Ultimate List of 110 Must Read Software Development Books

Whether it is to stimulate your mind or to fill it with as much knowledge about the various facets of software development, there is no better way to expand the database of your scientific brain than by reading thought provoking books. The enhanced analytics abilities you will gain from reading will definitely come handy when designing solutions to complex software development challenges. We have compiled this list of 110 software development books that you must absolutely read in order to broaden your understanding of the binary world of software and give you a brand new approach and wisdom to delivering real world solutions.

1. Types & Programming Languages by Benjamin Pierce
2. C++ and Patterns fame by James O. Coplien
3. Software Patterns by James O. Coplien
4. Multi-paradigm Design for C++ by James O. Coplien
5. Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development by James O. Coplien and Gertrud Bjørnvig
6. Effective Java by Joshua Bloch
7. Java Concurrency in Practice by Joshua Bloch  & Brian Goetz
8. Beautiful Data by Peter Norvig
9. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Peter Norvig
10. Paradigms of AI Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp by Peter Norvig
11. On Lisp by Paul Graham
12. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler
13. Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler
14. A Little Java, A Few Patterns by Daniel Friedman and Matthhias Felleisen
15. A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
16. Code Complete by Steve McConnell
17. The C Programming Language by Dennis Ritchie & Brian Kernighan
18. The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
19. Programming Clojure by Stuart Halloway
20. “Head First” book series by Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates
21. Inside the IBM PC by Peter Norton
22. Programmer’s Guide to the IBM PC by Peter Norton
23. The Deadline, Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies, Peopleware: Productive Projects & Teams by Tom DeMarco
24. Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love
25. Coding Horror by Jeff Atwood
26. Dive into Python by Mark Pilgrim
27. Journey of the Software Professional by Luke Hohmann
28. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman
29. The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
30. Introduction to Algorithms by Charles E. Leiserson, Clifford Stein, Ronald Rivest, and Thomas H. Cormen
31. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, John Vlissides, Ralph Johnson, and Richard Helm
32. The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks
33. The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth
34. Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman
35. Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
36. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
37. Effective C++ by Scott Meyers
38. More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs by Scott Meyers
39. CODE by Charles Petzold
40. Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley
41. Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers
42. Peopleware by Demarco and Lister
43. Coders at Work by Peter Seibel
44. Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Ralph Leighton, Richard Feynman
45. The Little Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen
46. The Seasoned Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen
47. Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby by why the lucky stiff
48. The Inmates Are Running The Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper
49. The Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond
50. Test-Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck
51. Practices of an Agile Developer by Venkat Subramaniam
52. Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
53. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices by Robert C. Martin
54. Domain Driven Designs by Eric Evans
55. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
56. Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu
57. Best Software Writing I by Joel Spolsky
58. The Practice of Programming by Kernighan and Pike
59. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware, by Andy Hunt
60. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnel
61. The Passionate Programmer (My Job Went To India) by Chad Fowler
62. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
63. Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs by Niklaus Wirth
64. Writing Solid Code by Steve Maguire
65. JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford
66. Getting Real by 37 Signals
67. Foundations of Programming by Karl Seguin
68. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C by Andries van Dam, James D. Foley, John F. Hughes, and Steven K. Feiner
69. Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
70. The Elements of Computing Systems by Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken
71. Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky
72. Modern Operating Systems by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
73. The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold
74. Things That Make Us Smart by Donald Norman
75. The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
76. The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition) by Stroustrup
77. Computer Systems – A Programmer’s Perspective by Randal Bryant
78. Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# by Robert C. Martin
79. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce
80. Framework Design Guidelines by Brad Abrams
81. Object Thinking by Dr. David West
82. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W. Richard Stevens
83. Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham
84. The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
85. CLR via C# by Jeffrey Richter
86. The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
87. Design Patterns in C# by Steve Metsker
88. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
89. About Face – The Essentials of Interaction Design  by Alan Cooper
90. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
91. The Tao of Programming  by Geoffrey James
92. Computational Beauty of Nature by Gary William Flake
93. Writing Solid Code by Steve Maguire
94. Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing
95. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications by Grady Booch
96. Computability by N. J. Cutland
97. Masterminds of Programming, by Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden
98. The Tao Te Ching
99. The Productive Programmer, by Neal Ford
100. The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick
101. The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World by Christopher Duncan
102. Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas with Matt Hargett
103. How To Solve It by George Polya
104. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
105. Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation by Adele Goldberg
106. Writing Secure Code (2nd Edition) by Michael Howard
107. Introduction to Functional Programming by Philip Wadler and Richard Bird
108. No Bugs! by David Thielen
109. Rework by Jason Freid and DHH
110. JUnit in Action by Ted Husted and Vincent Massol

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