Books

Listening or Reading

• Quest for Meaning: Values, Ethics, and the Modern Experience (The Great Courses: Modern Philosophy) — Robert H. Kane  
• Remembrance of Things Past - Swann's Way — Marcel Proust  
• Heidegger in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern  
• To Have or to Be? — Erich Fromm  
• The Art of Being — Erich Fromm  
• The Poetry of Robert Frost — Robert Frost  
• Microbiology for Dummies — Jennifer C. Stearns PhD, Michael G. Surette PhD, Julienne C. Kaiser PhD  
• DNA Demystified - Unravelling the Double Helix — Alan McHughen  
• The Tyranny of Merit - What's Become of the Common Good? — Michael J. Sandel  

Feel like I have to, but it's not that much

• Anna Karenina — Leo Tolstoy  
• The Gene: An Intimate History — Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, 2016  
• How to Avoid a Climate Disaster — Bill Gates, Knopf, 2021  

Life changing!

• Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation (The Great Courses: Better Living) — Mark W. Muesse  
• The Power of Now - A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment — Eckhart Tolle    
• Quiet - The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking — Susan Cain  
• Justice — Michael J. Sandel    
• Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman  
• Never Split the Difference - Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It — Chris Voss    
• Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life - The New Acceptance & Commitment Therapy — Spencer Smith, Steven C. Hayes    
• The Elegant Universe — Brian Greene, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999  
• The Language of God — Francis S. Collins, Free Press, 2006  
• Chip War - The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology — Chris Miller    

Intriguing

• Four Wise Men - The Lives of The Lives and Teachings of Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad — Mark W. Muesse    
• A New Earth - Awakening Your Life's Purpose — Eckhart Tolle    
• Meditations — Marcus Aurelius  
• Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights (The Great Courses: Modern History) — John E. Finn  
• The Signal and the Noise - Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don't — Nate Silver  
• Mere Christianity — C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 1952      
• The Lean Startup - How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses — Eric Ries  
• Zero to One - Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future — Peter Thiel, Blake Masters  

Useful & helpful!

• Middle School Matters — Phyllis L. Fagell, Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2019  
• Survival of the Friendliest - Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity — Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods  
• Behind Every Good Decision - How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight — Piyanka Jain, Puneet Sharma  
• How Google Works — Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg  
• The Master Algorithm - How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World — Pedro Domingos  
• Emotional Intelligence 2.0 — Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves  
• Middle School Matters -- The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond - and How Parents Can Help — Phyllis L. Fagell  
• What I Wish Every Job Candidate Knew - 15 Minutes to a Better Interview — Russell Tuckerton  
• 23 Anti-Procrastination Habits - How to Stop Being Lazy and Get Results in Your Life — S. J. Scott  
• The Checklist Manifesto - How to Get Things Right — Atul Gawande  
• Measure What Matters - How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs — John Doerr & Larry Page - foreword    

Looks like interesting!

• Schopenhauer - A Very Short Introduction — Christopher Janaway  
• The Republic — Plato  
• AI Ethics (MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series) — Mark Coeckelbergh  

Maybe head-aching, but want to understand!

• The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality — Brian Greene    
• The Critique of Practical Reason — Immanuel Kant  
• Critique of Pure Reason — Immanuel Kant & J. M. D. Meiklejohn  
• Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals — Immanuel Kant  

Make my heart warm

• More Than Words Can Say (A Patchwork Family Novel, Book 2) — Karen Witemeyer  

Quite disappointing

• Homo Deus - A Brief History of Tomorrow — Yuval Noah Harari  
• The Black Swan, Second Edition — Nassim Nicholas Taleb  

Literature

• The Trojan War - A New History — Barry Strauss  
• The Odyssey of Homer (The Great Courses: Western Literature) — Elizabeth Vandiver  
• The Conquest of Happiness — Bertrand Russell, W.W. Norton & Company, 2013  
• Becoming — Michelle Obama, Crown, 2018  

Philosophy

• 부처 — 김진영, 중앙북스, 2017  
• Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) — Christine M. Korsgaard, Mary Gregor, Jens Timmermann, Christine M. Korsgaard  
• The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics — Steven Gimbel (The Great Courses)  
• On Liberty — John Stuart Mill  
• Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd Edition — The Great Courses, Alan Charles Kors, Darren Staloff, Dennis Dalton, Douglas Kellner  
• What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets — Michael J. Sandel  

