• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstader
• The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald Weinberg
• The Elements of Programming Style by Brian Kerighan and P J Plauger
• Peopleware by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister
• Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley
• More Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley
• The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Raymond
• Software Tools by P. J. Plauger
• Practical Development Environments by Matthew B Doar
• Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham
• Why Does Software Cost So Much? by Tom DeMarco
• The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks
• The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth