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Mastering Software Architecture
Books that help you understand and master the software architecture discipline
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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design
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12 More Essential Skills for Software Architects
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Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives
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Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
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Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
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Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
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Software Architecture in Practice
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Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice
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37 Things One Architect Knows
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Gregor Hohpe (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach
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97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
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Richard Monson-Haefel (editor)
3.62 avg rating — 780 ratings
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Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond
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Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions
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3.72 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Software Architecture for Developers
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Simon Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 416 ratings
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Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change
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Neal Ford (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,033 ratings
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12 Essential Skills for Software Architects
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3.67 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The Process of Software Architecting
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Designing Software Architectures: A Practical Approach (SEI Series in Software Engineering)
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4.13 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Architecture of Open Source Applications
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Amy Brown (Editor)
3.66 avg rating — 326 ratings
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The Architecture of Open Source Applications, Volume II
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Amy Brown (Editor)
4.01 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Software Fundamentals: Collected Papers
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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1: A System of Patterns
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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects
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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 3: Patterns for Resource Management
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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 4: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing
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Pattern Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5: On Patterns and Pattern Languages
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Essential Software Architecture
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Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
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Software Architecture Patterns
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Continuous delivery
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Jez Humble (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
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Designing Delivery: Rethinking IT in the Digital Service Economy
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Scalability Rules: 50 Principles for Scaling Web Sites
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Microservices vs Service-Oriented Architecture
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Refactoring in Large Software Projects: Performing Complex Restructurings Successfully
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Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design
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Refactoring to Patterns
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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Reactive Systems Architecture: Designing and Implementing an Entire Distributed System
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Reactive Design Patterns
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Implementing Domain-Driven Design
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Object-Oriented Design Heuristics
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