19 Best Software Design Books

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"Instead of worrying about code, the authors boiled down all the practical approaches that they've found to work in the real world into this one book." - Jeff Atwood

Part of "Jeff's Reading List."

"Larry [Ellison] had given this book to every software executive whom he met within the company." - Marc Benioff

"Had a huge impact on me." - Marc Benioff

"An early look and experience with timeless truths (and gotchas) from systems building with teams" - Alan Kay

"Arguably the only classic book in our field. If you haven't read it, shame on you." - Jeff Atwood

"The very act of reading this book already sets you apart from probably ninety percent of your fellow developers. In a good way." - Jeff Atwood

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"A framework to simulate how customers experience your product, especially the moments of confusion." - Brian Armstrong

"The single best book on usability I've ever read." - Jeff Atwood

"About usability and making software and user interfaces that are friendly to people." - Nick Ganju

"The simplest book I recommend everyone to read when they want to do design." - Garry Tan

"A hugely underappreciated book. I remember all kinds of things from it." - Kevin Kelly

"If you've ever seen the performance of an all-star sports team suffer due to poor coaching, you'll appreciate this book." - Jeff Atwood

"The collective wisdom of many journeyman coders distilled into succinct, digestible columns." - Jeff Atwood

"A must-read for tech teams." - Changpeng Zhao