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She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

A Fish Has No Word for Water by Violet Blue

Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such …

Staff Engineer's Path by Tanya Reilly

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for …

Das Totenschiff by B. Traven (Werkausgabe / B. Traven -- Bd. 1)

The Death Ship (German title: Das Totenschiff) is a novel by the pseudonymous author known as B. Traven. Originally published …

Heavy : An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant …

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying …

Hunger by Roxane Gay

“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. …

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain, McNeil, Legs/ McCain, Gillian

A contemporary classic, Please Kill Me is the definitive oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements. Iggy …

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. …

The Art of War by Sunzi

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on …