John Carmack Recommended Books
John Carmack is an American computer programmer, video game developer and engineer.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein
John Carmack mentioned this book on Twitter. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Paul Graham, Bill Gates, Christopher Sommer, Ryan Shea
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
by Arthur Herman
"A bit uncomfortable as an example of how a mass production strategy can overwhelm a generally technically superior adversary." - John Carmack (Source)
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Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
"If you can't see its archetypes in the world around you, you aren't paying attention." - John Carmack (Source)
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Peter Thiel, Shah Rukh Khan, Joe De Sena, Peter Diamandis, Ev Williams, Gabby Reece, Travis Kalanick, Brian Armstrong, Amelia Boone, Bob Metcalfe, Patrick Bet-David, Rand Paul, Paul Krugman, Russell Brunson, Austen Allred, Ray Dalio, Mark Cuban, Phil Jackson, Fred Wilson, Blake Scholl
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy
"A really formative book for me as a teenager." - John Carmack (Source)
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The Book of CP-System
by Fabien Sanglard
"I learned from [this book] that the arcade system had rarely used, dedicated hardware to render star fields." - John Carmack (Source)
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