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Books like Clean Code
The best books like Clean Code are The Mythical Man-Month, The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, and An Elegant Puzzle. Clean Code by Robert C. Martin is about software craftsmanship, readability, refactoring. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Mythical Man-Month
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Frederick P. Brooks Jr. · Business
Frederick Brooks managed the development of OS/360, IBM's operating system for the System/360 mainframe, in the early 1960s.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford · Business
The Phoenix Project is a business novel — structured like The Goal, which it explicitly acknowledges — that applies the Theory of Constraints and lean manufacturing principles to IT operations and software delivery.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - An Elegant Puzzle
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Will Larson · Business
An Elegant Puzzle is Will Larson's guide to the craft of engineering management, written from his experience leading engineering teams at Digg, Uber, and Stripe.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - A Mind for Numbers
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Barbara Oakley · Self-help
A Mind for Numbers is Barbara Oakley's guide to learning hard subjects effectively, written primarily for students struggling with mathematics and science but drawing on cognitive science principles that apply to any demanding field.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - Working in Public
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Nadia Eghbal · Business
Working in Public is Nadia Eghbal's examination of open source software as a window into a broader shift in how creative and technical work is organized online.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - The Pragmatic Programmer
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David Thomas and Andrew Hunt · Science
The Pragmatic Programmer is David Thomas and Andrew Hunt's distillation of what separates journeyman coders from craftsmen who consistently ship good work over long careers.
Both dig into software craftsmanship.
Read the summary → - Articulating Design Decisions
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Tom Greever · Business
Articulating Design Decisions addresses a gap that most design education ignores: knowing how to make good decisions is necessary but not sufficient.
Both dig into professional practice.
Read the summary → - Creative Selection
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Ken Kocienda · Business
Creative Selection is Ken Kocienda's first-hand account of how software gets made at Apple during the period when the iPhone and iPad were born.
Both dig into software craftsmanship.
Read the summary → - How to
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Michael Bierut · Biography
How to is Michael Bierut's account of thirty-five years of practice as a graphic designer at Pentagram, the world's largest independent design firm.
Both dig into professional practice.
Read the summary → - A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking · Science
A Brief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt to explain the biggest questions in physics — where the universe came from, how it behaves, and where it might be going — to readers with no scientific training.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg · Science
A Crack in Creation is Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg's account of how CRISPR-Cas9 works, what it can do, and why its possibilities should give everyone pause.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - A Pattern Language
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Christopher Alexander · Science
A Pattern Language is an extraordinary attempt to describe, in systematic form, the conditions that make human habitats feel alive.
A kindred science read.
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Books like Clean Code: quick answers
What are the best books like Clean Code?
The best books like Clean Code by Robert C. Martin are The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr., The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley, Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Clean Code, such as software craftsmanship, readability, refactoring.
What should I read after Clean Code?
A natural next read after Clean Code is The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.. A kindred science read. Other strong choices are The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley.
What books are similar to Clean Code by Robert C. Martin?
Clean Code centers on software craftsmanship, readability, refactoring. Books with a similar feel include The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr., The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley, Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal, The Pragmatic Programmer by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
