# Hồ Văn Hòa | book

A shelf of the books Hồ Văn Hòa has read, grouped by life, investment, software, and language. https://book.hovanhoa.net

## On living well
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson (read): "The key to a good life is not giving a f*ck about more; it's giving a f*ck about less — about only what is true, immediate, and important."
- Stoicism: The Ultimate Guide to Gain Resilience, Wisdom, Self Discipline, Calmness, and Critical Thinking Through the Teachings of Ancient Stoics — Theodore Scott (read): "You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
- Make It Stick — Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III & Mark A. McDaniel (read): "When learning is harder, it's stronger and lasts longer."
- Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman (reading): "Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it."

## On capital
- The Warren Buffett Way — Robert G. Hagstrom (read): "Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."
- The Intelligent Investor — Benjamin Graham (read): "In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run, it is a weighing machine."

## On building systems
- Learning Go — Jon Bodner (read): "Clear is better than clever."
- System Design Interview — An Insider's Guide — Alex Xu (read): "There is no perfect system design — only trade-offs."
- Java: The Complete Reference — Herbert Schildt (read): "Write once, run anywhere."
- Fundamentals of Database Systems — Ramez Elmasri & Shamkant B. Navathe (reading): "A database-management system (DBMS) is a collection of programs that enables users to create and maintain a database."
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Martin Kleppmann (reading): "In distributed systems, suspicion, pessimism, and paranoia pay off."

## On language
- The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS — Pauline Cullen, Amanda French & Vanessa Jakeman (reading): "Success in IELTS comes from consistent, deliberate practice across all four skills — listening, reading, writing, and speaking."