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 * [Building a Modern Bank Backend](https://monzo.com/blog/2016/09/19/building-a-modern-bank-backend/)
 * [Best Practices For Horizontal Application Scaling (by Shekhar Gulati - OpenShift)](https://blog.openshift.com/best-practices-for-horizontal-application-scaling/)
 
+## Books
+* [The Art of Scalability](http://theartofscalability.com/)
+* [Designing Data-Intensive Applications](https://dataintensive.net/)
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 ## Special Thanks
 * Jonas Bonér, CTO at Lightbend, for the [original inspiration](https://www.slideshare.net/jboner/scalability-availability-stability-patterns)