About reading books
I invest a significant part of my free time in reading to improve my skills, be aware of new technologies and ideas, and practice languages. I use GoodReads to log my book reading but keep it also here.
I wrote an explanation of my reading methodology; read it here.
Reading now
Last updated: Mon, Sep 04, 2023
This is what I’m reading now:
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
Matemáticas a lo grande (Mammoth Math): El mundo de los números explicado por mamuts (DK David Macaulay How Things Work) (Spanish Edition)
Sometimes you will see that I’m reading six books simultaneously. That is entirely normal, and it is because I read different kinds of books in different situations. I read before bed a novel in French or English. There will also be a couple of technical books, one for work and another to expand horizons. You will find, as well, an audiobook that I listen to on the go and a teens book that I read together with my son Pau at night. Exceptionally this year, I will be reading four graphic novels that Pau will recommend. You will find more in this post “On reading books”.
Read on 2023
Here are my reads so far this year!
32
English: 29
French: 1
Catalan: 1
Spanish: 1
Radical Candor
★★★★☆
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
★★★☆☆
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
★★★★☆
Période glaciaire (Musée du Louvre #1)
★★★☆☆
Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value
★★★★☆
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
★★★★☆
Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
★★★★☆
Built to Move: The Sunday Times Bestseller
★★★★☆
A Philosophy of Software Design
★★★★☆
Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy
★★★☆☆
Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
★★★★☆
It All Adds Up: The Story of People and Mathematics
★★★★★
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
★★★★★
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
★★★★☆
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
★★★★☆
The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
★★★★☆
The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance
★★★★☆
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
★★★★☆
Clean Agile: Back to Basics
★★★★★
Steve Jobs. La biografia il·lustrada
★★★☆☆
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
★★★★★
The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting
★★★★☆
The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
★★★★☆
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
★★★☆☆
Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety: A Complete Guide to Your Child's Stressed, Depressed, Expanded, Amazing Adolescence
★★★★☆
The Art of Seduction
★★☆☆☆
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
★★★★☆
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization
★★★★☆
The Midnight Library
★★★★★
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
★★★★☆
Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
★★★★☆
The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
★★★★☆
Read on 2022
49
English: 39
French: 2
Catalan: 4
Spanish: 4
Haikyû!!, vol. 2
☆☆☆☆☆
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
★★★☆☆
User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product
★★★★☆
Cryptography: The Key to Digital Security, How It Works, and Why It Matters
★★★★★
Jazz Maynard : UnaTrilogía Barcelonesa. (Jazz Maynard Integral, #1)
★★★★☆
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
★★★★★
Educar adolescents: Manual per viure sense conflictes amb els fills i ajudar-los a créixer
★★★★☆
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization
★★★★☆
Team Mastery: From Good to Great Agile Teamwork
★★★★☆
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
★★★★☆
It All Adds Up: The Story of People and Mathematics
★★★★★
Chanson douce
★★★★☆
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
★★★★☆
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
★★★☆☆
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach
★★★☆☆
Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
★★★★★
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
★★★★★
The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual
★★★★★
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
★★★☆☆
Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team Is Waiting for
★★★★★
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
★★★★★
Clean Agile: Back to Basics
★★★★★
Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
★★★★☆
Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
★★★★☆
Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
★★★★☆
Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age
★★★★☆
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
★★★☆☆
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
★★★★★
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
★★★★☆
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
★★★☆☆
The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
★★★★☆
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
★★★★★
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
★★★★☆
Brand New Boy
★★★★★
Haikyû!!, vol. 3
★★★★☆
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
★★★☆☆
Sooner Safer Happier: Patterns and Antipatterns for Organizational Agility
★★★★☆
Unlocking the Keto Code: The Revolutionary New Science of Keto That Offers More Benefits Without Deprivation (The Plant Paradox Book 7)
★★★☆☆
Agile Conversations: Transform Your Conversations, Transform Your Culture
★★☆☆☆
A Radical Enterprise: Pioneering the Future of High-Performing Organizations
★★★★★
Python Testing with Pytest: Simple, Rapid, Effective, and Scalable
★★☆☆☆
La vie est un roman
★★★★★
Basil, el ratolí superdetectiu
★★★☆☆
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
★★★★★
Super Learning: Advanced Strategies for Quicker Comprehension, Greater Retention, and Systematic Expertise
★★★☆☆
The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures
★★★★☆
Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
★★★★★
L'illa de Paidonèsia
★★★★☆
My Hero Academia 1 (My Hero Academia, #1)
★★★☆☆
Read on 2021
50
English: 37
French: 4
Catalan: 6
Spanish: 3
Nowhere Girl
★★★★☆
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
★★★★★
Haikyû!!, vol. 1)
★★★★☆
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
★★★☆☆
Le Petit Nicolas
★★★★☆
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
★★★★☆
The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance
★★★★★
Sarah (La Brigade des Cauchemars, #1)
★★★★☆
Vers la beauté
★★★★★
Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of US
★★★★☆
Hola, micos!
