Surge 2013 Reading List (23 books)

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Recommended reading list for Surge Conference 2013. Based on the talks and the hallway track discussions.

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1	The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder 4.11 avg rating — 9,887 ratings score: 474, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Ben R. Rich 4.46 avg rating — 18,805 ratings score: 471, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim 4.25 avg rating — 51,521 ratings score: 378, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time by John Allspaw 4.09 avg rating — 337 ratings score: 367, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz 4.31 avg rating — 11,088 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 4.07 avg rating — 86,895 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software by Michael T. Nygard 4.25 avg rating — 3,287 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes 4.08 avg rating — 2,823 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 15,908 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others by Brian W. Fitzpatrick 3.97 avg rating — 1,225 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Difference by Estate of Theodore Rockwell 4.22 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Flight: My Life in Mission Control by Christopher Kraft 4.28 avg rating — 1,197 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made A Difference by Theodore Rockwell 4.22 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Behind human error : cognitive systems, computers, and hindsight by David D. Woods 4.32 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 3.96 avg rating — 632,769 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming 4.01 avg rating — 4,575 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Scalable Internet Architectures by Theo Schlossnagle 3.68 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy 3.87 avg rating — 27,088 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Continuous delivery by Jez Humble (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 3,324 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Resilience Engineering: Concepts and Precepts by David D. Woods (Editor) 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error by Sidney Dekker 4.22 avg rating — 648 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker 4.02 avg rating — 353 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Leadership: The Art of Inspiring People to Be Their Best by Craig B. Whelden (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars