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I am glad the author mentioned Code complete > This book is the encyclopedia of good programming practice, Code Complete focuses on individual craftsmanship -- all the things that add up to what we instinctively call "writing clean code." This is the kind of book that has 50 pages just talking about code layout and whitespace

I have a different choice -- I really liked Joel's Best Software Writing I.

Maybe that's just me... but that collection opened my eyes to the "bigger picture" and inspired me to think of my programming as an art/craft.

I'd suggest "Modern C++ Design" by Andrei Alexandrescu, a really astonishing book about the awesome tricks and patterns you can achieve with C++, preprocessor directives and templates.

Programming from the ground up. It's free on the internet. This book taught me AT&T asm. It is very easy to read.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Dragon Book by Aho et al. (or if it has been mentioned, I missed it).

My career as a developer is just starting and i found this list very helpful. Thanks a lot !

I'm amazed that no one has suggested The Story About Ping yet.

You forget the mention of "The Inmates are Running the Asylum" by Alan Cooper - an eye opener for certain, any developer that has worked with me since I read that book has heard me mention the ideas it espouses.

There really is a lot of interesting information in here that can get you thinking about problems in different ways. It's handy to have, just to pick up once in a while to learn something new.

One of my personal favorites is Hacker's Delight, because it was as much fun to read as it was educational.

I hope the second edition will be released soon!