I&#x27;m not sure how it would read to someone who hasn&#x27;t been previously reading anything on the subject, but I like aphyr&#x27;s notes on a two day course on distributed systems as a high level overview of the topics involved: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;aphyr&#x2F;distsys-class" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;aphyr&#x2F;distsys-class</a>.