I got on a reading kick in the second half of last year. I attribute it mostly to the gamification of sustained reading streaks trackable in the Kindle app on my phone, but regardless, I get to claim the accomplishment…and the wisdom from some really good books.

Here are the books on the list that stood out to me as enjoyable or timely reads:

• “1% Leadership: Master the Small, Daily Improvements That Set Great Leaders Apart” by Andy Ellis. Publisher: Hachette Go, April 18, 2023. ASIN: B0B8YXJ2H1
• “Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)” by Marty Cagan. Publisher: Wiley; 2nd Edtion, November 20, 2017. ASIN: B077NRB36N
• “The Art of Agile Development” by James Shore and Shane Warden. Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 2nd Edition, October 12, 2021. ASIN: B09JL2JW4V
• “The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right” by Atul Gawande. Publisher: Metropolitan Books, 1st Edition, December 15, 2009. ASIIN: B0030V0PEW
• “Python: 3 Books in 1 – Your Complete Guide to Python Programming” by Brady Ellison. Published: February 3, 2022. ASIN: B09RTLW7DP
  • “Python for Beginners”
  • “Python for Data Analysis”
  • “Python Machine Learning”
• “Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition: Practical Programming for Total Beginners” by Al Sweigart. Publisher: No Starch Press; 2nd Edition, November 12, 2019. ASIN: B07VSXS4NK
• “Python for Data Analysis: Master the Basics of Data Analysis” by Gary Gold. Published: 2019. ISBN: 109260569X, 9781092605694
• “Learning the Pandas Library: Python Tools for Data Munging, Analysis, and Visualization” by Matt Harrison and edited by Michael Prentiss. Published: June 7, 2016. ASIN: B01GIE03GW
• “How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk” by Douglas W. Hubbard and Richard Seiersen. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc; 1st edition, July 25, 2016. ASIN: 1119085292 <== there is a second edition of this book available from Wiley as of April 5, 2023.

I’ll follow-up with some of the books on my active reading list later, but for now, happy reading.