Engineering
Engineering books blend practical problem-solving with groundbreaking innovation, offering expert guidance on everything from manufacturing processes to software architecture. Whether you're optimizing systems, building infrastructure, or leading technical teams, these books share hard-won wisdom from industry pioneers and contemporary thought leaders.
Engineering Book Summaries
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
History
Business
Science
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
Design
Science
Engineering
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook
A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed
Business
Reference
Management
The Design of Everyday Things
Design
Business
Psychology
Skunk Works
A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
A Modern Blueprint for Scalable and Sustainable Websites
Design
Technology
Programming
Toyota Production System
Beyond large-scale production
Business
Management
Leadership
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
Science
Space
Business
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Architecting for Scale
High Availability for Your Growing Applications
Technology
Architecture
Software
Defensive Security Handbook
Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure
Technical
Technology
Engineering
The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are
History
Science
Design
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
History
Engineering
Economics
The Toyota Way
14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
Business
Management
Leadership
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Manager's Path
A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
Management
Leadership
Business
An Elegant Puzzle
Systems of Engineering Management
Management
Leadership
Business
Cloud FinOps
Collaborative, Real-Time Cloud Financial Management
Technology
Engineering
Software
Building Secure and Reliable Systems
Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems
Technology
Engineering
Technical
Software Engineering at Google
Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
Programming
Technology
Software
The Unwritten Laws of Engineering
Engineering
Business
Programming
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
Science
History
Technology
The Unwritten Laws of Business
Business
Management
Engineering
Seeking SRE
Conversations about Running Production Systems at Scale
Technology
Technical
Computer Science
Concrete Planet
The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
History
Science
Engineering
The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy
Digital Transformation with the Monkey, the Razor, and the Sumo Wrestler
Business
Leadership
Management
The Effective Engineer
How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact
Programming
Technology
Software
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
Education
Science
Biography
Success through Failure
The Paradox of Design
Engineering
Science
Design
Kubernetes Patterns
Reusable Elements for Designing Cloud-Native Applications
Technology
Technical
Engineering
Sooner Safer Happier
Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility
Business
Leadership
Management
Modern Software Engineering
Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster
Programming
Technology
Software
Observability Engineering
Achieving Production Excellence
Technology
Software
Programming
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Programming
Technical
Flying Blind
The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
Business
History
Aviation
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Learning to Learn
Science
Engineering
Technology
The Staff Engineer's Path
A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
Technology
Leadership
Software
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
History
Science
Space
Intelligence-Driven Incident Response
Outwitting the Adversary
Technology
Technical
Reference
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
Reference
Engineering
Technology
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
History
Science
Engineering
Tidy First?
A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design
Programming
Technology
Software
A Philosophy of Software Design
Programming
Technology
Software
The Engineering Executive's Primer
Impactful Technical Leadership
Leadership
Management
Technology
The AI Playbook
Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The Formula
How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
Sports
Business
History
Staff Engineer
Leadership Beyond the Management Track
Leadership
Technology
Management
Wiring the Winning Organization
Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification
Business
Leadership
Management
The Art of Electronics
Engineering
Science
Reference