Books like 'Refactoring: Ruby Edition, Adobe Reader'
Readers who enjoyed Refactoring: Ruby Edition, Adobe Reader by Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler & Kent Beck also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
-
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 90 ratingsIn love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939: In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says good-bye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front...Categorized as:
20th-century 21st-century action-adventure audiobook book classics coming-of-age drama -
![The Little Liar by Mitch Albom]()
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBeloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie... -
![The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley]()
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"2016 Newbery Honor book*Winner of the 2016 Schneider Family Book AwardThis #1 New York Times bestseller is an exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II. For fans of Counting by 7s and Sarah, Plain and Tall.Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside... -
![The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer]()
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIn 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It’s a decision that will alter her destiny…and it’s a lie that will remain buried until the next century.Since she was nine years old, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz... -
-
![The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne]()
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsFrom the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war IrelandCyril Avery is not a real Avery -- or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be...Categorized as:
20th-century 21st-century action-adventure audiobook bildungsroman book classics coming-of-age -
![The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis]()
The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAn enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls.Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread... -
![Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers]()
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsA Story of Love That Won't Let Go - No Matter What!California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside... -
![Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry]()
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsA love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize— winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America... -
![The Rose Code by Kate Quinn]()
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 40 ratings1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes... -
![The Last Question by Isaac Asimov]()
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIf you’re a fan of the Sci-Fi genre, then chances are that you’ve heard of ‘The Last Question’, a science fiction short story written by Isaac Asimov in 1956. The story deals with the development of computers (artificial intelligence) called Multivacs and their relationships with humanity through the courses of seven historic settings, beginning in 2061... -
![The Book Thief by Markus Zusak]()
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsLibrarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereIt is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow...Categorized as:
20th-century 21st-century action-adventure audiobook book children classics coming-of-age -
![A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus]()
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSet against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to live in the countryside, bouncing from home to home in search of a permanent family. It is 1940 and Anna, 9, Edmund, 11, and William, 12, have just lost their grandmother. Unfortunately, she left no provision for their guardianship in her will...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure audiobook book bullying children children-books coming-of-age -
![Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling]()
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsOver 4000 pages of Harry Potter and his world, including all 7 books.All seven eBooks in the multi-award winning, internationally bestselling Harry Potter series, available as one download with stunning cover art by Olly Moss. Enjoy the stories that have captured the imagination of millions worldwide...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure audiobook book box-set children classics coming-of-age -
![The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson]()
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCalvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies cats children children-books classics -
-
![The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson]()
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsBy the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, by the National Cartoonists' Society. The book contains material taken from Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under the Bed is Drooling, and also 12 pages of new material...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies box-set cats children children-books -
![Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, G.B. Trudeau]()
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, G.B. Trudeau
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThis is the first collection of the popular comic strip that features Calvin, a rambunctious 6-year-old boy, and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who comes charmingly to life...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies anthropomorphism cats children children-books -
![J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien]()
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThis four-volume, boxed set contains J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterworks The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King).In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in Hobbiton by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure audiobook book box-set children children-books christian -
![It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson]()
It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen cartoonist Bill Watterson announced that his phenomenally popular cartoon strip would be discontinued, Calvin and Hobbes fans throughout the world went into mourning. Fans have learned to survive -- despite the absence of the boy and his tiger in the daily newspaper. It's a Magical World delivers all the satisfaction of visiting its characters once more... -
![The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku]()
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHolocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country...Categorized as:
non-fiction audiobook war ww2 historical philosophy personal-growth historical-fiction -
![Caste: The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson]()
Caste: The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings... -
![The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson]()
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMany moons ago, the magic of Calvin and Hobbes first appeared on the funny pages and the world was introduced to a wondrous pair of friends -- a boy and his tiger, who brought new life to the comics page...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies cats children children-books classics -
![The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson]()
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThey're back: Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, cuddly philosopher sidekick, Hobbes. A tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely duo has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies cats children children-books classics -
![The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson]()
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, is a large-format treasury of the cartoons from Yukon Ho! and Weirdos from Another Planet! (including full-color Sunday cartoons) plus a full-color original story unique to this collection. Millions of readers have enjoyed the tremendous talent of Bill Watterson...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies cats children children-books classics -
![Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman]()
Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 43 ratings(An alternate cover edition exists here)Now in a paperback boxed set, the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker)... -
-
![The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger]()
The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsIt’s 1944 and sixteen-year-old ballerina and gymnast Edith Eger is sent to Auschwitz. Separated from her parents on arrival, she endures unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. When the camp is finally liberated, she is pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive.The horrors of the Holocaust didn’t break Edith... -
![There's Treasure Everywhere by Bill Watterson]()
There's Treasure Everywhere by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the world that Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes share, treasures can be found in the most unlikely places, from the outer regions where Spaceman Spiff travels to the rocks in one's own backyard. In the latest cartoon collection from the talented pen of Bill Watterson, this curious duo roams their world ever in search of the fortunes (and misfortunes!) to be experienced... -
![Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat by Bill Watterson]()
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHomicidal Psycho Jungle Cat chronicles the multifarious adventures of this wild child and his faithful, but skeptical, friend. If the best cartoons compel readers to identify themselves within the funny frames, then all who enjoy Calvin and Hobbes are creative, imaginative, and ..Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies cats children children-books classics -
![Berserk Deluxe Edition Volume 2 by Duane Johnson]()
Berserk Deluxe Edition Volume 2 by Duane Johnson
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe reigning king of adult fantasy manga now in deluxe 7x10 hardcover editions! Born in tragedy, raised in abuse and neglect, young Guts is hardened into a warrior of fearsome prowess and fearless will, drawing the attention of the charismatic Griffith, commander of the elite mercenary legion, the Band of the Hawk. This crossroad will take Guts to fame and glory . . -
![The Fire Next Time (Hrw Library) by James Baldwin]()
The Fire Next Time (Hrw Library) by James Baldwin
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document... -
![Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons by Bill Watterson]()
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCalvin and Hobbes are back. The energetic six-year-old and his sidekick tiger endure all the trials of youth and continue to endear themselves to millions of loyal readers in the latest collection of their shenanigans. This latest assembly of Calvin and Hobbes' adventures has never been collected in book form...Categorized as:
20th-century action-adventure animals anthologies cats children children-books classics
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.
