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This page contains recommended readings for software developers. See also [Articles worth reading] and [Potentially Excellent books] containing new candidates for this list.

h2. Architecture, patterns and programming skills

h4. Architecture and Design
* [Domain-driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Domain-driven-Design-Tackling-Complexity-Software/dp/0321125215/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203422790&sr=1-1] by Eric Evans
* [Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enterprise-Application-Architecture-Addison-Wesley-signature/dp/0321127420/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225918554&sr=8-1] by Martin Fowler
* [Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices|http://www.amazon.com/Software-Development-Principles-Patterns-Practices/dp/0135974445] by Robert C. Martin
* [Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enterprise-Integration-Patterns-Designing-Deploying/dp/0321200683/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225918554&sr=8-3] by Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf
* [The Design of Everyday Things|http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0465067107/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226673768&sr=1-1] by Donald Norman

* [Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions | http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Software-Architecture-Sustaining-Solutions/dp/0201775948/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266432330&sr=1-1] by Luke Hohmann

h4. Programming and code
* [Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225918786&sr=8-1] by Robert C. Martin
* [The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020161622X/] by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
* [Code Complete|http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Second-Steve-McConnell/dp/0735619670/sr=1-1/qid=1169499581?ie=UTF8&s=books] by Steve McConnell
* [Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code|http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Existing-Addison-Wesley-Technology/dp/0201485672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226673663&sr=1-1] by Martin Fowler
* [Design Patterns|http://www.amazon.co.uk/o/ASIN/0201633612/ref=s9_asin_image_1/026-8817278-5373219] by the Gang of Four. It is not the best/easiest way to learn these patterns, but everyone should have read this book because of the influence it has had on software engineering.

* [Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Code-Leading-Programmers-Practice/dp/0596510047] by Andy Oram and Greg Wilson
* REST

** [REST in Practice: Hypermedia and Systems Architecture|http://www.amazon.com/REST-Practice-Hypermedia-Systems-Architecture/dp/0596805829/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1459850475&sr=8-2&keywords=rest] by Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis and Ian Robinson.

** [RESTful Web Services|http://www.amazon.com/RESTful-Web-APIs-Leonard-Richardson/dp/1449358063/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1459850475&sr=8-5&keywords=rest] by Leonard Richardson, Mike Amundsen and Sam Ruby

** [RESTful Web Services Cookbook|http://www.amazon.com/RESTful-Web-Services-Cookbook-Scalability-ebook/dp/B0043D2ESQ/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=] by Subbu Allamaraju

h4. Testing
* [Next Generation Java Testing: TestNG and Advanced Concepts|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Next-Generation-Java-Testing-Advanced/dp/0321503104/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203425996&sr=1-1] by Cédric Beust and Hani Suleiman

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* [Test Driven Development: By Example|http://www.amazon.com/Test-Driven-Development-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0321146530/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226673874&sr=1-2] by Kent Beck

h4. Database
* [Database Systems: The Complete Book|http://www.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Complete-Book-2nd/dp/0131873253/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225919148&sr=1-1] by Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, and Jennifer Widom
* [Refactoring databases|http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Databases-Evolutionary-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0321293533/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226673918&sr=1-1] by Scott Ambler

h4. Front-end

* [You Don't Know JS|http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=you+dont+know+js&sprefix=you+dont+know+js%2Caps%2C247], by Kyle Simpson
* [Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-JavaScript-Ninja-John-Resig/dp/193398869X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440529122&sr=1-1&keywords=javascript+ninja], by John Resig (man behind JQuery)

h4. Technology specific

h6. Java

* [Effective Java|http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-2nd-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0321356683/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226673689&sr=1-1] by Joshua Bloch
* [Java Concurrency in Practice|http://www.javaconcurrencyinpractice.com/] by Brian Goetz

h2. DevOps
* [DevOps for Developers|http://www.amazon.com/DevOps-Developers-Michael-H%C3%BCttermann/dp/1430245697], [Free e-book|http://it-ebooks.info/book/998/] by Michael Huttermann

h2. Process, methodology, softskills

h4. Softskills

* [Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box|http://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Self-Deception-Getting-out-Box/dp/1576759776/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401879203&sr=8-1&keywords=getting+out+of+the+box]

* [The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Consulting-Giving-Getting-Successfully/dp/0932633013/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207938712&sr=8-1] by Gerald M. Weinberg

* [Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions|http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Software-Architecture-Sustaining-Solutions/dp/0201775948] by Luke Hohmann - Characterizing the need for Product Management, as well as sane Architecutral skills. Lacking a bit of the new markets emerging. Still classic skills are very well covered.

h4. People & Process for beginners

* [Ship it!|http://www.pragprog.com/titles/prj/ship-it] is a good introductory book for doing Agile in practice. It's not as technical as pragmatic programmer, more project/soft oriented.
* [Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scrum-Doing-Twice-Work-Half/dp/1847941109/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436178345&sr=1-1&keywords=jeff+sutherland] by Jeff Sutherland

h4. People & Process advanced
* [Practices of an Agile Developer|http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/pad/index.html] by Venkat Subramaniam and Andy Hunt.
* [Agile Estimating and Planning|http://www.amazon.co.uk/Agile-Estimating-Planning-Robert-Martin/dp/0131479415/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220599823&sr=8-7] by Mike Cohn
* [Lean Software Development|http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Software-Development-Agile-Toolkit/dp/0321150783/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226674048&sr=1-1] by Mary & Tom Poppendieck
* [Agile Software Development|http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Software-Development/dp/0201699699/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226674075&sr=1-5] by Alistair Cockburn

h4. People & Process classics
* [Peopleware|http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-Second/dp/0932633439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226674108&sr=1-1] by Tom DeMarco
* [The Mythical Man-Month|http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226674132&sr=1-1] by Frederick P. Brooks

h2. Other

h4. Computer history
* [Tools for Thought|http://www.amazon.com/Tools-Thought-History-Mind-Expanding-Technology/dp/0262681153/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226674300&sr=1-2] by Howard Rheingold

h4. Off-topic, but related books
* [Zen And the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance] by Robert M. Pirsig.
* [The Dilbert Principle|http://www.amazon.com/Dilbert-Principle-book/dp/0752272209/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226674155&sr=1-3] by Scott Adams. This is really an anti-pattern book on how not to to manage your team or company.

h4. How to write text

* [The Elements of Style|http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X], by Strunk and White
* [Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method|http://www.amazon.com/Weinberg-Writing-Fieldstone-Gerald-M/dp/093263365X], by Gerald Weinberg

h2. Resources

* [What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? | http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1711/what-is-the-single-most-influential-book-every-programmer-should-read]
* [Top 50 New Software Development Books | http://www.noop.nl/2009/03/top-50-new-software-development-books.html] by Jurgen Appelo
* [Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever | http://www.noop.nl/2008/06/top-100-best-software-engineering-books-ever.html] by Jurgen Appelo