Codecademy Recommended Reading (42 books)

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1	The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 362,018 ratings score: 990, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 557,586 ratings score: 967, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Rework by Jason Fried 3.98 avg rating — 174,855 ratings score: 790, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 167,027 ratings score: 787, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 124,902 ratings score: 761, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 23,868 ratings score: 686, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 4.07 avg rating — 82,638 ratings score: 669, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World by Christopher Steiner 3.82 avg rating — 3,634 ratings score: 661, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger 3.98 avg rating — 32,918 ratings score: 487, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 26,281 ratings score: 479, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 4.01 avg rating — 15,010 ratings score: 477, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined by Salman Khan 4.33 avg rating — 4,642 ratings score: 470, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande 4.04 avg rating — 74,839 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data by Charles Wheelan 3.96 avg rating — 15,053 ratings score: 371, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins 4.12 avg rating — 288,350 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski 3.68 avg rating — 2,456 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age by Douglas Rushkoff (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 1,960 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 31,187 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy by Michael E. Porter (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 3,100 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing To 100 Million Users - And Losing $78 Million by Cliff Lerner (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 930 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Programming Pearls by Jon L. Bentley 4.20 avg rating — 3,217 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) by Robin Sloan (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 215,572 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Rare Find: How Great Talent Stands Out by George Anders (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 360 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Googled: The End of the World as We Know It by Ken Auletta 3.67 avg rating — 3,196 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts by Philip J. Kaplan 3.42 avg rating — 186 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work by Randall E. Stross 4.08 avg rating — 760 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg 3.95 avg rating — 268,609 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die by Eric Siegel (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 2,121 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now by Douglas Rushkoff (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 1,927 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0 by Sarah Lacy (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 581 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen 4.04 avg rating — 60,116 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster by Alistair Croll 4.10 avg rating — 8,200 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) by Brian W. Kernighan 4.12 avg rating — 1,937 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming by Peter Seibel 3.95 avg rating — 5,355 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents by Ellen Ullman 3.85 avg rating — 1,076 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel 4.15 avg rating — 393,642 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 4.19 avg rating — 858,713 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The E-myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber 4.07 avg rating — 95,996 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Creation: Life and How to Make It by Steve Grand 4.05 avg rating — 340 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston 4.03 avg rating — 37,793 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	ANSI Common Lisp by Paul Graham 4.11 avg rating — 474 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth by Eric M. Jackson 3.99 avg rating — 1,114 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars