2026 Reading Challenge

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Thinking In Systems by Donella H. MeadowsThe Systems View of Life by Fritjof CapraSystems Thinking For Social Change by David Peter StrohThe Fifth Discipline by Peter M. SengeThe Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows
Systems Thinking
51 books — 16 voters
Thinking in Systems by Donella H. MeadowsThe Fifth Discipline by Peter M. SengeSystems Thinkers by Magnus RamageThe Systems View of Life by Fritjof CapraScale by Geoffrey B. West
Thinking on Systems Thinking
52 books — 12 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterChaos by James GleickThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Information by James Gleick
Complexity
161 books — 164 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
farnam street blog recommendations
74 books — 4 voters

Stoner by John WilliamsBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy2666 by Roberto BolañoButcher's Crossing by John WilliamsMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Hip Opinions
313 books — 115 voters
The C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanIntroduction to the Theory of Computation by Michael SipserGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBook of Proof by Richard HammackStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson
Computer Science essentials
17 books — 2 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
Best Books About Mathematics
449 books — 667 voters
Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin KleppmannClean Code by Robert C. MartinThe Pragmatic Programmer by Andy HuntDesign Patterns by Erich GammaEffective Java by Joshua Bloch
Required reading for software development professionals
69 books — 88 voters

Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanThe Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald Ervin KnuthDesign Patterns by Erich Gamma
Essential Books of Computer Science
201 books — 322 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
519 books — 584 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,783 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 360 voters