--- title: Book Recommendations for Software Engineers | daily.dev description: Algorithms to Live By Algorithm To Live By explains computer science algorithms in plain language and points out how relevant they are to our lives by solving... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/book-recommendations-for-software-engineers-zm4mhmvyn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Book Recommendations for Software Engineers | daily.dev og:description: Algorithms to Live By Algorithm To Live By explains computer science algorithms in plain language and points out how relevant they are to our lives by solving... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/book-recommendations-for-software-engineers-zm4mhmvyn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zM4mHMvYN.png og:image:alt: Book Recommendations for Software Engineers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Book Recommendations for Software Engineers **[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · [@fadamakis](https://daily.dev/fadamakis) · 3 min read · 299 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary Algorithms to Live By Algorithm To Live By explains computer science algorithms in plain language and points out how relevant they are to our lives by solving problems we all encounter every day. The book is all about how we use technology in our lives and how society has been transformed as a result of the latest technological development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@dansowaru** · 6 upvotes > The Uncle Bob's books about Clean Code and Clean Architecture are musT-haves, also. A lot of newbies don't know them and they SHOULD! **@gul** · 3 upvotes > Thanks for sharing info. > > Download Free Books For Programmers from https://forcoder.su/category/books/ **@kelvinparmar682** · 3 upvotes > Amazing books **@vedicdeveloper** · 2 upvotes > Thanks for recommendations... Preparing my self to read **@digital\_alchemy** · 2 upvotes > *The Phoenix Project* is a great read! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#remote-work](https://daily.dev/tags/remote-work) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/book-recommendations-for-software-engineers-zm4mhmvyn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Book Recommendations for Software Engineers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/book-recommendations-for-software-engineers-zm4mhmvyn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/book-recommendations-for-software-engineers-zm4mhmvyn"},"datePublished":"2022-09-27T18:36:57.723Z","dateModified":"2022-09-27T18:36:57.631Z","description":"Algorithms to Live By Algorithm To Live By explains computer science algorithms in plain language and points out how relevant they are to our lives by solving...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5d1999e8b330e48ef78af534ebff3452","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5d1999e8b330e48ef78af534ebff3452","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Pointer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Fotis","url":"https://daily.dev/fadamakis","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--KOPPk6Si--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_EsUYS1j4youWBm81ZEe4G","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":980}},"commentCount":18,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/book-recommendations-for-software-engineers-zm4mhmvyn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":299},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":18}],"keywords":"remote-work","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pointer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/pointer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Book Recommendations for Software Engineers"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/book-recommendations-for-software-engineers-zm4mhmvyn","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"The Uncle Bob’s books about Clean Code and Clean Architecture are musT-haves, also. A lot of newbies don’t know them and they SHOULD!","datePublished":"2022-09-28T15:17:14.025Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zM4mHMvYN#c-FSChw-BrU","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Danilo Soares","url":"https://daily.dev/dansowaru","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/90362534?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for sharing info.\nDownload Free Books For Programmers from https://forcoder.su/category/books/","datePublished":"2022-12-30T18:48:52.324Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zM4mHMvYN#c-WlsXUIPuy","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gul Zaib","url":"https://daily.dev/gul","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AFdZucpFeuIneG6Hq_UDUz6hI6Ik0xqHWq_eNrur5UtK-Q=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Amazing books","datePublished":"2022-09-28T15:11:55.987Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zM4mHMvYN#c-nCVM9koBP","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelvin Parmar","url":"https://daily.dev/kelvinparmar682","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94775043?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for recommendations… Preparing my self to read","datePublished":"2022-10-19T14:19:48.678Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zM4mHMvYN#c-HVDYAWLvH","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nishant | The Vedic Developer 🔥","url":"https://daily.dev/vedicdeveloper","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97366282?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The Phoenix Project is a great read!","datePublished":"2022-09-30T14:04:44.437Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zM4mHMvYN#c-DGIj8lf6P","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Resendiz","url":"https://daily.dev/digital_alchemy","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AItbvmkeG2w-kErSnXfAzGy5pJUAEZddA3P1_C3kng4n=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```