I tend to read a lot of technical books. These lists are books I have read recently that are relevant to this blog.
Currently Reading
Big Data: Principles and best practices of scalable realtime data systems
by Nathan Marz
Data Mining/Machine Learning
Mahout in Action
by Sean Owen, Robin Anil, Ted Dunning, Ellen Friedman
Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
by Toby Segaran
Data Analysis with Open Source Tools
by Philipp K. Janert
A First Course in Statistical Programming with R
by W. John Braun, Duncan J. Murdoch
Search Patterns: Design for Discovery
by Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender
Data Mining, Second Edition: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank
Big Data/Cloud Computing
Hadoop: The Definitive Guide
by Tom White
Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies)
by Jimmy Lin
Cassandra: The Definitive Guide
by Eben Hewitt
Service Oriented Architecture with Java: Using SOA and web services to build powerful Java applications
by Binildas A. Christudas, Malhar Barai, Vincenzo Caselli
Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide
by David S. Linthicum
Pro Hadoop (Expert’s Voice in Open Source)
by Jason Venner
Other
The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
by Dan Roam
Art of Innovation
by Tom Kelley
The Ten Faces of Innovation: Strategies for Heightening Creativity
by Tom Kelley
Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman
Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman
