Recommended book library for software engineers

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I have been leading and building new software engineering teams and organizations for over a decade. I often recommend additional reading materials for team members during 1:1s. Here is a list of books for software engineers (individual contributors) to read. However, I cannot list the entire O’Reilly collection, so you are welcome to comment here or send me a DM if I missed other obvious choices.

Last updated: November 11, 2023.

Must Reads

Clean Code

The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition

Clean Coder

Refactoring

Good Reads

Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track

The Software Engineer’s Guidebook

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

Head First Design Patterns

Optional Reads