Must read books

During the last couple of years i managed to read a few books that i actually found interesting - both professionally and personally.

Try them out and see if they can't change your point of views.


Non-fiction books

  • The Checklist Manifesto - How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
  • Software Requirements & Specifications by Michael Jackson
  • Software Requirements by Karl Wiegers and Joy Beatty
  • Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell
  • Unit Testing: Principles, Practices, and Patterns by Vladimir Khorikov
  • Test Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck
  • The Art of Agile Development by James Shore
  • Good Code, Bad Code by Tom Long
  • The Clean Coder by Robert C. Martin
  • Agile Testing by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
  • The Pragmatic Programmer by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt

Management books

  • Remote work revolution by Tsedal Neeley
  • Managing Humans by Michael Lopp
  • Radical Candor by Kim Scott
  • The Mythical Man-month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
  • The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo
  • Work Together Anywhere: A Handbook on Working Remotely—Successfully—for Individuals, Teams, and Managers by Lisette Sutherland
  • Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers

Fiction books

  • The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
  • The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim

Articles mixed

  • No Silver Bullet by Brooks
  • Out of the Tar Pit by Ben Moseley