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Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially for tech teams? ↗

The books people recommended

2019-12-05 · 882 points · 209 comments · 61 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 10Extreme Ownership

    Extreme Ownership

    Jocko Willink

    10 here · 34 all-time · #158 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 39,461 ratings on Amazon
  2. 10

    The Manager's Path

    Camille Fournier

    10 here · 22 all-time · #284 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,380 ratings on Amazon
  3. 9

    High Output Management

    Andrew S. Grove

    9 here · 39 all-time · #125 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,879 ratings on Amazon
  4. 7

    Peopleware

    Tom DeMarco

    7 here · 62 all-time · #59 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,189 ratings on Amazon
  5. 7

    Tao Te Ching

    Lao Tzu

    7 here · 53 all-time · #76 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,771 ratings on Amazon
  6. 7

    Turn the Ship Around

    L. David Marquet

    7 here · 22 all-time · #280 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,318 ratings on Amazon
  7. 6The Goal

    The Goal

    Eliyahu M. Goldratt

    6 here · 70 all-time · #49 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,661 ratings on Amazon
  8. 6

    The Phoenix Project

    Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

    6 here · 67 all-time · #56 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 14,975 ratings on Amazon
  9. 6

    Becoming a Technical Leader

    Gerald M. Weinberg

    6 here · 19 all-time · #338 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 363 ratings on Amazon
  10. 5

    Creativity Inc.

    Ed Catmull

    5 here · 43 all-time · #107 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,683 ratings on Amazon
  11. 5Managing Humans

    Managing Humans

    Michael Lopp

    5 here · 12 all-time · #543 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 529 ratings on Amazon
  12. 4

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    Ben Horowitz

    4 here · 56 all-time · #67 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,933 ratings on Amazon
  13. 4The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    Patrick Lencioni

    4 here · 17 all-time · #377 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,010 ratings on Amazon
  14. 4Team of Teams

    Team of Teams

    General Stanley McChrystal

    4 here · 7 all-time · #1020 overall

  15. 4Making of a Manager

    Making of a Manager

    Julie Zhuo

    4 here · 5 all-time · #1521 overall

  16. 3

    An Elegant Puzzle

    Will Larson

    3 here · 20 all-time · #325 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,414 ratings on Amazon
  17. 3Radical Candor

    Radical Candor

    Kim Scott

    3 here · 16 all-time · #392 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 10,178 ratings on Amazon
  18. 3Tribal Leadership

    Tribal Leadership

    John C. Maxwell

    3 here · 6 all-time · #1200 overall

  19. 3Leadership Step by Step

    Leadership Step by Step

    Joshua Spodek

    3 here · 4 all-time · #1947 overall

  20. 2

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    2 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
  21. 2

    The Mythical Man-Month

    Frederick Brooks Jr.

    2 here · 137 all-time · #13 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,811 ratings on Amazon
  22. 2

    Principles

    Ray Dalio

    2 here · 49 all-time · #88 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,363 ratings on Amazon
  23. 2Good to Great

    Good to Great

    Jim Collins

    2 here · 10 all-time · #649 overall

  24. 2The Score Takes Care of Itself

    The Score Takes Care of Itself

    Bill Walsh

    2 here · 6 all-time · #1123 overall

  25. 2The Infinite Game

    The Infinite Game

    Simon Sinek

    2 here · 6 all-time · #1203 overall

  26. 2Small Unit Leadership

    Small Unit Leadership

    Col. Dandridge M. Malone

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1851 overall

  27. 2Call Sign Chaos

    Call Sign Chaos

    Jim Mattis

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2526 overall

  28. 2Debugging Teams

    Debugging Teams

    Brian Fitzgerald

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2623 overall

  29. 1

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius

    1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1

    Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 100 all-time · #29 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,430 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1

    The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries

    1 here · 56 all-time · #68 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 17,985 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1Rework

    Rework

    Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

    1 here · 43 all-time · #106 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,954 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1The Art of War

    The Art of War

    Sun Tzu

    1 here · 43 all-time · #110 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 9,633 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1

    The 48 Laws of Power

    Robert Greene

    1 here · 36 all-time · #136 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 90,218 ratings on Amazon
  35. 1

    Finite and Infinite Games

    James P. Carse

    1 here · 31 all-time · #183 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 1,993 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen Covey

    1 here · 30 all-time · #186 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 20,573 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1

    Measure What Matters

    John Doerr

    1 here · 24 all-time · #254 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 10,046 ratings on Amazon
  38. 1The Psychology of Computer Programming

    The Psychology of Computer Programming

    Gerald M. Weinberg

    1 here · 16 all-time · #410 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.0 out of 5, 140 ratings on Amazon
  39. 1Are Your Lights On?

    Are Your Lights On?

    Donald C. Gause

    1 here · 15 all-time · #421 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.0 out of 5, 264 ratings on Amazon
  40. 1Difficult Conversations

    Difficult Conversations

    Douglas Stone

    1 here · 15 all-time · #438 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 822 ratings on Amazon
  41. 1The Effective Executive

    The Effective Executive

    Peter Drucker

    1 here · 14 all-time · #457 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,714 ratings on Amazon
  42. 1Secrets of Consulting

    Secrets of Consulting

    Gerald M. Weinberg

    1 here · 11 all-time · #562 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 370 ratings on Amazon
  43. 1Accelerate

    Accelerate

    Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

    1 here · 11 all-time · #579 overall

    Buy on Amazon
  44. 1The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

    The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen Covey

    1 here · 10 all-time · #666 overall

  45. 1Boyd

    Boyd

    Robert Coram

    1 here · 9 all-time · #720 overall

  46. 1The Unicorn Project

    The Unicorn Project

    Gene Kim

    1 here · 9 all-time · #749 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 4,826 ratings on Amazon
  47. 1The Principles of Product Development Flow

    The Principles of Product Development Flow

    Donald G. Reinertsen

    1 here · 9 all-time · #751 overall

  48. 1Watership Down

    Watership Down

    Richard Adams

    1 here · 8 all-time · #784 overall

  49. 1Power

    Power

    Naomi Alderman

    1 here · 8 all-time · #842 overall

  50. 1Management: A Political Activity

    Management: A Political Activity

    Ted Stephenson

    1 here · 7 all-time · #925 overall

  51. 1The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

    William Thorndike

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1285 overall

  52. 1One Minute Manager

    One Minute Manager

    Ken Blanchard

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1421 overall

  53. 1First, Break All the Rules

    First, Break All the Rules

    Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1705 overall

  54. 1Tribes

    Tribes

    Seth Godin

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1749 overall

  55. 1Dare to Lead

    Dare to Lead

    Brené Brown

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1834 overall

  56. 1What Every Body Is Saying

    What Every Body Is Saying

    Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1952 overall

  57. 1Washington

    Washington

    Ron Chernow

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2068 overall

  58. 1Dichotomy of Leadership

    Dichotomy of Leadership

    Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2136 overall

  59. 1Hit Refresh

    Hit Refresh

    Satya Nadella

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2181 overall

  60. 1Leadership BS

    Leadership BS

    Jeffrey Pfeffer

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2281 overall

  61. 1Behind Closed Doors

    Behind Closed Doors

    Rothman, Derby

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2346 overall