Reading list
Books on the semantic layer and what sits either side of it: the lakehouse underneath, and the agents and AI systems that depend on shared meaning.
Building Knowledge Systems for AI: Graphs, RAG, Memory, and Context
Constructing Context and Semantics for AI Agents
Dremio and the Semantic Layer
Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide
O'Reilly Media
Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide
O'Reilly Media
Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse
Manning Publications
Apache Iceberg for Agentic AI: Connecting Structured Enterprise
Enabling Agentic Analytics with Apache Iceberg and Dremio
The 2026 Guide to Lakehouses, Apache Iceberg and Agentic AI
The AI Lakehouse: Architecting Data Platforms for AI
The Book on Agentic Analytics
The Book on Apache Polaris
The Book on Data, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and Agentic AI - Volume 1
The Book on Data, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and Agentic AI - Volume 2
The Lakehouse Built for Everyone
The No Lock-in Apache Iceberg Lakehouse with Agentic Analytics
The Open Source Lakehouse: Architecting the Decoupled Analytical Foundation
The Book on Using Apache Iceberg with Python
AI and Agents for Normal People
AI Application Architecture: Patterns for Building Intelligent Systems
Being Productive with Open Models
Evaluating AI Systems: Testing LLMs, RAG, and Agents
Governing AI Systems
Hands-On Agentic Engineering: A Practical Guide to Building Multi-Agent Systems
The Agentic Enterprise: Deploying AI Agents Across the Modern Organization
Using AI Agents for Data Engineering and Data Analysis
Building the Software Factory
Packt Publishing
































