A few recent reads — more to come. A mix of systems thinking, engineering craft, finance, and fiction.
Burton G. Malkiel
Required reading for anyone in financial planning. A clear-eyed tour of why the market is harder to beat than it looks, and why most people shouldn't try.
David Thomas & Andrew Hunt
The book I wish I'd had earlier. Less about syntax, more about the instincts and habits that separate engineers who ship reliable software from those who don't.
Donella H. Meadows
The book behind the spine of this whole site. If you only read one book about why things work the way they do — and why interventions so often backfire — this is the one.