Reading Archive
Some years ago, I started to keep a list of all books I read. The following books are the software testing, software engineering, project management, technologies and business related books from that list.
MICROSOFT SECRETS: How the World’s Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People
by Michael A. Cusumano
Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
by Clive Thompson
The Language of Leaders: How Top CEOs Communicate to Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results
by Kevin Murray
Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
by John Doerr
Big Think Strategy: How to Leverage Bold Ideas and Leave Small Thinking Behind
by Bernd H. Schmitt
It’s Your Biz: The Complete Guide to Becoming Your Own Boss
by Susan Solovic and Ellen R. Kadin
Succeeding with OKRs in Agile: How to create & deliver objectives & key results for teams
by Allan Kelly
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
by Katie Hafner
Who
by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
Delivering Happiness
by Tony Hsieh
Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
Gutenberg the Geek
by Jeff Jarvis
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences
by Nancy Duarte
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
by Seth Godin
Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams
by Mickey Mantle and Ron Lichty
The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World
by Chris Guillebeau
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
by Seth Godin
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury and Bruce Patton
Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries
by Peter Sims
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
by David Epstein
The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software (Pragmatic Programmers)
by Jonathan Rasmusson
The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR
by Al Ries and Laura Ries
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
by Robert Martin
This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See
by Seth Godin
Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
by Guy Kawasaki
The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
The New Consultant’s Quick Start Guide: An Action Plan for Your First Year in Business
by Elaine Biech
Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide
by Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra and Elisabeth Robson
The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make them Happen
by Andy Boynton, Bill Fischer and William Bole
Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow
by Dominica DeGrandis.
The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
Serve to Lead: 21st Century Leaders Manual
by James Strock
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
by Tom Nichols
The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
by Randy Komisar
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool.
The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
By John Battelle
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
by Seth Godin
The Definitive Drucker: Challenges For Tomorrow’s Executives — Final Advice From the Father of Modern Management
by Elizabeth Haas Edersheim
The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
by Gene Kim
DevOps: Building Software With Lean Process For Modern Business
by Steven Branson
Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand in the Age of Social Media
by Brittany Hennessy
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
by Paul Jarvis
Soft Skills: The software developer’s life manual
by John Sonmez
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World by Tina Seelig
The Soul of A New Machine
by Tracy Kidder
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U)
by Jocelyn K. Glei
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley
by Emily Chang
The ART of Automation: Leverage for companies, managers and testers
by Peter Muszka
Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
by Michael Simpson
The Leader’s Guide
by Eric Ries
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
by Carol S. Dweck
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
by Jeff Ryan
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution – 25th Anniversary Edition
by Steven Levy
Anti- Agile Patterns: Get your agile project back on track
by Anusha Hewage
Hiking along the Critical Path: Reflections on Project Management
by Steve Boliek
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
by Cal Newport