A reading list for new engineering managers ↗

The books people recommended

2021-04-10 · 177 points · 58 comments · 11 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.

4An Elegant Puzzle
An Elegant Puzzle
Will Larson
4 here · 9 all-time · #154 overall
3Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
3 here · 5 all-time · #319 overall
2Peopleware
Peopleware
Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
2 here · 15 all-time · #67 overall
2Accelerate
Accelerate
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
2 here · 5 all-time · #295 overall
1The Goal
The Goal
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
1 here · 24 all-time · #26 overall
1The Phoenix Project
The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
1 here · 18 all-time · #51 overall
1Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
1 here · 15 all-time · #69 overall
1Getting to Yes
Getting to Yes
Roger Fisher
1 here · 7 all-time · #188 overall
1Radical Candor
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
1 here · 5 all-time · #270 overall
1Turn the Ship Around
Turn the Ship Around
L David Marquet
1 here · 4 all-time · #370 overall
1Managing Humans
Managing Humans
Michael Lopp
1 here · 4 all-time · #407 overall