A list of great books from various authors I’ve read on different topics.
These books, to some extend, have shaped my personal and professional career.
If by some reason I forget to add here, relevant books, you can follow me also on GoodReads.
Management 101 – recommended readings for new manager or established manager looking to gap certain skills
- HBRs 10 Must Reads for New Managers – HBR
- Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success – Jordan Belfort
- Radical Candor: Be a kickass boss without losing your humanity, Kim Malone Scott
- First break all the rules : Marcus Buckingham
Leadership & Management
- The infinite game, Simon Sinek
- The Psychology of Persuasion, Influence (Robert B Cialdini)
- Never split the difference, Chris Voss
- The 7 habits of highly effective people, Stephen R Covey
- Turn the ship around!: A true story of building leaders, L. David Marquet
- Start with Why, Simon Sinek
- Leaders eat last, Simon Sinek
- Peopleware : productive Projects and teams – Tom Demarco
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell
- Company of One : Why Staying Small Is the Next big Thing for Business, Paul Jarvis
- Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
Deep work / Focused work
- Smartcuts, Shane Snow
- Tribes of Mentors : Short Life Advices from the best in the World – Timothy Ferris
- Tools Of Titans – Timothy Ferris
- Atomic Habits, James Clear
Others
- 10% Happier, Dan Harris
- Sapiens : A brief History of Humankind, Yuval Harari
- The subtle art of not giving a Fuck, Mark Manson
- Games people play, Erik Berne
- Talk Like TED : The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds, Eliyahu M Goldratt
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Harari
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, Yuval Harari
Parenting and life
- ScreamFree Parenting, 10th Anniversary Revised Edition: How to Raise Amazing Adults by Learning to Pause More and React Less, Hal Edward Runkel
Technical
- Clean Code + Clean Architecture, Robert C. Martin
- The Pragmatic Programmer, Andy Hunt
- Soft skills: the software developer’s life manual, John Sonmez