Barrin92
Book recommendations
7 books
Barrin92 · Dec 26, 2025
re-read The Mythical Man Month, probably more relevant than it ever was in an age of artifical man-hours added to projects.
Barrin92 · Dec 26, 2025
Robert Seacord Effective C, after not having written C in a long time. Really good intermediate level book for modern C.
Barrin92 · Dec 26, 2025
Shūsaku Endō, Silence. Book about a Jesuit mission in early Edo Japan. My favorite Japanese book in a long time.
Barrin92 · Dec 26, 2025
Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger. Among the best novellas I've ever read, very different in tone from most of his books.
Barrin92 · Dec 26, 2025
David Bentley Hart's All Things are Full of Gods, great book also very fun to read written as a Platonic dialogue.
Barrin92 · Dec 26, 2025
Bruno Maçães, World Builders. Good book on the impact of technology in geopolitics has been consistently interesting.