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My friend Evan asked about design books and I spouted off a few – including The Systems Bible, which I now feel guilty about, because it’s not strictly a design book.

I included it because it talks about how system design fails, and it’s humorous and I think teaches some larger truths. It was originally published as “the general theory of systemantics” — a portmanteau of system and semantics — but also a pun, since the first law is that “a system displays antics”.

Here are some more book recommendations, broadly disorganized.

In politics and philosophy:

In general systems design, work, and sociology:

In small business

In schooling

In government

In drama and human behavior

In parenting

In homeschooling

In literary analysis (and a little sociology)

In design

In self-improvement

In Military History

in General history

In Cognitive Psych

applied psych/relationships