Favorite Audio and E-Books

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These are not in a particular order of preference. Yes - I have read/listened to these and more :)

Favorite Audiobooks

I listen to books on long trips in the evening when I need a break from screens. This is a list of some of the books in the audiobook collection, with more than 200 books. I also own many of these in e-books of physical form.

Favorite Non-Fiction

• The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution By Walter Isaacson
• The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt , Jeff Cox
• The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
• Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: 25th Anniversary Edition By: Steven Levy
• Chip War: The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology By: Chris Miller
• The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything By: Stephen M. R. Covey
• Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere By: Tsedal Neeley
• The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture By: Brian Dear
• Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race By: Margot Lee Shetterly
• The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind and Changed the History of Free Speech in America By: Thomas Healy

Theory of Constraints - DevOps - Team Development

Read these to gain some critical in-depth understanding of how to manage work, learn to organize and support your team and then think about how to develop new ways of thinking about the day-to-day operations of a complex enterprise environment. I recommend the order below

1. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable By: Patrick Lencioni
2. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
3. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt , Jeff Cox
4. The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data By: Gene Kim

Favorite Historical Narratives on Technology

• The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution By: Walter Isaacson
• Steve Jobs By: Walter Isaacson
• Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything By: Steven Levy
• Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet By: Katie Hafner , Matthew Lyon
• When Computing Got Personal: A History of the Desktop Computer By: Matt Nicholson
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: 25th Anniversary Edition By: Steven Levy
• The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II By: Denise Kiernan
• The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution By: T.R. Reid
• Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer By: Michael Swaine , Paul Freiberger

Favorite Fiction

1. A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel By: Amor Towles
2. The Lincoln Highway: A Novel By: Amor Towles
3. Rules of Civility: A Novel By: Amor Towles
4. The Martian Chronicles By: Ray Bradbury

Hacking Books

• The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage By: Cliff Stoll
• The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier By: Bruce Sterling
• Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World By: Joseph Menn
• Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the InternetBy: Joseph Menn
• American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road By: Nick Bilton
• Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"
• The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man By: Luke Harding
• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security By: Kevin Mitnick
• Permanent Record By: Edward Snowden
• Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker By: Kevin Mitnick , William L. Simon

Development Books

• The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition: Your Journey to Mastery By: David Thomas , Andrew Hunt
• C#: Learn C# FAST! The Ultimate Course Book (Beginners to Advanced) By: Gary Mitnick
• The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
• The Unicorn Project: A Novel About Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data By: Gene Kim

Professional Development

• The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything By: Stephen M. R. Covey
• Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere By: Tsedal Neeley
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change By: Stephen R. Covey
• The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt , Jeff Cox
• Leading from Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Managing Remote Teams By: David Burkus
• Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust & Get Extraordinary Results By: Judith E. Glaser
• Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work By: David Rock

Video Game History

• Replay: The History of Video Games By: Tristan Donovan , Richard Garriott
• Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation By: Blake J. Harris
• The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched Our Lives and Changed the World By: Steven Kent
• The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 1: From Pong to Pokemon and Beyond . . . The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World By: Steven L. Kent
• The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming By: Steven L. Kent

Fun Books / Recordings

• Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World By: Matt Parker

Currently Listening / Reading

• Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations By: Nicole Forsgren PhD , Jez Humble , Gene Kim

Books in my Queue

• How the Internet Happened By: Brian McCullough
• Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. By: Brené Brown
• ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
• Leading from Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Managing Remote Teams By: David Burkus
• The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations By: Gene Kim , Jez Humble , Patrick Debois , John Willis , Nicole Forsgren
• Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft By: Paul Allen
• Play Nice but Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader By: Michael Dell , James Kaplan