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 Design of Everyday Things
Design
Business
Psychology
A Philosophy of Software Design
Programming
Technology
Software
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
Reference
Engineering
Technology
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Manager's Path
A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
Management
Leadership
Business
Toyota Production System
Beyond large-scale production
Business
Management
Leadership
The Toyota Way
14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
Business
Management
Leadership
System Design Interview – An insider's guide
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Programming
Technical
Wiring the Winning Organization
Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification
Business
Leadership
Management
Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
Science
Engineering
Technology
The Staff Engineer's Path
A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
Technology
Leadership
Software
Building Secure and Reliable Systems
Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems
Technology
Programming
Engineering
How To Build A Car
Biography
Sports
Engineering
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Learning to Learn
Science
Engineering
Technology
Kubernetes Patterns
Reusable Elements for Designing Cloud-Native Applications
Technology
Engineering
Technical
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook
A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed
Business
Reference
Management
Staff Engineer
Leadership Beyond the Management Track
Leadership
Technology
Management
The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
Science
History
Technology
Flying Blind
The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
Business
History
Aviation
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Management
Leadership
Technology
The Engineering Executive's Primer
Impactful Technical Leadership
Leadership
Management
Technology
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
Management
Leadership
Business
The Art of Electronics
Engineering
Science
Reference
Tidy First?
A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design
Programming
Technology
Software
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
Modern Software Engineering
Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster
Programming
Technology
Software
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
History
Business
Science
Observability Engineering
Achieving Production Excellence
Technology
Software
Programming
The Formula
How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
Sports
Business
History
The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy
Digital Transformation with the Monkey, the Razor, and the Sumo Wrestler
Business
Leadership
Management
Sooner Safer Happier
Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility
Business
Leadership
Management
An Elegant Puzzle
Systems of Engineering Management
Management
Leadership
Business
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Intelligence-Driven Incident Response
Outwitting the Adversary
Technology
Technical
Reference
Seeking SRE
Conversations about Running Production Systems at Scale
Technology
Computer Science
Technical
The AI Playbook
Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The Effective Engineer
How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact
Programming
Technology
Software
Cracking the Coding Interview
189 Programming Questions and Solutions
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
To Engineer Is Human
The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Engineering
Science
Design
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
History
Science
Engineering
Software Engineering at Google
Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
Programming
Technology
Software
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
Education
Science
Biography
Success through Failure
The Paradox of Design
Engineering
Science
Design
Defensive Security Handbook
Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure
Technical
Technology
Engineering
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Physics
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
Science
Space
Business
The Unwritten Laws of Business
Business
Management
Engineering
