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2020-08-11 · 210 points · 54 comments · 12 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.

8The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick Brooks Jr.
8 here · 26 all-time · #19 overall
4Drive
Drive
Daniel Pink
4 here · 7 all-time · #208 overall
3Peopleware
Peopleware
Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
3 here · 15 all-time · #67 overall
3The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
3 here · 12 all-time · #98 overall
3Code Complete
Code Complete
Steve McConnell
3 here · 12 all-time · #108 overall
2Showstopper!
Showstopper!
Robert X. Cringely
2 here · 3 all-time · #629 overall
1The Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
1 here · 15 all-time · #65 overall
1High Output Management
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
1 here · 14 all-time · #79 overall
1Out of the Crisis
Out of the Crisis
W. Edwards Deming
1 here · 4 all-time · #363 overall
1Turn the Ship Around
Turn the Ship Around
L David Marquet
1 here · 4 all-time · #370 overall
1Unwritten Laws of Engineering
Unwritten Laws of Engineering
W. J. King
1 here · 4 all-time · #381 overall
1Becoming a Technical Leader
Becoming a Technical Leader
Gerald M. Weinberg
1 here · 3 all-time · #514 overall