A quick read and remarkably timeless. It's also interesting that there's occasional hints at ways you as an employee can tell if the company you are working for is in deep trouble. These don't seem to get cited as much but pretty valuabe. If I was a manager this would be a book on my bookshelf without a doubt.

Probably ground-breaking in its time, but the notions of taking care of employees, "gelling" teams and reducing interruptions are pretty much a standard for modern advice on management. A bit dated. ( )

A good programmer manager book. The type of manager that this book advocates wouldn't seem to be managing at all. Merely giving direction when necessary.

I don't think I could ever work for a company with 'Furniture Police'. ( )

The list of software management books can start and end with Peopleware. ( )

A brilliant book, one of the few that undercovers the truth about people management in software development projects, and goes beyond sterile metrics. Makes you realize which are your typical mistakes and why you are doing them. And provides strategies not to repeat them. ( )