Lists - Books

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Work related books - International

1. Taking testing seriously - James Bach & Michael Bolton
2. How to be an explorer of the world – Keri Smith
3. Mindset – Carol Dweck
4. How minds change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion - David McRaney
5. Seven habits of highly effective people – Stephen Covey
6. Thinking Fast and slow – Daniel Kahneman
7. Are your lights on? – Jerry Weinberg & Donald Gause
8. Tacit and Explicit knowledge – Harry Collins
9. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams – Timothy Lister & Tom DeMarco
10. Loving what is – Byron Katie
11. Drive – Daniel Pink
12. How doctors think - Jerome Groopman
13. How to solve it – G. Polya
14. Maverick! – Ricardo Semler
15. Start with why – Simon Sinek
16. Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins – Annette Simmons
17. Made to Stick – Dan Heath & Chip Heath
18. The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
19. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High - Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
20. Explore it! - Elisabeth Hendrickson
21. Atomic Habits - James Clear
22. Influence - Robert B. Cialdini

Also see my list of books for software testers here.

Work related books - Dutch

1. Echte leiders dienen – Inge Nuijten
2. Master your mindset - Michael Pilarczyk
3. Storytelling in 12 stappen – Mieke Bouma
4. Socrates op sneakers - ELke Wiss
5. Echte leiders hebben een goed verhaal – Astrid Schutte
6. Alles perfect, toch? – Theo Ijzermans
7. Beïnvloed anderen, begin bij jezelf – Bert van Dijk
8. Beren op de weg, spinsels in je hoofd – T. Ijzermans, C. Dirkx
9. Dromen, durven, doen – Ben Tiggelaar
10. Coachingskalender – Marijke Lingsma, Aty Boers
11. ‘t Is ook altijd wat! – Jeu Consten, Tjeu Van Heck
12. Hoe wordt ik een rat – Joep Schrijvers
13. Storypower – Annet Scheringa

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Literature - International

1. Mistborn Trilogy – Brandon Sanderson
2. Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay
4. Needful Things – Stephen King
5. The brotherhood of war – W.E.B. Griffin
6. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
7. The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
8. The Millennium Trilogy – Stieg Larsson
9. Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
10. Dark Rivers of the Heart – Dean R. Koontz
11. Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling
12. Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
13. The Solitude of Prime Numbers – Paolo Giordano
14. A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
15. Genesis – Karen Slaughter
16. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – R. Pirsig
17. The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist
18. Throne of Glass series - Sarah J. Maas
19. Krabat – Otfried Preussler
20. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
21. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
22. Ranger’s Apprentice series - John Flanagan

Literature - Dutch

1. De donkere kamer van Damocles – W.F. Hermans
2. Hersenschimmen – J. Bernlef
3. De Aanslag – Harry Mulisch
4. Kruistocht in spijkerbroek – Thea Beckman
5. Joe Speedboot – Tommy Wieringa
6. Het Diner – Herman Koch
7. Montyn – Dirk Ayelt Kooiman
8. Het bittere kruid – Marga Minco
9. Turks Fruit – Jan Wolkers
10. Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding – Paulien Cornelisse
11. De Camino - Anya Niewierra
12. Alle tijd - Ronald Giphart
13. De meeste mensen deugen - Rutger Bregman