Must Reads from hack.summit() 2016

During the 2016 hack.summit(), one of the most frequently asked questions to our speakers was what books they would recommend for programmers looking to build their own skills. Naturally, we received some terrific suggestions that we wanted to share with you here…

• Structured Programming by Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
• The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth
• Design Patterns by Erich Gamma
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman
• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
• Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works by Ash Maurya
• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler
• Defeat into Victory by Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim
• Information Doesn’t Want to be Free by Cory Doctorow

As a bonus, check out the books written by some of our hack.summit() speakers themselves:

• Kent Beck’s Amazon Library (10 titles)
• Dr. Bob Martin’s Amazon Library (7 titles)
• David Heinemeier Hansson’s Amazon Library (4 titles)
• Joel Spolsky’s Amazon Library (4 titles)
• Learning React Native by Bonnie Eisenman
• Big Data: Principles and best practices of scalable realtime data systems by Nathan Marz and James Warren
• POJOs in Action: Developing Enterprise Applications with Lightweight Frameworks by Chris Richardson
• jQuery in Action by Yehuda Katz
• Hire Fast & Build Things: How to recruit and manage a top-notch team of distributed engineers by Stephane Kasriel
• Domain Specific Languages by Rebecca Parsons

Have any suggestions of your own? Share them in the comments.

If you missed the 2016 hack.summit() or want to re-watch your favorite sessions, tune in here.