Books I’ve read, loosely grouped by year. Heavy Kindle reader, always open to recommendations.

2026

Investing
The Fairfax Way: Inside Prem Watsa's Secret to Lasting Success by David Thomas
University of Berkshire Hathaway by Daniel Pecaut & Corey Wrenn
AI & Engineering
Inference Engineering by Philip Kiely (Baseten)
Non-Fiction
Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows

2025

Personal Development & Finance
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit by Seth Godin
The Interpretation of Financial Statements by Benjamin Graham
Stocks To Riches by Parag Parikh
The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel
Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson

2024

Security & Programming
Building a Large Language Model from Scratch by Sebastian Raschka
Building Interpreter from Scratch
Serious Cryptography by Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Crypto Dictionary by Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom
LLVM Cookbook by Mayur Pandey
Non-Fiction
Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams
சிம்மாசன சீக்ரெட் by V. Iraianbu
Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
Personal Finance
Mastering the Market Cycle by Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks
Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin
Millionaire's Fastlane by MJ DeMarco
Dhandho Investor by Mohnish Pabrai

2023

Security & Programming
The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications by Michal Zalewski
JavaScript for Hackers by Gareth Heyes
Not With A Bug, But With A Sticker by Ram Shankar Siva Kumar
Writing An Interpreter In Go by Thorsten Ball
Non-Fiction & Business
Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles T. Munger
The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz
Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor