Books I have been reading lately

1. Good Boss, Bad Boss by Robert I. Sutton
2. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt
3. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming by Peter Seibel
4. The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler
5. Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman by Dave Hoover
6.  Rework: A better, easier way to succeed in business by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
7. Joel on Software by Joel 
8. Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook by Michael Lopp
9. Pomodoro Technique: The Easy Way to do more in less time by Staffan Nöteberg
10. Land the Tech job you love by Andy Lester
11. 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know,  Edited by Kevlin Henney
12. Even Faster Web Sites by Steve Sauders

Good Boss, Bad Boss Bob Sutton's latest book is a great read, and is filled with vivid examples of leaders who do things right, or wrong. Sutton is a talented story teller, and brings bosses to life in his descriptions of real life executives and managers, and also draws on his deep knowledge of psychology to explain, in clear terms, why the actions of bosses are so impactful, for better or for worse, on the people who work for them. This book does what so few management and leadership books are able to- it balances "showing" through real world stories with "telling" through established theories of social psychology. Anyone who has a boss, or is a boss, will benefit from reading this book.