Programmers Don't Read Books -- But You Should

The list of programming books that I actually re-read or have read all the way through is pretty short. I have perhaps 60% of your bookshelf there (including Basic Computer Games and the Tufte books).

Three more I’d add are Effective Perl, SQL for Smarties and Unix Power Tools. Every time I open one of those, I get a new insight or inspiration.

I think Code Complete and UPT are probably the only ‘fat computer books’ that are worth the bulk.