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Reads #

I love to read and even more to talk about books. It’s always a pleasure to (accidentally) find someone who has read the same books and talk with him or her about their perspective of the written down. I also love to get reading recommendations and this page is a reminder for me which books I want and need to read, a starting point for discussions and maybe an inspiration for you.

“Long days and pleasant nights.” - Roland Deschain

Pile of Shame #

Fiction #

  • Liu, C. (2021). Death’s End.

Professional #

  • Calavera, D. & Fontana, L. (2019). Linux Observability With BPF: Advanced Programming for Performance Analysis and Networking.
  • Beck, D. & Cowan, C. (2005). Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change.
  • Rice, L. (2020). Container Security: Fundamental Technology Concepts That Protect Containerized Applications.
  • Larson, W. (2021). Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track.
  • Larson, W. (2019). An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management.

Pile of Honor #

Fiction #

  • Alam, R. (2020). Leave the World Behind.
  • Atwood, M. (1985). The Handmaid’s Tale: A Novel.
  • Beck, Z. (2023). Memoria.
  • Boyle, T. C. (2016). The Terranauts.
  • Brown, D. (2009). The Lost Symbol.
  • Camus, A. (1947). The Plague.
  • Dick, P. K. (1965). Dr. Bloodmoney Or, How We Got Along After the Bomb.
  • Dostoevsky, F. M. (1848). White Nights.
  • Eggers, D. (2013). The Circle.
  • El Akkad, O. (2017). American War.
  • Elsberg, M. (2012). Blackout.
  • Fitzgerald, S. (1925). The Great Gatsby.
  • Fitzek, S. (2008). Der Seelenbrecher.
  • Fitzek, S. (2013). Der Nachtwandler.
  • Fitzek, S. (2015). Passagier 23.
  • Fitzek, S. (2017). AchtNacht.
  • Gerritsen, T. (2003). The Sinner.
  • Gerritsen, T. (2010). Totengrund.
  • Gibson, W. (1984). Neuromancer.
  • Grey, S. L. (2016). Under Ground
  • Glukhovsky, D. (2002). Metro 2033.
  • Glukhovsky, D. (2009). Metro 2034.
  • Glukhovsky, D. (2015). Metro 2035.
  • Haig, M. (2020). The Midnight Library.
  • Hemingway, E. (1927). A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.
  • Hemingway, E. (1927). The Killers.
  • Hemingway, E. (1936). The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
  • Hemingway, E. (1952). The Old Man and the Sea.
  • Hillenbrand, T. (2014). Drohnenland.
  • King, S. (1974). Carrie.
  • King, S. (1982). Different Seasons.
  • King, S. (1982). The Gunslinger.
  • King, S. (1987). The Drawing of the Three.
  • King, S. (1991). The Waste Lands.
  • King, S. (1997). Wizard and Glass.
  • King, S. (2003). The Wolves of the Calla.
  • King, S. (2004). Song of Susannah.
  • King, S. (2004). The Dark Tower.
  • King, S. (2008). Duma Key.
  • King, S. (2011). 11/22/63.
  • King, S. (2012). The Wind Through the Keyhole.
  • King, S. (2013). Joyland.
  • King, S. (2019). The Institute.
  • Kling, M. (2024). Views.
  • Lem, S. (1961). Solaris.
  • Liu, C. (2017). Spiegel.
  • Liu, C. (2014). The Three-Body Problem.
  • Liu, C. (2015). The Dark Forest.
  • Lovecraft, H. P. (2015). Horror Stories.
  • McCarthy, C. (2006). The Road.
  • McEuen, P. (2010). Spiral.
  • Meloy, M. (2017). Do not become alarmed.
  • Orwell, G. (1949). 1984.
  • Oskari, T. (2023). Roihu.
  • Palahniuk, C. (1996). Fight Club.
  • Peace, D. (2007). Tokyo Year Zero.
  • Preston, D. (2014). The Kraken Project.
  • Rekulak, J. (2022). Hidden Pictures.
  • Remarque, E. M. (2014). All Quiet on the Western Front.
  • Schenkel, A. M. (2006). Tannöd.
  • Schätzing, F. (2004). Der Schwarm.
  • Sigurðardóttir, Y. (2012). I Remember You.
  • Slater. S. (2022). Auld Acquaintance.
  • Stephenson, N. (1992). Snow Crash.
  • Strunk, H. (2016). Der goldene Handschuh.
  • St. James, S. (2020). The Sun Down Motel.
  • Tsu, M. (2021). The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu.
  • Walker, A. J. (2014). The End of the World Running Club.
  • Wells, D. (2012). The Hollow City.
  • Weir, A. (2021). Project Hail Mary.
  • von Dürenmatt, F. (1951). Der Richter und sein Henker.
  • von Schirach, F. (2013). Tabu.

