
Daniel Cawrey & Amit Rustagi
Reading list
Personal reading list of books I recommend or have read. All books are authored by their respective writers — not by me.
Over the last 10+ years in the tech industry, I've immersed myself in a diverse range of books, from technical gems to personal development classics like “High Performance Habits.” These readings symbolize my dual commitment to tech excellence and personal growth.

Daniel Cawrey & Amit Rustagi


AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models
Chip Huyen

Designing Machine Learning Systems: An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications
Chip Huyen

Machine Learning Design Patterns: Solutions to Common Challenges in Data Preparation, Model Building, and MLOps
Valliappa Lakshmanan, Sara Robinson & Michael Munn

Mining Massive Dataset
Jure Leskovec, Anand Rajaraman, & Jeffrey David Ullman

Clean Code in Python: Refactor your legacy code base
Mariano Anaya

Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Richard Sutton & Andrew Barto

Beginning Blockchain: A Beginner's Guide to Building Blockchain Solutions
Bikramaditya Singhal, Gautam Dhameja & Priyansu Sekhar Panda

High Performance Spark: Best Practices for Scaling and Optimizing Apache Spark
Tomasz Drabas & Denny Lee

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
Martin Kleppmannn

Deep Learning
Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio & Aaron Courville

Data Analytics with Hadoop: An Introduction for Data Scientists
Benjamin Bengfort & Jenny Kim

Redis in Action
Josiah Carlson

10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less
Dan Sullivan & Benjamin Hardy Jr.

The Pathless Path
Paul Millerd

Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track
Will Larson & Tanya Reilly

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Morgan Housel

The Mountain Is You
Brianna Wiest

Atomic Habits
James Clear

High Performance Habits
Brendon Burchard

Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life... and Maybe the Worlds
Admiral William H. McRaven

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fxck
Mark Manson

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown

The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
Brian Morgan & Michael Lennington

The Millionaire Fastlane
MJ DeMarco

Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael Alan Singer

Mindset
Carol Dweck

The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle

Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho