General Reads
Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design
The mecca of engineering textbooks. Some of the most in-depth work covering multiple engineering design topics and a lot of what we do.
Specific Reads
Solids
Structures Or Why Things Don't Fall Down - J.E. Gordon
A nice book to start with if you want to learn about solid mechanics. This book makes it easy to understand some general concepts and isn’t filled with crazy complicated equations.
Mechanics of Materials (Gere and Goodno)
Solids textbook that goes through the general curriculum but is also full of example problems. A lot of the problems even walk you through how to solve them.