108 books
—
10 voters
Software Architecture Books
Showing 1-50 of 929
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,306 ratings — published 2020
Clean Architecture (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,187 ratings — published 2017
Designing Data-Intensive Applications (ebook)
by (shelved 105 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.69 — 10,893 ratings — published 2015
Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,232 ratings — published 2014
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.15 — 5,865 ratings — published 2003
Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.26 — 878 ratings — published 2021
Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,077 ratings — published 2022
Software Architecture in Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.85 — 726 ratings — published 2021
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,894 ratings — published 2002
The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.37 — 683 ratings — published 2020
Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,104 ratings — published
Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.43 — 766 ratings — published
Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
by (shelved 51 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,550 ratings — published 2003
Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.46 — 214 ratings — published 2010
System Design Interview – An insider's guide (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,475 ratings — published 2020
Software Architecture for Developers: Volume 1 - Technical leadership and the balance with agility (ebook)
by (shelved 41 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.87 — 417 ratings — published 2012
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.20 — 11,991 ratings — published 1994
Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.12 — 221 ratings — published 2005
Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software (Pragmatic Programmers)
by (shelved 36 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,265 ratings — published 2007
A Philosophy of Software Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,680 ratings — published 2018
Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.71 — 209 ratings — published 2002
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.35 — 23,619 ratings — published 2007
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series)
by (shelved 31 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,856 ratings — published 1999
Implementing Domain-Driven Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,305 ratings — published 2013
Design It!: From Programmer to Software Architect (The Pragmatic Programmers)
by (shelved 30 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.68 — 255 ratings — published
Continuous delivery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,313 ratings — published 2010
Microservice Patterns (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.24 — 714 ratings — published
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.62 — 784 ratings — published 2009
Head First Design Patterns (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,047 ratings — published 2004
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1: A System of Patterns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.90 — 230 ratings — published 1996
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,324 ratings — published 1999
Software Architecture Patterns (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.65 — 501 ratings — published 2015
Designing Software Architectures: A Practical Approach (SEI Series in Software Engineering)
by (shelved 21 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.16 — 77 ratings — published
Understanding Distributed Systems: What every developer should know about large distributed applications (ebook)
by (shelved 18 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.37 — 542 ratings — published
Building Event-Driven Microservices: Leveraging Organizational Data at Scale (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.71 — 235 ratings — published
Technology Strategy Patterns: Architecture as Strategy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.04 — 363 ratings — published 2018
Domain-Driven Design Distilled (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,338 ratings — published
System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.42 — 660 ratings — published
Architecture Patterns with Python: Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.39 — 504 ratings — published
Software Architecture for Developers: Volume 2 - Visualise, document and explore your software architecture (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.82 — 150 ratings — published 2015
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,612 ratings — published 2019
Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,492 ratings — published 2008
37 Things One Architect Knows (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 16 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.32 — 157 ratings — published
Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
by (shelved 16 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.71 — 148 ratings — published 2003
Foundations of Scalable Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.19 — 105 ratings — published
Software Architecture Metrics (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.55 — 80 ratings — published 2022
Software Architect’s Handbook: Become a successful software architect by implementing effective architecture concepts (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.08 — 61 ratings — published
The Art of Scalability: Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.99 — 359 ratings — published 2009
Essential Software Architecture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 3.70 — 50 ratings — published 2006
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as software-architecture)
avg rating 4.26 — 50,705 ratings — published 2013
“Even if the ecosystem doesn’t change, what about the gradual erosion of architectural characteristics that occurs? Architects design architectures, but then expose them to the messy real world of implementing things atop the architecture. How can architects protect the important parts they have defined?”
― Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change
― Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change
“[...] you shouldn't be uneasy about any parts of the architecture. It shouldn't
contain anything just to please the boss. It shouldn't contain anything that's hard for you
to understand. You're the one who'll implement it; if it doesn't make sense to you, how
can you implement it?”
― Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
contain anything just to please the boss. It shouldn't contain anything that's hard for you
to understand. You're the one who'll implement it; if it doesn't make sense to you, how
can you implement it?”
― Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction











