--- title: “A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for... description: A curated list of 14 technical books for summer 2025 reading, covering diverse topics from building LLMs from scratch and AI agents to cybersecurity,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-programmer-who-reads-is-worth-two-tech-books-for-summer-2025-qcza5myhh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: “A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for Summer 2025 | daily.dev og:description: A curated list of 14 technical books for summer 2025 reading, covering diverse topics from building LLMs from scratch and AI agents to cybersecurity,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-programmer-who-reads-is-worth-two-tech-books-for-summer-2025-qcza5myhh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qcZA5MYhH.png og:image:alt: “A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for Summer 2025 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # “A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for Summer 2025 **[Codemotion](https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion)** · 4 min read · 346 upvotes · 38 comments ## Summary A curated list of 14 technical books for summer 2025 reading, covering diverse topics from building LLMs from scratch and AI agents to cybersecurity, Kubernetes, quantum computing, and documentation. The selection includes both hands-on technical guides and broader philosophical works on AI's impact on society, catering to developers looking to expand their knowledge across multiple domains. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@arthurdurand** · 21 upvotes > programming books are so overrated **@eligregl** · 6 upvotes > No, people should read literature, high literature, all people. Leave the technicalities for work. **@pavelcodes** · 4 upvotes > Bro yeeted his favorite comic book in, thinking we wouldn't notice 😂 **@sai80** · 2 upvotes > What's up with the marvel book lol **@ruancowley** · 1 upvotes > Hectic...reading these comments. Keyboard warriors insulting one another. Not nice man. :( ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-programmer-who-reads-is-worth-two-tech-books-for-summer-2025-qcza5myhh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"“A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for Summer 2025","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-programmer-who-reads-is-worth-two-tech-books-for-summer-2025-qcza5myhh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-programmer-who-reads-is-worth-two-tech-books-for-summer-2025-qcza5myhh"},"datePublished":"2025-07-03T08:30:13.031Z","dateModified":"2025-07-03T08:30:36.900Z","description":"A curated list of 14 technical books for summer 2025 reading, covering diverse topics from building LLMs from scratch and AI agents to cybersecurity,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ae06c709255186ce9d0993f48b36dc0a?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ae06c709255186ce9d0993f48b36dc0a?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Codemotion","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Codemotion","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/008c4c0fe1ba4cd3b6a6740d442d242b","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion"},"commentCount":38,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-programmer-who-reads-is-worth-two-tech-books-for-summer-2025-qcza5myhh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":346},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":38}],"keywords":"ai,machine-learning,cyber,kubernetes","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Codemotion","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"“A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for Summer 2025"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-programmer-who-reads-is-worth-two-tech-books-for-summer-2025-qcza5myhh","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"programming books are so overrated","datePublished":"2025-07-11T16:14:42.551Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qcZA5MYhH#c-dYnKsIQ7o","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Arthur DURAND","url":"https://daily.dev/arthurdurand","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73845816?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":21}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"No, people should read literature, high literature, all people. 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