I found "The Phoenix Project" a great read, although the learnings there were things I had picked up from places I had worked at. Haven't read "The Unicorn Project" yet but it's on the list.

I'm sure this is redundant, but since no one has mentioned yet:
"The Phoenix Project" and "The Unicorn Project" are awesome books for this, and I recommend them both in audiobook.

DevOps. Read the classics:
- The Phoenix Project

- The DevOps Handbook

- The Google SRE Book

I have not read The Unicorn Project (by the authors of two of the above) but it is probably more relevant to your question.

Another vote for "The Phoenix Project" and "The Unicorn Project".

Both of those books are technically fiction but they are incredibly insightful into what goes all around coding and how to optimize those processes.

The characters are very engaging and I found myself relating and taking ideas to improve my work/organization!

The Book Thief and Educated made realise how important is to have the freedom to learn and how improving yourself is never a waste of time.
Crucial Conversations improved my communication skills by 10x.
In terms of tech I really enjoyed The Unicorn Project. Made me realise how awesome our industry is and how easy you can make your work count.

In general, people who do most work tend to keep everyone around them hostage. People usually lack access to even basic stuff and nobody builds the organisation, usually.

The book The Unicorn Project shows how it is dysfunctional. Leaders tend to thrive doing nothing of value in such environments.

I haven't been around the block a lot nor do I consider myself as "ridiculously good" but from my experience shipping is king, every time.

It's very easy for us to focus on the tech and think that more knowledge, more performance or whatnot is the next level. While we have some superheros (John Carmack, Dennis Ritchie, Dan Abramov) that are famous for incredibly focus and deep technical skills, for the rest of us, we are evaluated on getting stuff done, reliably and consistently.

There are, of course, situations in which "shipping" has to do with performance (I once had to rewrite and algo from python to rust to gain about 100x performance), but in those cases it's often explicitly defined as a business requirement, i.e. more revenue or lower expenses.

Another tool in my toolbox has been understanding better the "business" of coding, that is, how does software engineering work fits in the "supply chain" of a company, from idea to the sales guy making cold-calls. Two books come to mind, "The Unicorn Project" and "The Phoenix Project".

At any rate, the desire to keep improving yourself, growing and learning it laudable!

'The Deadline: A novel about project management' by Tom DeMarco

Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim (sequel to the Phoenix Project)

Makers by Cory Doctorow

Daemon & Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez

The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson

Zodiac by Neal Stephenson

The Blue Ant trilogy (Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, Zero History) by William Gibson

Omnitopia: Dawn by Diane Duane

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

Reamde by Neal Stephenson

Lock In by John Scalzi

Rascal Money by Joseph Garber