100+ Books That Changed My Life Book Club 📚
Ever wish someone filtered the world’s best books down to the ideas that actually move the needle?
I did exactly that, then battle-tested every concept in real engineering teams and life experiments.
This is my permanent home for everything I write about books, from my curated 100+ Books That Changed My Life mini-book to in-depth reviews of the titles that have shaped my thinking in engineering, leadership, productivity, wealth, and beyond.
📑 Inside the Mini-Book
You’ll find one-page briefs on 100+ titles, organized by craft:
Computer sciences
Data structures and algorithms
Software Architecture
Testing
DevOps
Data and AI
Staff+ Engineering
Leadership
Careers
Personal Development
Productivity
Systems Thinking
and more
Where each brief clearly tags:
Why it mattered – the core principle or insight.
How I used it – the exact way I applied it in work and life.
Along the way, you’ll see personal margin notes, where I challenged ideas, failed to apply them, and the tweaks that finally worked.
Plus, there’s a bonus section: my four-step method for reading non-fiction so ideas stick and compound (hint: it starts before you even open the cover).
👉 Get the Mini-Book for free
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📚 Book Reviews & Recommendations
Below are my top book-related posts. These consistently get the highest engagement from my readers:
Recoomendations
Check my details, book recommendations:
Book Reviews
Check my deep-dive book reviews:
Lessons
Check the lessons I used from these books:
📖 Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
📖 Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee
📖 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
📖 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
📖 Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
📖 Drive by Daniel H. Pink
📖 Nonviolent communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
📖 Working effectively with legacy code by Michael Feathers
📖 Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals by Benjamin Bloom
📖 Radical Candor by Kim Scott
📖 Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team Is Waiting For by Jonathan Raymond
📖 The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
📖 Software Estimation Without Guessing by George Dinwiddie
📖 The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
📖 Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
📖 Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
📖 Algorithms to Live By, by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
📖 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I believe reading without applying is entertainment, valuable, but not transformative.
This Book Club is my attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice so you can use great ideas immediately.
I hope it changes your life too.
— Milan