★★★☆☆
The Baltimore Boys
★★★★☆
The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement
★★★☆☆
Combine: Asynchronous Programming with Swift
★★★☆☆
SwiftUI by Tutorials
★★★☆☆
Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos
★★★☆☆
Brisca
★★★☆☆
Programming IOS 14
★★★★★
The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
★★★★☆
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
★★★★☆
Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story
★★★☆☆
El pianista cec
★★★★☆
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
★★★☆☆
The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
★★★☆☆
Teach Your Children Well: Why Values and Coping Skills Matter More Than Grades, Trophies, or "Fat Envelopes"
★★★★☆
Elemental, estimat Nano
★★☆☆☆
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
★★★★★
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
★★★★☆
Com escriure realment malament
★★★★☆
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
★★★★☆
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
★★★★☆
Mi vecino de abajo
★★★☆☆
The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life -- Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process
★★★★★
The Practice of Practice
★★★★★
Em venc la mare
★★★☆☆
The Future of Happiness: 5 Modern Strategies for Balancing Productivity and Well-Being in the Digital Era
★★★☆☆
Els Rebels de la cabanya
★★★☆☆
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
★★★★☆
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
★★★★☆
Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
★★★★☆
Super Sight-Reading Secrets: An Innovative, Step-By-Step Program for Musical Keyboard Players of All Levels
★★★☆☆
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
★★★★★
Ketones, The Fourth Fuel: Warburg to Krebs to Veech, the 250 Year Journey to Find the Fountain of Youth
★★★★☆
The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning
★★★★★
How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation
★★★★☆
The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues
★★★★☆
The Minimalist Way: Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy
★★★★☆
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
★★★★★
The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating
★★★★☆
No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career
★★★★★
Read on 2020
37
English: 35
Catalan: 1
Spanish: 1
My Dyslexia
★★★★☆
Tranquils i atents com una granota: La meditació per als nens...amb pares
★★★★☆
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
★★★★★
Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team Is Waiting for
★★★★★
The Mental Toughness Advantage: A 5-Step Program to Boost Your Resilience and Reach Your Goals
★★★★☆
Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health
★★★★★
Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded
★★★☆☆
Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
★★★★★
Atentos y contentos: Mindfulness para niños
★★★★☆
The Practice of Practice
★★★★★
The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance
★★★★☆
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
★★★★★
No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career
★★★★★
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
★★★☆☆
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
★★★★☆
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
★★★★☆
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
★★★★★
Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
★★★★☆
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
★★★★★
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
★★★☆☆
Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
★★★★☆
The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting
★★★★★
The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery
★★★★★
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair
★★★★★
How to Build Meaningful Relationships through Conversations
★★★★☆
Advanced iOS App Architecture: Real-World App Architecture in Swift
★★★☆☆
The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel
★★★★☆
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
★★★☆☆
The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)
★★★★☆
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
★★★☆☆
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
★★★★☆
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
★★★★☆
How Music Works
★★★★★
The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships
★★★★☆
Voice Lessons for Parents: What to Say, How to Say it, and When to Listen
★★★★★
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
★★★☆☆
The Minimalist Way: Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy
★★★★☆
Read on 2019
53
English: 49
Catalan: 2
Spanish: 2
The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues
★★★★☆
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
★★★★☆
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
★★★★☆
Run Fast: How to Beat Your Best Time Every Time
★★★★☆
Product Mastery: From Good To Great Product Ownership
★★★★☆
Fahrenheit 451
★★☆☆☆
The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results, and Defining the Future
★★★★☆
Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization
★★★★☆
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
★★★★☆
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
★★★★★
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
★★★☆☆
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
★★★☆☆
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
