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Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & Ranked

Below I’ll give you my selections for the best Mechanical Engineering books by a few categories. I will cover these and other great books more in depth later.

Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design (1901)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & Ranked*****International edition ***** SIE edition ****SI units
Author(s): Keith Nisbett

The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering: Mechanical Engineering (2013)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedThe Beginner’s Guide to Engineering series is designed to provide a very simple, non-technical introduction to the fields of engineering for people with no experience in the fields.Each book in the series focuses on introducing the reader to the various concepts in the fields of engineering conceptually rather than mathematically.These books are a great resource for high school students that are considering majoring in one of the engineering fields, or for anyone else that is curious about engin…
Author(s): Mark Huber

FE Mechanical Practice Problems (2014)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedFE Mechanical Practice Problems offers comprehensive practice for the NCEES FE Electrical and Computer exam. FE Mechanical Practice Problems features include:
Author(s): Lindeburg PE, Michael R.

An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering (2016)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedGain insight into today’s ever-emerging field of mechanical engineering as you develop an appreciation for how engineers design the hardware that builds and improves societies around the world. AN INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 4E is an ideal resource during your first or second year of your mechanical engineering program. It’s also a useful tool if you are pursuing a closely related field.
Author(s): Jonathan Wickert, Kemper Lewis

Basic Machines and How They Work (1971)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedThis revised edition of an extremely clear Navy training manual leaves nothing to be desired in its presentation. Thorough in its coverage of basic theory, from the lever and inclined plane to internal combustion engines and power trains, it requires nothing more than an understanding of the most elementary mathematics.
Author(s): Naval Education And Training Program

Quick Reference for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam, 5th Ed (2019)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedGet your PE Mechanical Study Schedule and PE Mechanical Reference Manual index at ppi2pass.com/downloads.. Quick Reference for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam consolidates the most valuable and commonly used equations, figures, and tables from the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual.
Author(s): Lindeburg PE, Michael R.

Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design (in SI Units) (2015)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedPaperback Publisher: MHE; 10th edition (2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 9814595284 ISBN-13: 978-9814595285 Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 1.5 x 10 inches Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars 74 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #856,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price?
Author(s): Richard G. Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett

Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists (2010)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedIn Making Things Move, you’ll learn how to build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects–from art installations to toys to labor-saving devices. The projects include a drawing machine, a mini wind turbine, a mousetrap powered car, and more, but the applications of the examples are limited only by your imagination.
Author(s): Dustyn Roberts

Engineers’ Practical Databook: A Technical Reference Guide for Students and Professionals (2018)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedThis databook is an essential handbook for every engineering student or professional.Engineers’ Practical Databook provides a concise and useful source of up-to-date essential formula, charts, and data for the student or practising engineer, technologist, applied mathematician or undergraduate scientist.
Author(s): Jay Smith

Practice Problems for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam, 13th Ed (Comprehensive Practice for the Mechanical Pe Exam) (2013)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedPractice Problems for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam contains over 850 problems designed to reinforce your knowledge of the topics presented in the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual. Over 300 new stand-alone, multiple-choice problems are designed to be solved in six-minute or less. These demonstrate the format of the NCEES Mechanical PE exam, and focus on individual engineering concepts.
Author(s): Lindeburg PE, Michael R.

FE Review Manual: Rapid Preparation for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, 3rd Ed (2010)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedMichael R. Lindeburg PE’s FE Review Manual, 3rd Edition offers complete review for the FE exam. This book is part of comprehensive learning management systems designed to help you pass the FE exam the first time.FE Review Manual, 3rd Edition features include: Select your discipline below and see the details of our complete learning management systems. It has been brought to our attention that counterfeit PPI books have been circulating.
Author(s): Michael R. Lindeburg

People Skills for Engineers (2018)

 Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & RankedMost engineers do not receive adequate people skills training in school or on the job. As a result, . People Skills for Engineers was created specifically to fill this training gap.
Author(s): Tony Munson

Best Mechanical Engineering Books Reviewed & Ranked

We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some mechanical engineering books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.

Emerging Trends in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICETMIE 2022

Author(s): Xianguo Li, Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi, Rohit Singh Lather, Roshan Raman
ID: 3589018, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 39 Mb, Format: pdf

Advances in Material Science and Metallurgy: Select Proceedings of ICFAMMT 2022

Author(s): Bhingole Pramod P., Ulkesh B. Desai, Sunkulp Goel
ID: 3601401, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 10 Mb, Format: pdf

Recent Advances in Manufacturing Engineering and Processes: Proceedings of ICMEP 2022

Author(s): Ramesh K. Agarwal
ID: 3629670, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 9 Mb, Format: pdf

Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are really hot items according to The New York Times, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.

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