Ask HN: What are good books/blogs to read for a first time CTO? ↗

The books people recommended

2023-12-29 · 523 points · 142 comments · 19 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.

2The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick Brooks Jr.
2 here · 26 all-time · #19 overall
2The Phoenix Project
The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
2 here · 18 all-time · #51 overall
2High Output Management
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
2 here · 14 all-time · #79 overall
2An Elegant Puzzle
An Elegant Puzzle
Will Larson
2 here · 9 all-time · #154 overall
1Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppman
1 here · 23 all-time · #29 overall
1The Mom Test
The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
1 here · 16 all-time · #62 overall
1Peopleware
Peopleware
Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
1 here · 15 all-time · #67 overall
1The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
1 here · 13 all-time · #85 overall
1Traction
Traction
Gabriel Weinberg
1 here · 11 all-time · #113 overall
1Inspired
Inspired
Marty Cagan
1 here · 6 all-time · #216 overall
1The Fifth Discipline
The Fifth Discipline
Peter Senge
1 here · 6 all-time · #233 overall
1Radical Candor
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
1 here · 5 all-time · #270 overall
1Accelerate
Accelerate
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
1 here · 5 all-time · #295 overall
1Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
1 here · 5 all-time · #319 overall
1An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
Gerald M. Weinberg
1 here · 4 all-time · #403 overall
1Managing Humans
Managing Humans
Michael Lopp
1 here · 4 all-time · #407 overall
1Becoming a Technical Leader
Becoming a Technical Leader
Gerald M. Weinberg
1 here · 3 all-time · #514 overall
1Personal MBA
Personal MBA
Josh Kaufman
1 here · 3 all-time · #520 overall
1Way of Kings
Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
1 here · 3 all-time · #602 overall