The 15 Best Books for Software Engineers

1. Clean Code
2. The Clean Coder
3. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design
4. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
5. The Pragmatic Programmer
6. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
7. Software Design X-Rays: Fix Technical Debt with Behavioral Code Analysis
8. Head First Design Patterns (A Brain-Friendly Guide)
9. Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler
10. Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual
11. The Mythical Man-Month
12. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
13. The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
14. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
15. Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum

Some other books worth mentioning (very useful for cracking the tech interviews):

1. Introduction to Algorithms
2. Cracking the Coding Interview
3. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems