books

some i've thoroughly enjoyed, for one reason or another

• Clark, John Drury -- Ignition
• Coupland, Douglas -- Microserfs
• Dostoevsky, Fyodor -- Crime and Punishment
• Epictetus -- The Art of Living
• Hamming, Richard -- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
• Heinlein, Robert A. -- Starship Troopers
• Herbert, Frank -- Dune Series (particularly God Emperor)
• Herbert, Frank -- Whipping Star
• Higginbotham, Adam -- Challenger
• Huxley, Aldous -- Brave New World
• Kranz, Gene -- Failure is not an Option
• Krepinevich, Andrew F. -- The Origins of Victory
• Michener, James A. -- Space
• Orwell, George -- 1984
• Petroski, Henry -- To Engineer is Human
• Rand, Ayn -- Atlas Shrugged
• Rich, Ben -- Skunk Works
• Rippetoe, Mark -- Strong Enough?
• Robinson, Kim Stanley -- Mars Trilogy
• Sagan, Carl -- Pale Blue Dot
• Stephenson, Neal -- Seveneves
• Thiel, Peter -- Zero to One
• Wang, Dan -- Breakneck