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10 Best Software Engineering Books

Goal: Find the best Software Engineering books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best software engineering books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

10 Best Software Engineering Books

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1

The Pragmatic Programmer

From Journeyman to Master

by Andrew Hunt

Also recommended by:

Ev Williams, Jeff Atwood

2

Clean Code

A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

3

Head First Design Patterns

Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software

by Eric Freeman

4

Code Complete

A Practical Handbook of Software Construction

by Steve McConnell

Also recommended by:

Jeff Atwood

5

Cracking the Coding Interview

189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

6

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

by Martin Fowler

7

Refactoring

Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler

8

The Clean Coder

A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

by Robert C. Martin

9

The Mythical Man-Month

Essays on Software Engineering

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

10

Design Patterns

Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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