My Top Recommended Books
Software Architecture & Engineering
Clean Architecture
Robert C. Martin
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Erich Gamma et al.
Head First Design Patterns
Eric Freeman & Elisabeth Robson
SQL Antipatterns
Bill Karwin
The Bible of Algorithms & Data Structures
Florian Dedov
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim
Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track
Will Larson
Design & Typography
- Thinking with Type - Ellen Lupton
- Grid Systems / Raster-Systeme - Josef Müller-Brockmann
- Image Optimization - Addy Osmani
- Interaction of Color - Josef Albers
- Typography for Lawyers - Matthew Butterick
UX, Psychology & Information Design
- Don't Make Me Think, Revisited - Steve Krug
- 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People - Susan M. Weinschenk
- Laws of UX - Jon Yablonski
- Card Sorting: Designing Usable Categories - Donna Spencer
- Understanding Privacy - Matthew Crain
- How to Make Sense of Any Mess - Abby Covert
Software Architecture & Engineering
- Clean Architecture - Robert C. Martin
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications - Martin Kleppmann
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma et al.
- Head First Design Patterns - Eric Freeman & Elisabeth Robson
- SQL Antipatterns - Bill Karwin
- The Bible of Algorithms & Data Structures - Florian Dedov
- Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations - Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim
- Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track - Will Larson
Data Visualization & Storytelling
- Data Sketches - Nadieh Bremer & Shirley Wu
- Design is Storytelling - Ellen Lupton
- How Charts Lie - Alberto Cairo
- The Big Book of Dashboards - Steve Wexler, Jeffrey Shaffer & Andy Cotgreave
- Joyful Infographics - Nigel Holmes
- Designing Interfaces - Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer & Aynne Valencia
Product Design & Creativity
- Creative Selection - Ken Kocienda
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products - Nir Eyal
- The Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport
Culture, Communication & Motivation
- How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie
- Blood, Sweat, and Pixels - Jason Schreier