Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

#10 on the all-time Hacker News books list.

“If you've ever seen the performance of an all-star sports team suffer due to poor coaching, you'll appreciate this book.”

Part of Atwood's canonical developer reading list on Coding Horror; he often cites it for its focus on the human side of software.

“Peopleware is the one book that everyone who runs a software team needs to read and reread once a year... Buy it, read it, and keep a stock on hand in the office supply closet.”

Spolsky wrote an endorsement/blurb for the 3rd edition of Peopleware (quoted on the publisher's page), and cites it repeatedly across Joel on Software (e.g., his advocacy for private offices for developers).