So, I recently read Applied Software Project Management, by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene.  I absolutely loved it; here's the review I wrote for Amazon...

(Disclosure: I went to college with one of the authors.)

I like that it doesn't evangelize. The authors simply point out that software project management isn't obvious, that well-intentioned people often make the same kinds of mistakes, and that they're preventable with a little knowledge and foresight.

I've seen a lot of software projects. I've seen them succeed, I've seen them fail, and I've seen them produce the wrong products (not actually doing what the customer wants). Almost all took far longer than expected.

Reading the book, I was consistently impressed by how well the authors identified almost all of the problems I've noticed (as well as a number of problems I haven't), explored why they occur, and provided straightforward solutions to those problems. I've sometimes seen things go wrong, but not really known how to fix them; this book's helped me understand what's happened and how to help things go right in the future.

I wish I'd read this book ten years ago. (Or to be more precise, I wish the project managers for whom I've worked had read this book ten years ago.) I can't recommend it strongly enough; if you manage software projects, and you get the sense that things could maybe go better, read this book.