The 4th installment of the Oxide and Friends book recommendation series. After a brief(ish) diversion into Crimson Twins, Tomax and Xamot, Bryan and Adam are joined by several Oxide Friends to discuss their favorite recent reads.

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Nick Gideo, Josh, Ian Grunert, Tom Lyon, Zander, and Oliver Herman.

Tomax and Xamot

Recommendations:

Bonus recommendations from chat

Not the End of the World - Ritchie
The Man Who Broke Capitalism - Gelles
Children of Time (series) - Tchaikovsky
The Murderbot Diaries (series) - Wells
Organizational Behavior Real Research for Real Managers - Pearce
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation - Erickson
Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power Hardcover - Ryback
Successful Aging - Levitin (felt like maybe a dig at Adam and Bryan?)
Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How It Challenged Microsoft - Quittner, Slatalla
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs - Kocienda

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