Best Software Architecture Books

Topic

Top software architecture books recommended by developers. Design patterns, clean architecture, and system design principles.

Books

116

Total mentions

901

Avg 90d mentions

Rankings

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

741 in 90d

software-architecturebackend

161.8

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Clean Architecture

Robert C. Martin

584 in 90d

software-architecturebackend

138.2

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The Phoenix Project

Gene Kim

612 in 90d

software-architecturedevops

136.1

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Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

Eric Freeman

762 in 90d

software-architecturejavabackend

129.6

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The DevOps Handbook

Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis

331 in 90d

software-architecturedevops

71.3

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Don't Make Me Think

Steve Krug

250 in 90d

software-architecturefrontend

62.5

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Implementing Domain-Driven Design

Vaughn Vernon

241 in 90d

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54.8

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Extreme Programming Explained

Kent Beck

220 in 90d

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Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce

170 in 90d

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36.5

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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Martin Folwer

150 in 90d

software-architecturebackend

35.5

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A Philosophy of Software Design

John Ousterhout

140 in 90d

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Building Microservices

Sam Newman

141 in 90d

software-architecturesystem-designbackend

31.8

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Domain-Driven Design Distilled

Vaughn Vernon

140 in 90d

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The Unicorn Project

Gene Kim

120 in 90d

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Fundamentals of Software Architecture

Mark Richards and Neal Ford

131 in 90d

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27.3

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Cloud Security Handbook

Eyal Estrin

378 in 90d

awssoftware-architecturedevops

26.9

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Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices

Robert C. Martin

93 in 90d

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22.9

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Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

Sandi Metz

90 in 90d

rubysoftware-architecturebackend

22.5

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Infrastructure as Code

Kief Morris

92 in 90d

software-architecturedevops

22.1

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Refactoring To Patterns

Joshua Kerievsky

100 in 90d

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Best Software Architecture Books

Rankings

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Clean Architecture

The Phoenix Project

Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

The DevOps Handbook

Don't Make Me Think

Implementing Domain-Driven Design

Extreme Programming Explained

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

A Philosophy of Software Design

Building Microservices

Domain-Driven Design Distilled

The Unicorn Project

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

Cloud Security Handbook

Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices

Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

Infrastructure as Code

Refactoring To Patterns

Explore Software Architecture by Level & Intent

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