Books I Read In 2022
I am glad that I could touch upon a lot of genre this year. Here is a full list of books I read in 2022-
Technical Books
- Typescript in 50 lessons by Stefan Baumgartner
A huge book illustrating a lot of practical examples in typescript. The lessons are divided into seven chapters. The first three chapters are skippable if someone has basic knowledge on Typescript. I can’t say that I have read it cover to cover, most of the time I played around with the code and looked up explanations in the book and many times from other sources too, when got stuck.
- Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler
It is a productivity and career development book for software engineers. After reading this, one of the practices I follow is maintaining a Bug Journal, keeping a record of bugs and their possible solutions and revisiting them from time to time.
- Refactoring by Martin Fowler, Kent Back
Classic read, learned a ton and would highly recommend anyone working on a large system. All of the refactoring techniques mentioned in this book can be found in Refactoring Guru
- Calm Technology by Amber Case
This book is more geared towards people working in the Human-Computer Interaction field and IoT devices. Calm Technology is a set of principles based on integrating technology into our lives without letting technology take full control of our attention. Interesting concept but I found the book too theoretical and wish there were more scenarios explained for digital interfaces.
Science Fiction
- Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Probably the best book I read in 2022)
- Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
- Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- Summer Frost by Blake Crouch
Fiction
- When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar
- Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin
- The Lottery And Other Short Stories by Shirley Jackson
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
- The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Non Fiction
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
- Peak by K. Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
- No Rules Rules by Erin Meyer and Reed Hastings
- The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman
Memoir
- We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
Graphic Novels
- Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
- Coraline by P. Craig Russell(Illustrator), Neil Gaiman
- Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
- Cicada by Shaun Tan
- Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Anderson
- In Love & Pajamas by Catana Chetwynd
Favorite quotes-
Some humans theorize that intelligent species go extinct before they can expand into outer space. If they’re correct, then the hush of the night sky is the silence of a graveyard - Exhalation
For a mind to even approach its full potential, it needs cultivation by other minds. - Stories of your life and others
'If you think about something for long enough,' she explained, 'more than likely, that thing will happen' - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
When stupid ideas work, they become genius ideas. - Hail Mary
Don't take yourself too seriously. You’re just a monkey with a plan - The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Generally speaking, meaningful positive feedback is one of the crucial factors in maintaining motivation. - Peak
Specific knowledge is knowledge you cannot be trained for. If society can train you, it can train someone else and replace you - The Almanack of Naval Ravikant