Non-Fiction #

  • Acemoglu, D. & Robinson, J. A. (2013). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty.
  • Adams, S. (2013). How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.
  • Adorno, T. W. (2019). Aspekte des neuen Rechtsradikalismus.
  • Anderson, C. (2016). TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking: Tips and tricks for giving unforgettable speeches and presentations.
  • Boaz, D. (2015). The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom.
  • Butler, E. (2017). Wie wir wurden, was wir sind: Einführung in den Klassischen Liberalismus.
  • Carreyrou, J. (2019). Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup.
  • Chomsky, N. (2016). Who Rules the World?.
  • Desmond, M. (2023). Poverty, by America.
  • Dobelli, R. (2014). The Art of Thinking Clearly.
  • Dündar, C. Tut was! / Bir şey yap!: Plädoyer für eine aktive Demokratie.
  • Erikson, T. (2019). Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life).
  • Fisher, R. & Ury, W. (2012). Getting to Yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in.
  • Fukuyama, F. (2018). Identity.
  • Galloway, S. (2017). The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
  • Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers: The Story of Success.
  • Graham, M. (2017). Epic Survival: Extreme Adventure, Stone Age Wisdom, and Lessons in Living From a Modern Hunter-Gatherer.
  • Greenblatt, S. (2018). Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics.
  • Greenspan, A. & Wooldridge, A. (2018). Capitalism in America: A History.
  • Greenwald, G. (2014). No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State.
  • Greffrath, M. (2017). RE: Das Kapital: Politische Ökonomie im 21. Jahrhundert.
  • Harari, Y. N. (2016). Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.
  • Hawking, S. (2013). Meine kurze Geschichte.
  • Herrmann, U. (2022). Das Ende des Kapitalismus: Warum Wachstum und Klimaschutz nicht vereinbar sind – und wie wir in Zukunft leben werden.
  • Higginbotham, A. (2019). Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster.
  • Holland, J. (1999). Emergence: From Chaos To Order.
  • Hornby, N. (1992). Fever Pitch.
  • Hübl, P. (2012). Folge dem weißen Kaninchen … in die Welt der Philosophie.
  • Isaacson, W. (2011). Steve Jobs.
  • Kahnemann, D. (2012). Thinking, Fast and Slow.
  • King, S. (2000). Das Leben und das Schreiben.
  • Kishimi, I. & Koga, F. (2018). The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness.
  • Koschorrek, G. K. (2009). Vergiss die Zeit der Dornen nicht: Ein Soldat der 24. Panzerdivision erlebt die sowjetische Front und den Kampf um Stalingrad.
  • Krakauer, J. (1997). Into Thin Air.
  • Kurz, C. & Rieger, F. (2018). Cyberwar – Die Gefahr aus dem Netz: Wer uns bedroht und wie wir uns wehren können.
  • Lammert, N. (2017). Wer vertritt das Volk? : Reden über unser Land.
  • Lanier, J. (2019). Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.
  • Le Bon, G. (2009). Psychology of Crowds.
  • Leiris, A. (2016). You Will Not Have My Hate.
  • Lüders, M. (2015). Wer den Wind sät: Was westliche Politik im Orient anrichtet.
  • Manson, M. (2016). The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life.
  • Mason, P. (2015). Postkapitalismus: Grundrisse einer kommenden Ökonomie.
  • Masters, B. & Thiel, P. (2014). Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future.
  • McNamara, M. (2019). I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.
  • Mitnick, K. D. (2011). Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker.
  • Müller, N. (2017). Ich bin mal eben wieder tod.
  • Münkler, H. & Münkler, M. (2016). Die neuen Deutschen: Ein Land vor seiner Zukunft.
  • Noah, T. (2017). Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.
  • Ormsby, E. (2020). Psycho.com.
  • O’Neill, C. (2016). Weapons of Math Destruction.
  • Perlroth, N. (2021). This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends.
  • Piketty, T. & Lorenzer, S. (2015). Die Schlacht um den Euro.
  • Piketty, T. (2014). Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
  • Pink, D. H. (2011). Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.
  • Precht, R. D. (2018). Jäger, Hirten, Kritiker: Eine Utopie für die digitale Gesellschaft.
  • Rosling, H., Rosling, O. & Rosling Rönnlund, A. (2018). Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think.
  • Saito, K. (2023). Slow Down. The Degrowth Manifesto.
  • Schreier, J. (2017). Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made.
  • Schreier, J. (2021). Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry.
  • Sinek, S. (2011). Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action.
  • Singh, S. (1999). The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography.
  • Smith, A. (2012). Wealth of Nations.
  • Snowden, E. (2019). Permanent Record.
  • Snyder, T. (2017). On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
  • Snyder, T. (2019). The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.
  • Soentgen, J. (2007). Selbstdenken!: 20 Praktiken der Philosophie.
  • Somers, B. (2018). Zusammen leben: Meine Rezepte gegen Kriminalität und Terror.
  • Spitz, M. (2017). Daten - das Öl des 21. Jahrhunderts? Nachhaltigkeit im digitalen Zeitalter.
  • Strunk, W., White, E. B. & Kalman, M. (2007). The Elements of Style.
  • Tapscott, D. & Tapscott, A. (2016). Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World.
  • Unsichtbares Komitee (2010). Der kommende Aufstand.
  • Vance, J. D. (2017). Hillbilly Elegie: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.
  • Wehre, M. (2017). Der Klügere denkt nach.
  • White, M. (2016). The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution.
  • Willemsen, R. (2016). Wer wir waren: Zukunftsrede.
  • Zuboff, S. (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power.
  • von Lucke, A. (2017). Die schwarze Republik und das Versagen der deutschen Linken.
  • von Schirach, F. & Kluge, A. (2017). Die Herzlichkeit der Vernunft.
  • von Schirach, F. (2014). Die Würde ist antastbar: Essays.
  • von Schirach, F. (2019). Kaffee und Zigaretten.
  • von Schirach, F. (2023). Regen.
  • Zetter, K. (2015). Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon.

