# Books I Recommend

DevFeed: [Books I Recommend](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/books-i-recommend-35150.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/books/>)

Published: 2019-02-25T15:09:26Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Jessie Frazelle](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jessie-frazelle.md>)

Topics: [Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computing.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>)

Tags: [books](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/books.md>), [computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computing.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>)

## AI overview

A personal reading list organized into romanticized technology and nonfiction recommendations, including books about computing history, CERN, Commodore, the Internet, deception detection, neuroscience, physics, and life lessons.

## Source excerpt

You can find my goodreads account at goodreads.com/jessfraz. Romanticized Tech I call this genre of books "romanticized tech" because of the way tech is portrayed in them in a very idealistic and whimsical way. It's nice to pick up one of these if you are feeling very "Black Mirror" to remember why you might have even started in this field. Soul of a New Machine: Bryan Cantrill recommended this to me and it's amazing. It's about Data General building a new computer and the passion the team building it put into it. I wrote a post with some thoughts on it and so did he. A People's History of Computing in the United States: This book has a bunch of short stories that chronologically take you through some of the most important moments of computing history. I loved reading this after "Soul of a New Machine" because it really tied in nicely to the references of Data General and DEC. The Big Machine: I found this book at the infamous Bell's books in Palo Alto. It was all worn like someone had previously loved it a lot and it makes me love it even more. It's about CERN and how it came to be and has the same sort of romanticized view of tech as "Soul of a New Machine" and "A People's History of Computing in the United States". On the Edge: The story of the Commodore computer company. Goes through the entire history. Super desnse, but over all interesting. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: This book details the story of how the Internet came to be! Non-Fiction Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception: I have now read this book twice. It is amazing if you want to be able to read when people are lying to you. It's a good read backed by a lot of experience from the CIA. Honestly, after reading it the world will be a much different place. Super Brain: I loved this book. It uses science to describe how the brain processes different emotions and what that does to your overall health. It will leave you with all sorts of good feelings after as well as teaching you