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Architecture Book Summaries

At Home Summary
At Home
A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson 2010 594 pages
3.99
94k+ ratings
History
Humor
Science
12 Essential Skills for Software Architects Summary
12 Essential Skills for Software Architects
by Dave Hendricksen 2011 280 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Architecture
Programming
Software
Universal Principles of Design Summary
Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell 2003 216 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Design
Business
Art
The Architecture of Happiness Summary
The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton 2007 280 pages
3.86
13k+ ratings
Architecture
Philosophy
Art
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2015 280 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Walkable City Summary
Walkable City
How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
by Jeff Speck 2013 320 pages
4.31
7k+ ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
Radical Cities Summary
Radical Cities
Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
by Justin McGuirk 2014 304 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Architecture
Urbanism
Cities
Beautiful Architecture Summary
Beautiful Architecture
Leading Thinkers Reveal the Hidden Beauty in Software Design
by Diomidis Spinellis 2009 426 pages
3.41
100+ ratings
Programming
Architecture
Technology
Happy City Summary
Happy City
Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
by Charles Montgomery 2015 400 pages
4.37
8k+ ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Architecture
Architecting for Scale Summary
Architecting for Scale
High Availability for Your Growing Applications
by Lee Atchison 2016 230 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Technology
Architecture
Software
Building Evolutionary Architectures Summary
Building Evolutionary Architectures
Support Constant Change
by Neal Ford 2017 188 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Architecture
Lean Architecture Summary
Lean Architecture
For Agile Software Development
by James O. Coplien 2010 384 pages
3.22
100+ ratings
Programming
Technical
Technology
Designing Distributed Systems Summary
Designing Distributed Systems
Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Services
by Brendan Burns 2018 162 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Technology
Software
Programming
Tactical Urbanism Summary
Tactical Urbanism
Short-term Action for Long-term Change
by Mike Lydon 2015 230 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Software Architect’s Handbook Summary
Software Architect’s Handbook
Become a successful software architect by implementing effective architecture concepts
by Joseph Ingeno 2018 1423 pages
4.14
50+ ratings
Architecture
Programming
Software
Production-Ready Microservices Summary
Production-Ready Microservices
Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization
by Susan J. Fowler 2017 170 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Technology
Technical
Programming
Cradle to Cradle Summary
Cradle to Cradle
by Michael Braungart 2009 208 pages
4.09
12k+ ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know Summary
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
by Richard Monson-Haefel 2009 220 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Cloud Architecture Patterns Summary
Cloud Architecture Patterns
Using Microsoft Azure
by Bill Wilder 2012 182 pages
3.60
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Vital Little Plans Summary
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
by Jane Jacobs 2016 544 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Kubernetes Patterns Summary
Kubernetes Patterns
Reusable Elements for Designing Cloud-Native Applications
by Bilgin Ibryam 2019 266 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Technology
Technical
Engineering
Software Architecture Patterns for Serverless Systems Summary
Software Architecture Patterns for Serverless Systems
Architecting for innovation with events, autonomous services, and micro frontends
by John Gilbert 2021 436 pages
4.12
50+ ratings
Architecture
API Design Patterns Summary
API Design Patterns
by J.J. Geewax 2021 480 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Software Architecture in Practice Summary
Software Architecture in Practice
by Len Bass 2021 464 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Software
Programming
Architecture
Architecture Patterns with Python Summary
Architecture Patterns with Python
Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices
by Harry Percival 2020 301 pages
4.42
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Beauty Summary
Beauty
by Roger Scruton 2009 223 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Psychology
Design Thinking Summary
Design Thinking
Understanding How Designers Think and Work
by Nigel Cross 2011 192 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Design
Business
Management
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