Books
This is a long list of books I’ve really enjoyed and often recommend to others. I’ve read most of them—though there might be a few I haven’t finished entirely 😅. I always keep them close, as they serve as valuable references and guides in my day-to-day work as a developer.
Some are well-known and widely read, while others are more under the radar but still incredibly valuable (especially those not directly related to software development). I hope you find something here that you enjoy too.
The books aren’t listed in any particular order—just as they came to mind or as I added them over time.
Table of Contents
Software Development
Architecture & Design
Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Martin Kleppmann
Clean Architecture — Robert Martin
Building Microservices — Sam Newman
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code — Martin Fowler et al.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software — Erich Gamma et al.
Architecting ASP.NET Core Applications — Carl-Hugo Marcotte
Domain-Driven Design — Eric Evans
Testing & Clean Code
The Art of Unit Testing, Third Edition — Roy Osherove, Vladimir Khorikov
Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns — Vladimir Khorikov
Clean Code — Robert Martin
The Clean Coder — Robert Martin
The Software Craftsman — Sandro Mancuso
Test Driven Development: By Example — Kent Beck
Working Effectively with Legacy Code — Michael Feathers
DevOps & Production
Continuous Delivery — Jez Humble, David Farley
Observability Engineering — Charity Majors et al.
Concurrency & Performance
Concurrency in C# Cookbook — Stephen Cleary
Pro .NET Memory Management — Konrad Kokosa
SQL Performance Explained — Markus Winand
Networking & Games
Game Programming Algorithms and Techniques — Sanjay Madhav
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach — James Kurose, Keith Ross
Multiplayer Game Programming: Architecting Networked Games — Sanjay Madhav, Josh Glazer
Personal Development & Productivity
Ultralearning — Scott H. Young
The ONE Thing — Gary Keller, Jay Papasan
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less — Greg McKeown
The War of Art — Steven Pressfield
Deep Work — Cal Newport
The 5 Second Rule — Mel Robbins
Atomic Habits — James Clear
