Programming Books You Must Read

Mazn Adnan Shkoor
The Startup
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3 min readJul 31, 2019

It requires effort to get your programming skills from one level to another. If you want to become a better developer, trust me, you need to invest an hour before you sleep reading some of the books that I am about to suggest.

I promise this is going to take your knowledge, skills, and habits to the next level in no time! You will never look back once you read the best six books!

1) Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

This book is one of the best books that you must read in your professional life. After reading this book, you will become careful in writing clean and understandable code. It shows you the essential details from naming conventions to testing codes. Simply, it covers everything that you may need to know to improve your coding style.

2) Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design

I suggest every programmer read this book because it shows and teaches you how to structure and design your application. It helps you to create maintainable enterprise applications. Reading this book would make your applications more scalable in the future.

3) Data Structures & Algorithms in Java

The reason that I suggest you read this book is that it’s an excellent book! You may not be familiar with Java programming language, but do not worry about it. This book explains the most used data structure and algorithms that you will come across in computer science. You will gain two values from this book: you will have exceptional knowledge in data structure and algorithms, and you will be familiar with Java programming language after reading this book.

4) Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

It is always nice to have software design patterns book in your collection. This book explains in detail the essential software design pattern that follows the SOLID object-oriented principles.

5) Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual

Most of us are obsessed with learning programming languages and leaving the essential soft skills that would be extremely valuable to have alongside your programming skill. This book will help you to achieve a fair balance between your technical skills and your soft skills. You will absolutely love this book once you read it

6) Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

Every programmer is a problem solver. This book is designed to prepare you for coding interviews. Whether you are looking for a job or not, you will enjoy solving these problems a lot. Challenge yourself and solve some beautiful problems!

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Mazn Adnan Shkoor
The Startup

I am a passionate web developer, a blockchain technology enthusiast, and I have MSc in network engineering..