★★★☆☆
Stillness Is the Key
★★★★☆
Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way
★★☆☆☆
The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle
★★★★☆
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
★★★★★
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
★★★★☆
Whole Body Barefoot: Transitioning Well to Minimal Footwear
★★★☆☆
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
★★★☆☆
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
★★★★★
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
★★★★☆
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
★★★☆☆
Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)
★★★★★
Ego Is the Enemy
★★★★★
How to Win Friends and Influence People
★★★★★
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
★★★☆☆
Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual
★★★☆☆
The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
★★★★☆
Radical Candor
★★★★☆
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
★★☆☆☆
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
★★★★☆
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
★★★★☆
Killer by Nature (an Audible Original Audiobook)
★★★☆☆
How to Win Friends and Influence People
★★★★★
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
★★★☆☆
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
★★★★★
Swift in Depth
★★★★☆
Practical Object-Oriented Design: An Agile Primer Using Ruby
★★★★★
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
★★★★☆
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
★★★★☆
Sovereign
★★★☆☆
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
★★★★☆
The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
★★★★☆
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
★★★★☆
The Black Holes
★☆☆☆☆
Acordes y desacuerdos
★★★☆☆
What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
★★★☆☆
Fünftausend Kilometer in der Sekunde
★★★★★
Le Rêve De Meteor Slim
★★★☆☆
Scrum Mastery: From Good To Great Servant-Leadership
★★★★★
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
★★★★★
The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being
★★★☆☆
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
★★★★☆
Read on 2018
22
English: 22
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
★★★★☆
The Five Love Languages of Children
★★★★☆
RxSwift: Reactive Programming with Swift
★★★★☆
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
★★★★★
Scrum Mastery: From Good To Great Servant-Leadership
★★★★★
Mastery
★★★☆☆
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
★★☆☆☆
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
★★★★☆
There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)
★★★★☆
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
★★★☆☆
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
★★★★☆
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
★★★☆☆
Ego Is the Enemy
★★★★★
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
★★☆☆☆
What the Heck Is Eos?: A Complete Guide for Employees in Companies Running on EOS
★★★☆☆
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
★★☆☆☆
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease
★★★☆☆
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
★★★★☆
The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives
★★★★★
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
★★★★☆
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
★★★★☆
Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby 2: Control Your Computer, Simplify Your Life
★★★☆☆
Read before
Here is a list of some exciting books I read before starting to trace my reading with Goodreads.
How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority
★☆☆☆☆
Ruby Programming: The Well-Grounded Rubyist
★★★★☆
El club Dumas
★★★★☆
Remote Pairing: Collaborative Tools for Distributed Development
★★★☆☆
iOS Internationalization: The Complete Guide
★★★★☆
Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone
★★★☆☆
Core Data
★★★☆☆
Core Data
★★★☆☆
Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-Free Development
★★★★☆
Tmux: Productive Mouse-Free Development
☆☆☆☆☆
The Sketchnote Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking
★★★★★
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
★★★☆☆
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide
★★★★★
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
★★★☆☆
The Well-Grounded Rubyist
★★★★☆
La computadora universal. De Leibniz a Turing
★★★★★
Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture: A Novel of Mathematical Obsession
★★★★★
Software Craftsmanship
★★★★☆
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
☆☆☆☆☆
Text Processing with Ruby: Extract Value from the Data That Surrounds You
★★★☆☆
The List of Seven (The List of Seven, #1)
★★★★☆
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
★★★★★
11/22/63
★★★★★
7th Son: Destruction (7th Son, #3)
★★★★☆
7th Son: Deceit (7th Son, #2)
★★★★☆
7th Son: Descent (7th Son, #1)
★★★☆☆
Digital Fortress
★★★☆☆
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
★★★★☆
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
★★★★☆
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
★★★★☆
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
★★☆☆☆
Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone.
★★★☆☆
The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life
★★☆☆☆
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
★★★☆☆
Outliers: The Story of Success
★★★☆☆
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
★★★☆☆
Clean Architecture
★★★★☆