Geek Reads

Well--this looks like fun.

This gallery of fiction and nonfiction books every geek should read is a compilation of recommendations from TechRepublic members, contributors, and editors. (You can also view the recommendations in list format in this Geekend post.) If you want to recommend a geek book to the TechRepublic community, post the title in this discussion. Atlas Shrugged, recommended by Edmond Woychowsky as the ultimate geek book, discusses how modern "geeks" hold the weight of the heavens upon their shoulders like Atlas in the Greek myths. Ayn Rand's tenets are in total contrast to modern business theories (for instance, there is no "I" in team) and suggest that certain individuals are irreplaceable. Edmond wrote, "I find the concept of a world that demands the fruits of geek labor, yet belittles the geeks themselves strikingly familiar." This book is sure to spark a memory or two in your mind and stimulate conversation, which Edmond's original TechRepublic post did.

Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand
Lord Of the Rings
2001 A Space Odyssey
War of the Worlds HG Wells
Neuromancer William Gibson
Snowcrash Neal Stephenson
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand
The Soul of a New Machine Tracy Kidder
Hackers:Heroes of the COmputer Revolution Steven Levy
Brave New World Aldous Huxley
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
If Chins could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor Bruce Campbell
Shadows over Innsmouth HP Lovecraft
the Call of Cthulhu
The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury
Does It Matter? Nicholas G. Carr
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Douglas R Hofstadter
Microserfs Douglas Coupland
Show-Stopper! G. Pascal Zachary
The Cuckoo's Egg Cliff Stoll
The Google Story David A. Vise
The Road Ahead Bill Gates
Wikinomics:How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Don Tapscott
IWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon
1984 George Orwell
20000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K Dick
Foundation Isaac Asimov
Harry Potter
His Dark materials Philip Pullman
The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe CS Lewis
The Time Machine HG Wells
1632 Eric Flint
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
Watchmen
Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire
Contact Carl Sagan
Dune Frank Herbert
I, Robot Isaac Asimov
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M Pirsig
Lila Robert M Pirsig
Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the limits of the Possible Arthur C. Clarke
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds
Starship Troopers Robert A Heinlein
Where the Wild Things Are
World War Z:An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks
The Geek Atlas
Nicole Bremer Nash
Little, Big
John Crowley
The City China Mieville
Everything Bad is Good for You Steven Johnson
Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A Heinlein
The cluetrain Manifesto
Anathema Neal Stephenson
Predicably Irrational Dan Ariely
Amber Series Roger Zelazny
Magician:Apprentice Raymond E. Feist
Magician:Master Raymond E. Feist
The Serpentwar Saga: Book 1 Shadow of a Dark Queen Shadow of a Dark Queen (The Serpentwar Saga, Book 1)Raymond E. Feist
The Serpentwar Saga: Book 2 Rise of a Merchant Prince Raymond E. Feist
The Serpentwar Saga: Book 3 Rage of a Demon King Raymond E. Feist
The Serpentwar Saga: Book 4 Shards of a Broken Crown Raymond E. Feist
Code Complete Steve McConnell
The Mythical Man-Month:Essays on Software Engineering
Enders Game Orson Scott Card
American Gods Neil Gaiman
Ringworld Larry Niven
The Forever War Joe Haldeman
The Ghost Brigades John Scalzi
The Sword of Shannara Terry Brooks
Hyperion Dan Simmons
A brief History of Time Stephen Hawking
The Dilbert Principle Scott Adams