Science

• A Briefer History of Time: The Science Classic Made More Accessible — Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow  
• The Elegant Universe — Brian Greene, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999  
• Biochemical Calculations — Irwin H. Segel, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1976  
• Oncogenes — Geoffrey M. Cooper, 2nd Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1990  
• Physical Biochemistry — David M. Freifelder, 2nd Edition, W.H. Freeman, 1982  
• Molecular Biology of the Cell — Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter, 3rd Edition, Garland Science, 1994  
• Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics — Jonathan Pevsner, 3rd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2015  
• Biochemistry — Lubert Stryer, 4th Edition, W.H. Freeman, 1995  
• Molecular Cell Biology — Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Monty Krieger, Anthony Bretscher, Hidde Ploegh, Angelika Amon, Matthew P. Scott, 4th Edition, W.H. Freeman, 2000  
• Cell Biology and Genetics: Crash Course — Philip Bradfield, Steve Taylor, Mosby, 2003  
• 일반화학 — Master, Hurlers, 오일웅, 국제문화, 1993  
• Introduction to Organic Chemistry — William H. Brown, Thomas Poon, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2005  

Optimization

Convex optimization

• Convex Optimization — Stephen Boyd, Lieven Vandenberghe, Cambridge University Press, 2004  
• Linear Matrix Inequalities in System and Control Theory — Stephen Boyd, Laurent El Ghaoui, Eric Feron, Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, SIAM, 1994  
• Interior Point Algorithms: Theory and Analysis — Ye, Wiley-Interscience, 1997  
• Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods — Stephen Wright, SIAM, 1997  
• Convex Optimization Theory — Dimitri P. Bertsekas, Athena Scientific, 2009  
• Convex Analysis and Optimization — Dimitri P. Bertsekas, Angelia Nedic, Asuman Ozdaglar, Athena Scientific, 2003  
• Convex Optimization in Signal Processing and Communications — Daniel P. Palomar, Yonina C. Eldar, Cambridge University Press, 2010  
• Introduction to Linear Optimization — Dimitris Bertsimas, John N. Tsitsiklis, Athena Scientific, 1997  

Other optimization

• Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control — Dimitri P. Bertsekas, 3rd Edition, Athena Scientific, 2005  
• Linear Controller Design: Limits of Performance — Stephen P. Boyd, Craig H. Barratt, Prentice Hall, 1991  
• Linear and Nonlinear Programming — David G. Luenberger, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2008  
• Lectures on Modern Convex Optimization: Analysis, Algorithms, and Engineering Applications — Aharon Ben-Tal, Arkadi Nemirovski, SIAM, 2001  
• Optimal Control and Estimation — Robert F. Stengel, Dover Publications, 1994  
• Nonlinear Programming — Dimitri P. Bertsekas, 2nd Edition, Athena Scientific, 1999  

Artificial intelligence

• The Connection Algorithm: Take Risks, Defy the Status Quo, and Live Your Passions — Jesse Tevelow  
• Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective — Kevin P. Murphy, MIT Press, 2012  
• Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques — Daphne Koller, Nir Friedman, MIT Press, 2009  
• Deep Learning — Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville, MIT Press, 2016  
• Applied Predictive Modeling — Kuhn, Johnson, Springer, 2013  
• Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning — Carl Edward Rasmussen, Christopher K. I. Williams, MIT Press, 2006  
• Adversarial Machine Learning — Joseph, Nelson, Rubinstein, Tygar, Cambridge University Press, 2018  
• Prediction, Learning, and Games — Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi, Gabor Lugosi, Cambridge University Press, 2006  
• Neural Networks for Control — W. Thomas Miller III, Richard S. Sutton, Paul J. Werbos (Editors), MIT Press, 1990  
• Information Retrieval: Implementing and Evaluating Search Engines — Stefan Büttcher, Charles L. A. Clarke, Gordon V. Cormack, MIT Press, 2010  
• Deep Learning — Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville, 1st Edition, MIT Press, 2016  
• The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction — Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2009  
• Machine Learning Refined: Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications — Jeremy Watt, Reza Borhani, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2020  
• Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning — Christopher M. Bishop, 1st Edition, Springer, 2006  

Electrical engineering & computer science

• Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice — Theodore S. Rappaport, Prentice Hall, 1996  
• Advanced Control System Design — Bernard Friedland, Prentice Hall, 1996  
• Electronic Circuits: Analysis, Simulation, and Design — Mohamed H. Rashid, Cengage Learning, 2010  
• Communication Systems — Simon Haykin, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 1994  
• Microwave Engineering — David M. Pozar, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2004  
• Field and Wave Electromagnetics — David K. Cheng, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1989  
• Solid State Electronic Devices — Ben G. Streetman, Sanjay Banerjee, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006  
• Fundamentals of Semiconductor Manufacturing and Process Control — Gary S. May, Costas J. Spanos, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2006  
• Matrix Computations — Gene H. Golub, Charles F. Van Loan, 2nd Edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989  
• Applied Linear Algebra — Ben Noble, James W. Daniel, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1987  
• Numerical Linear Algebra — Lloyd N. Trefethen, David Bau III, SIAM, 1997  
• The C Programming Language — Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1988  
• Pro Git — Scott Chacon, Ben Straub, 2nd Edition, Apress, 2014  
• Signals and Systems — Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S. Willsky, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1996  
• Fourier Transforms: An Introduction for Engineers — Ronald Newbold Bracewell, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999  
• Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing — Joyce Van de Vegte, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 2001  
• Time Series Analysis and Its Applications — Robert H. Shumway, David S. Stoffer, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2006  
• Discrete-Time Signal Processing — Alan V. Oppenheim, Ronald W. Schafer, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999  
• Fundamentals of Data Structures in C — Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni, Susan Anderson-Freed, 2nd Edition, W. H. Freeman, 2007  

