10 Books For DevOps Engineers to Read in 2025!

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These DevOps books will help you gain a better understanding of what DevOps is, why it matters, and how to get started. These are in my personal opinion are the best books that you should read in 2025.

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1. Beyond the Phoenix Project: The Origins and Evolution of DevOps

Authors: Gene Kim and John Willis

Year: February 2018

Gene Kim, award-winning CTO, and researcher, and John Willis, evangelist at Docker Inc, share their foundational knowledge of DevOps here.

In Beyond the Phoenix Project, you can read about the pivotal figures, philosophies, and the Learning Organization concept that differentiate the DevOps approach from other IT methodologies.

2. The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations