Bookshelf

A selection of books that stand out, and that had a formative impact on me. Listed in no particular order.

If you have recommendations for books that could end up on this list, please drop me a message @nvartolomei.

Personal development

• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
• How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
• The Prince
• The Meditations
• On the Shortness of Life
• The Infinite Game
• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals¹

Communication

• On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

Computing

• Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
• Specifying Systems: The TLA+ Language and Tools for Hardware and Software Engineers
• Modern Operating Systems
• Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
• Computer Networks
• Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud
• Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action
• Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques

Psychology

• Thinking, Fast and Slow²

Finance and Economics

• Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
• Principles of Economics