English. I never saw the movies or read past the 5th book in English, so I'm curious to see how it ends!

  1. Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé, J. K. Rowling translated by Jean-François Ménard
  2. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
  3. Harry Potter et l'Ordre du Phénix, J. K. Rowling translated by Jean-François Ménard
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Sarthak Sharma

Potter head 😅

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Utkarsh Talwar

There's a lot of us out here! 😆🧙🏼‍♂️

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Sandor Dargo

The last three books I read:

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Utkarsh Talwar

Nice list. I've read a lot of Ben's articles on Medium over the years. He makes a lot of sense. The book sounds like a good read!

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Sandor Dargo
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Utkarsh Talwar

Here are mine:

  1. Indistractable by Nir Eyal
  2. Fuck Your Feelings by Ryan Munsey
  3. Hooked by Nir Eyal
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Sarthak Sharma

Great Article BTW !! 😅

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Utkarsh Talwar

Thanks, bud! All those self-improvement discussions finally paid off haha

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Hussam Dehathim

Currently: Memories, Dreams, Reflections - C.G. Jung.

Before This Was:
1- Origin - Dan Brown.
2- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind.
3- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Greg McKeown.

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Chidiebere Ogujeiofor
  1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
  2. Little women by Louisa May Alcott
  3. The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
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Arva Naseer

What an insightful lineup of reads! Your choices reflect a diverse range of knowledge and wisdom. "Indistractable" seems like a treasure trove of practical advice, especially with the added workbook for actionable steps. Peter F. Drucker's "The Effective Executive" holds timeless truths, emphasizing the essence of self-management in effective leadership. As for "Principles: Life and Work," it's fantastic that it lived up to the hype, proving to be a timeless classic. Your succinct summaries and genuine enthusiasm make me eager to dive into these titles. Thanks for the recommendations, and I'll definitely be checking out the article by Utkarsh for some guidance on my next literary adventure! Happy reading! eComFist

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Shivam
  1. From Zero to One by Peter Thiel
  2. Start With Why
  3. No Easy Day
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Sarthak Sharma

Zero to One, Great book.

 
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Tobias Nickel

you are using here the tips of your second?😉

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C. Pure

I’m currently reading:

Creativity- Flow and the Philosophy of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Saga Volume 2

FukuFuku Kitten Tales 1&2

I love reading really intense nonfiction sprinkles with comics, manga and graphic novels. 😅

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Hassan

those be great! thanks for you offers :)

my 3 last books that i read those:

1 - Inside the machine by Jon Stockes
2 - Think Like a Programmer by V. Anton Spraul
3 - Thinking Skills by John Butterworth and Geoff Thwaites

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Hugertown

In fact, there are really a lot of good books and it's hard to say which ones are the best. But I do know that one of the best is of course Hysteria in the Crucible , as it is really a historical work that makes a tough description. Therefore I can say that click this site , therefore I personally recommend to read here the necessary essays and to learn a lot of new things for yourself concerning just this very work.

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Patryk Woziński
  1. „Programming Elixir 1.6” - Dave Thomas
  2. „The Black Swam” - Nachib Nicholas Taleb
  3. „High Performance Browser Networking” - Ilya Grigorik ✌🏻
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AshuK
  1. Man's search for meaning - Viktor Frankl
  2. The diary of a young girl - Anne Frank
  3. Mother of 1084 - Mahasweta Devi
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Jacko

I don’t even remember, it’s been so long...😳

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Sarthak Sharma

Now you have good reason to start 😅

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Melissa Prinz

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Melissa Prinz

I enjoy reading the boxes. And I've ticked a lot of boxes. I get information by reading boxes. And now I have made you drink this famous pure calamansi juice for sale. And I like it very well and nice.

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stella jones • Edited

Books should really be read by a person because from it we get to learn things that we have never learned before. I am impressed by your post, so I suggest you to try this essential hoodie as the latest fashion.

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Nitesh Sawant

• Soft skills : software developer life manual

• A million thoughts

• Tuesday with moorie

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Bhavin Sen

Lords of the Rings

  • The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Two Towers
  • The Return of the King
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Daniel Saki

Only one book: The CPP Workshop
And it's awesome!

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Sarthak Sharma

Woahh gotta check them out.

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Sarthak Sharma

A graphic novel ?

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Cristian Gherghel
  1. The undoing project - Michael Lewis
  2. Why we sleep - Matthew Walker
  3. Deep Work - Cal Newport
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kiranjd

4DX: The four disciplines of execution
The Clean Coder by Robert C. Martin
Everything is Fucked by Mark Mansion - Wouldn't recommend this

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JoelBonetR 🥇

100 Mathematics concepts
100 Physic concepts
100 Psychology concepts

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Lautaro Lobo

The Little Prince, Timeline by Crichton, and The Luckiest Day of Your Life (CYOA Series).

 
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Sarthak Sharma

Oh that’s nice

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Bagobo • Edited
  1. The noticer
  2. The alchemist
  3. The witch from portobello
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Sarthak Sharma

THE ALCHEMIST, One of my all-time favorite books.

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Rafael Heard
  1. The Hike: A Novel - Drew Magary
  2. Children of Virtue and Vengeance - Tomi Adeyemi
  3. The Postmortal - Drew Magary
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Andrew Baisden
  1. The universe has your back
  2. Gut
  3. Models
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Sarah Helen

YO CHECK THIS OUT!!! DRAKE SCARY HOURS