What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?

09 Aug 2014 . category: tech . Comments
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Code Complete (2nd edition) by Steve McConnell
The Pragmatic Programmer
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie
Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest & Stein
Design Patterns by the Gang of Four
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
The Mythical Man Month
The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth
Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman
G0‹2del, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
Effective C++
More Effective C++
CODE by Charles Petzold
Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley
Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers
Peopleware by Demarco and Lister
Coders at Work by Peter Seibel
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Effective Java 2nd edition
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler
The Little Schemer
The Seasoned Schemer
Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
The Inmates Are Running The Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity
The Art of Unix Programming
Test-Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck
Practices of an Agile Developer
Don’t Make Me Think
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices by Robert C. Martin
Domain Driven Designs by Eric Evans
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu
Best Software Writing I by Joel Spolsky
The Practice of Programming by Kernighan and Pike
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt
Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnel
The Passionate Programmer (My Job Went To India) by Chad Fowler
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
Writing Solid Code
JavaScript - The Good Parts
Getting Real by 37 Signals
Foundations of Programming by Karl Seguin
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C (2nd Edition)
Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
The Elements of Computing Systems
Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky
Modern Operating Systems by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
The Annotated Turing
Things That Make Us Smart by Donald Norman
The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management by Tom DeMarco
The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition) by Stroustrup
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Computer Systems - A Programmer’s Perspective
Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# by Robert C. Martin
Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests
Framework Design Guidelines by Brad Abrams
Object Thinking by Dr. David West
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W. Richard Stevens
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
CLR via C# by Jeffrey Richter
The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
Design Patterns in C# by Steve Metsker
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
About Face - The Essentials of Interaction Design
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
The Tao of Programming
Computational Beauty of Nature
Writing Solid Code by Steve Maguire
Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications by Grady Booch
Effective Java by Joshua Bloch
Computability by N. J. Cutland
Masterminds of Programming
The Tao Te Ching
The Productive Programmer
The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick
The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World by Christopher Duncan
Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case studies in Common Lisp
Masters of Doom
Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas with Matt Hargett
How To Solve It by George Polya
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation
Writing Secure Code (2nd Edition) by Michael Howard
Introduction to Functional Programming by Philip Wadler and Richard Bird
No Bugs! by David Thielen
Rework by Jason Freid and DHH
JUnit in Action

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