Specialist Books #

  • Arkin, R. C. (1998). Behavior-Based Robotics.
  • Baldick, R. (2009). Applied Optimization: Formulation and Algorithms for Engineering Systems.
  • Bass, L., Kazman, R. & Clements, P. (1997). Software Architecture in Practice.
  • Bellifemine, F. L., Caire, G. & Greenwood, D. (2007). Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE.
  • Beyer, B., Jones, C., Petoff, J. & Murphy, N. R. (2016). Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems.
  • Bishop, C. M. (2007). Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning.
  • Burns, B., Beda, J. & Hightower, K. (2019). Kubernetes: Up and Running.
  • Davis, C. (2019). Cloud Native Patterns: Designing change-tolerant software.
  • DeMarco, T. & Lister, T. (1999). Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (2nd Edition).
  • Eckert, C. (2001). IT-Sicherheit.
  • Ferber, J. (1999). Multi-agent systems: An introduction to distributed artificial intelligence.
  • Forsgren, J. H. G. K. N. (2018). Accelerate.
  • Forshaw, J. (2017). Attacking Network Protocols: A Hacker’s Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation.
  • Ghallab, M., Traverso, P. & Nau, D. S. (2016). Automated Planning and Acting.
  • Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y. & Courville, A. (2016). Deep Learning.
  • Hastings, R. & Meyer, E. (2020). No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention.
  • Hohmann, L. (2003). Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions.
  • Humble, J. & Farley, D. (2010). Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation.
  • Junqueira, F. & Reed, B. (2013). Zookeeper: Distributed Process Coordination.
  • Kim, G., Humble, J., Debois, P. & Willis, A. The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations.
  • Kleppmann, M. (2017). Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems.
  • Lanzi, P. L. (2000). Learning Classifier Systems: From Foundations To Applications.
  • Lencioni, P. (2002). The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable.
  • Long, J. & Bastani, K. (2017) Cloud Native Java: Designing Resilient Systems With Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Cloud Foundry.
  • Martin, R. C. (2008). Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship.
  • Palino, T., Shapira, G. & Narkhede, N. (2017). Kafka: The Definitive Guide.
  • Patton, J. (2014). User Story Mapping.
  • Pfeifer, R. (1999). Understanding Intelligence.
  • Schneider, K. (2012). Abenteuer Softwarequalität: Grundlagen und Verfahren für Qualitätssicherung und Qualitätsmanagement.
  • Schneier, B. (2018). Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World.
  • Skelton, M., & Pais, M. (2019). Team topologies: Organizing business and technology teams for fast flow.
  • Sonmez, J. (2014). Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual.
  • Squirrel, D. & Fredrick, J. (2020). Agile Conversations: Transform Your Conversations, Transform Your Culture.
  • Strong, J. & Lancey, V. (2021). Kubernetes Networking: A Deep Dive: A Layered Approach.
  • Vossen, G., Haselmann, T. & Hoeren, T. (2012). Cloud-Computing für Unternehmen: Technische, wirtschaftliche, rechtliche und organisatorische Aspekte.
  • Weiß, G. & Jakob, R. (2004) Agentenorientierte Softwareentwicklung: Methoden und Tools.
  • Wooldridge, M. (2002). An Introduction to Multi-Agent Systems.
  • Many more during my studies.

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