Best Career & Growth Books
TopicBest books on developer careers, leadership, productivity, and professional growth recommended by the community.
Rankings
Role
Level
Intent
1↑4
Deep Work
Cal Newport
7549 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
130.7
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2↓2
Atomic Habits
James Clear
390 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
91.5
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3↓3
The Clean Coders
Uncle Bob Martin
391 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
88.3
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4↓3
Soft Skills, the software developer's life manual
John Sonmez
300 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
71
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5↓3
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
280 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
66
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6↓2
The Mythical Man-Month
Brooks
260 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
63
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7↓1
The Manager's Path
Camille Fournier
221 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
55.8
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8↓1
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
250 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
54.5
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9↓2
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
181 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
43.8
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10↓2
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey It
170 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
42.5
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11↓2
The power of habits
Charles Duhigg
180 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
41
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12—
Start with Why
Simon Sinek
140 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
35
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13↓4
Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
141 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
31.8
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14↓2
Getting Things Done
David Allen
142 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
30.6
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15↓2
The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
131 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
29.3
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16—
So Good They Can't Ignore You
Carl Newport
120 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
28
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17—
Peopleware
Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister
110 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
27.5
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18—
Managing humans
Michael Lopp
110 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
27.5
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19↓2
The Obstacle is the Way
Ryan Holiday
101 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
25.8
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20—
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
100 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
25
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