- Agile Project Management with Scrum (Developer Best Practices) https://a.co/d/06L5Rxlh: Ken was one of the inventors of Scrum and, although there may be more "up to date" books, this is basically the Bible of Scrum.
- Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development) https://a.co/d/0fuobhOi: If I have my history right, this sis the original, quickly-written, first version of Scrum. It's a quicker read than the previous one, but at least when I read it (20 years ago) it was pretty rough around the edges.
- Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition https://a.co/d/0cKGpQec: Another foundational book for software engineering. If you ever hear somebody referencing pregnant women when talking about project estimation, they probably read this book. And they probably should find a more HR friendly metaphor.
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software https://a.co/d/0iaapiVE: A classic book on software design. People still talk about it to this day. But there are many more use-case specific "design patterns" books now.
- http://agilemanifesto.org/: This one is literally just a website but you'll hear the "Agile Manifesto" referenced in many other contexts
- Problem Frames: Analysing and Structuring Software Development Problems https://a.co/d/07X7Bxiv: I totally forgot about this one until I found it in my Amazon history from 2004, but this is a really cool book. It basically helps you frame problems in new ways to think about them from a design perspective. I've forgotten how influential this book was on me, it's so ingrained.
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity https://a.co/d/09z2Zjd5: GTD is a personal task / project management process I keep returning to. Whenever I feel like I'm losing my mind a little I return to my core principles with GTD and it helps get my mind straight. The book is very old at this point, and he describes a process that can be done entirely on paper. I've done straight GTD before, but like Scrum you'll eventually adapt it to the tools you use. There's a ton of tools and websites that will teach you how to do "GTD", but if you've never read the source text none of them will make sense and you'll probably fail to implement them.
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right https://a.co/d/03QwBwqA: This is one that you can probably read a summary of, but some of the stories they tell are good. TLDR: Checklists help you not screw up and are even more important for those rote, redundant, everyday tasks that you're likely to skim through quickly and miss something critical
- Headway: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/headway-daily-book-summaries/id1457185832. I misspoke on the name, this is the book summary app I suggested. It's expensive to buy on its own, but pro-tip: Sign up for the trial, and then cancel before it bills you. They offered me a significant discount for the first year, Iike 50-75% off