Top Recommended Books for Engineering Managers

 Amazon.com returns over 100,000 results for “management books.” Which are the best ones? I interviewed 65+ engineering leaders since late 2017. Here are the top books that engineering leaders on managersclub.com recommended in answer to the question, **”If you could recommend one book to engineering managers, what would it be and why?”** (Some people gave more than 1 recommendation.) Here are the top [books were recommended by more than one leader](https://www.managersclub.com/most-recommended-books-engineering-leaders/) in order of the number of recommendations. I’ve also included links to their interviews.  [“The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change”](http://amzn.to/2EzoufY) by Camille Fournier was recommended by 7 leaders. * [Daniel Dvorkin, Director of Engineering at Modern Tribe](https://www.managersclub.com/daniel-dvorkin/) * [Tom Bartel, Germany-based software developer, engineering manager, speaker, and author](https://www.managersclub.com/tom-bartel/) * [Bryan Gebhardt, Senior Engineering Manager at Microsoft](https://www.managersclub.com/bryan-gebhardt/) * [Bella Kazwell, Web Engineering Lead at Asana](https://www.managersclub.com/interview-with-bella-kazwell-web-engineering-lead-at-asana/) * [Katie Womersley, Director of Engineering at Buffer](https://www.managersclub.com/katie-womersley/) * [Sue Nallapeta, Sr. Director, Engineering/Acting Head of Engineering at Zoosk](https://www.managersclub.com/sue-nallapeta/) * [Patrick Joyce, Director of Engineering at Stitch Fix](https://www.managersclub.com/patrick-joyce/) * * *  [“High Output Management”](http://amzn.to/2CaXttX) by former Intel president Andy Grove was recommended by 6 separate leaders. * [Tom Bartel, Germany-based software developer, engineering manager, speaker, and author](https://www.managersclub.com/tom-bartel/) * [Allen Cheung, Senior Director of Engineering at Affirm](https://www.managersclub.com/allen-cheung/) * [James Stanier, VP Engineering at Brandwatch](https://www.managersclub.com/dr-james-stanier/) * [Bryan Gebhardt, Senior Engineering Manager at Microsoft](https://www.managersclub.com/bryan-gebhardt/) * [Raylene Yung, Head of Payments at Stripe](https://www.managersclub.com/raylene-yung/) * [Chuck Groom, Director of Engineering at VTS](https://www.managersclub.com/chuck-groom/) * * *  Mickey Mantle and Ron Lichty’s book [“Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams”](http://amzn.to/2sjJoL7) was recommended by 5 separate leaders. You can read Ron’s interview [here](https://www.managersclub.com/ron-lichty/), and Mickey’s interview [here](https://www.managersclub.com/mickey-mantle/). * [John Van Heteren, Director of Treatment Delivery Applied Research at Varian Medical Systems](https://www.managersclub.com/john-van-heteren/) * [Joe Hudson, Engineering Manager at Citadel LLC](https://www.managersclub.com/joe-hudson/) * [Ron Lichty, Consultant, Interim VP Engineering and Author](https://www.managersclub.com/ron-lichty/) * [Chuck Groom, Director of Engineering at VTS](https://www.managersclub.com/chuck-groom/) * [Mickey Mantle, Co-author: Managing the Unmanageable and Founder/CEO Wanderful interactive storybooks](https://www.managersclub.com/mickey-mantle/) * * *  [“Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”](http://amzn.to/2CcMSP6) by Patrick Lencioni was recommended by 4 leaders. * [Matt Newkirk, Engineering Manager at Etsy](https://www.managersclub.com/matt-newkirk/) * [Bryan Gebhardt, Senior Engineering Manager at Microsoft](https://www.managersclub.com/bryan-gebhardt/) * [Yagiz Erkan, VP of Technology at Motive Retail](https://www.managersclub.com/yagiz-erkan/) * [Natasha Vinnik, Senior Engineering Manager at Google](https://www.managersclub.com/natasha-vinnik-senior-engineering-manager/) * * *  “Managing Humans” by Michael Lopp VP of Engineering @slackhq was recommended by 3 leaders. You can read Michael Lopp’s interview [here](https://www.managersclub.com/michael-lopp/). * [Anne Hjortshoj, Manager, UX Research and Strategy, Cisco Cloud Security](https://www.managersclub.com/anne-hjortshoj/) * [Mike Oliver, VP of Product Engineering at Runkeeper / ASICS Digital](https://www.managersclub.com/mike-oliver/) * [Anthony Mazzarella, Director, Core Engineering at BAMTECH Media](https://www.managersclub.com/anthony-mazzarella/)