I'm a developer with 5 years of experience, looking for another employer. One company I'm going to apply for the full-time job wants me to mention and summarize 3 helpful books on programming I read as part of their application process. But I almost never read a book after graduation. I honed my skill from googling, documentation, blogs, videos, or Q&As.

I'm afraid the application might go expired(no specific date was stated) while I'm reading. I can write about some fundamental books I read during my university period. But those were about 5 years ago and might not make a good impression by mentioning those.

Can I compromise by mentioning dev blogs instead after I apologize because I cannot answer the question directly? Or should I write about books I read 5 years ago? I'm also open to other options.

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It is unrelated to this question, but I decided to read a book or two. Even if I miss the application while I'm reading, I think I can use the books for other applications.