Here is a simple list of books that I have found to be useful throughout my career, and life. Not all of the recommendations here are technical but I have found all of them to be useful in one way or another. Let me know if there are books I missed that need to be on the list. I’d like to keep this list up to date so if there is something that I am always happy to add it.
DevOps
- The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
- The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
- The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
- Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches
- Cloud Native Infrastructure: Patterns for Scalable Infrastructure and Applications in a Dynamic Environment
- Database Reliability Engineering: Designing and Operating Resilient Database Systems
- Infrastructure as Code: Managing Servers in the Cloud
- Effective DevOps: Building a Culture of Collaboration, Affinity, and Tooling at Scale
Ops
- Time Management for System Administrators: Stop Working Late and Start Working Smart
- The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition
- Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
- The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services, Volume 2
- CCNA Routing and Switching Study Guide: Exams 100-101, 200-101, and 200-120
Development
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
- Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
- The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
- Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition
Misc
- Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
- The Existential Pleasures of Engineering (Thomas Dunne Book)
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
- On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