Number theory

• Riemann's Zeta Function — H. M. Edwards, Dover Publications, 2001  
• Fermat's Last Theorem for Amateurs — Ribenboim, Springer, 2000  

Algebra

• Group Theory — Benjamin Baumslag, Bruce Chandler, McGraw-Hill, 1968  
• Abstract Algebra — David S. Dummit, Richard M. Foote, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1999  
• Galois Theory — Harold M. Edwards, GTM 204, Springer, 1994  
• Surveys on Classical Inequalities — Themistocles M. Rassias, Springer, 2006  
• Advanced Modern Algebra — Joseph J. Rotman, Prentice Hall, 2002  
• Algebra — Serge Lang, GTM 110, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2002  
• A Course in Arithmetic — Jean-Pierre Serre, GTM 7, Springer, 1973  
• Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces — Paul R. Halmos, UTM, Springer, 1993  

Linear algebra

• Introduction to Linear Algebra — Gilbert Strang, 3rd Edition, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2003  
• Linear Algebra — Peter D. Lax, 1st Edition, Wiley-Interscience, 1997  
• Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory — Evar D. Nering, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1970  

Analysis

• Real Analysis — Halsey Royden, Patrick Fitzpatrick, 4th Edition, Pearson, 2010  
• Real and Complex Analysis — Walter Rudin, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1987  
• Advanced Calculus — Kaplan, Addison-Wesley, 5th Edition, 2003  
• Introduction to Harmonic Analysis — Yitzhak Katznelson, 3rd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2004  
• Analysis — Elliott H. Lieb, Michael Loss, 2nd Edition, AMS, 2001  
• Real and Functional Analysis — Serge Lang, 3rd Edition, Springer, 1993  
• Convex Analysis — Ralph Tyrell Rockafellar, Princeton University Press, 1970  
• Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus — Kenneth A. Ross, UTM, Springer, 2013  
• An Introduction to Hilbert Space — N. Young, Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks, Cambridge University Press, 1988  
• Functional Analysis — Peter D. Lax, 2nd Edition, Wiley-Interscience, 2002  
• Functional Analysis — Walter Rudin, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1991  
• Measure Theory — Paul R. Halmos, GTM 18, Springer, 1974  

Applied mathematics

• The Mathematical Theory of Finite Element Methods — Susanne C. Brenner, L. Ridgway Scott, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2007  
• Introduction to Applied Mathematics — Gilbert Strang, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 1986  

Statistics & probability

• Probability and Measure — Patrick Billingsley, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 1995  
• Mathematical Statistics with Applications — Irwin Miller, Marylees Miller, John E. Freund, 7th Edition, Pearson, 2006  
• Linear Estimation — Thomas Kailath, Babak Hassibi, Ali H. Sayed, Prentice Hall, 2000  
• Linear Estimation — Kailath, Sayed, Hassibi, Prentice Hall, 2000  
• Stochastic Processes — Sheldon Ross, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1996  
• Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering — Leon-Garcia, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1994  
• Introduction to Probability Models — Sheldon Ross, 10th Edition, Academic Press, 2010  
• Probability Models — Sheldon Ross, Academic Press, 2007  
• Probability: Theory and Examples — Rick Durrett, 2nd Edition, Duxbury Press, 1996  
• Elements of Information Theory — Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas, 1st Edition, Wiley-Interscience, 1991  

Computational statistics

• Monte Carlo Strategies in Scientific Computing — Jun S. Liu, Springer, 2001  
• Random Number Generation and Monte Carlo Methods — James E. Gentle, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2003  
• Computational Statistics — Givens, Hoeting, Wiley, 2012  

Finance

• Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives — John C. Hull, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1997  
• The Mathematics of Financial Derivatives: A Student Introduction — Paul Wilmott, Sam Howison, Jeff Dewynne, 1st Edition, Cambridge University Press, 1995  
• Implementing Derivatives Models — Les Clewlow, Chris Strickland, 1st Edition, Wiley, 1998  

Suck!

• HBR's 10 Must Reads Ultimate Boxed Set (14 Books) — Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Peter F. Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Porter    
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - A Leadership Fable — Patrick Lencioni  
• Rework — Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson