Comment by PheonixPharts

Have you never been to a book store?

You don't have to read every word of a book to understand if it's interesting to you. I purchased a bunch of technical books the other day that I had never heard of based on opening them up, reading a bit of the intro and flipping through the examples.

Relatively few of my favorite books have come through recommendations compared to those that I have come across through serendipitous discovery.

For anyone who has no time to browse books, then most of the best books in existence would be of little interest to that person.