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2020-08-11 · 210 points · 54 comments · 14 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.

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The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick Brooks Jr.
8 here · 137 all-time · #13 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,811 ratings on Amazon
4Drive
Drive
Daniel Pink
4 here · 13 all-time · #492 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 9,418 ratings on Amazon
3
Code Complete
Steve McConnell
3 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
3
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
3 here · 76 all-time · #43 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,741 ratings on Amazon
3
Peopleware
Tom DeMarco
3 here · 62 all-time · #59 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,189 ratings on Amazon
2
Showstopper
G. Pascal Zachary
2 here · 23 all-time · #267 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 456 ratings on Amazon
1
The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
1 here · 102 all-time · #26 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 3,644 ratings on Amazon
1
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
1 here · 39 all-time · #125 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,879 ratings on Amazon
1
Turn the Ship Around
L. David Marquet
1 here · 22 all-time · #280 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,318 ratings on Amazon
1
Becoming a Technical Leader
Gerald M. Weinberg
1 here · 19 all-time · #338 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 363 ratings on Amazon
1Out of the Crisis
Out of the Crisis
W. Edwards Deming
1 here · 10 all-time · #629 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 549 ratings on Amazon
1Unwritten Laws of Engineering
Unwritten Laws of Engineering
W.J. King
1 here · 9 all-time · #743 overall
1Rapid Development
Rapid Development
Steve McConnell
1 here · 7 all-time · #958 overall
1Joel on Software
Joel on Software
Joel Spolsky
1 here · 6 all-time · #1100 overall