These are some of the professional books I've read since I graduated in 2003. The professional papers I've read are listed on a separate page.
Last updated 2011-10-02.
| Title | Author(s) | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing Solid Code | Steve Maguire | English |
| 2 | The Elements of Programming Style, 2nd ed. | Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger | English |
| 3 | Code Complete, 1st ed. | Steve C. McConnell | English |
| 4 | The Psychology of Computer Programming, Silver Anniversary Ed. | Gerald M. Weinberg | English |
| 5 | The Practice of Programming | Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike | English |
| 6 | Peopleware, 2nd ed. | Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister | English |
| 7 | Expert C Programming | Peter van der Linden | English |
| 8 | Safer C | Les Hatton | English |
| 9 | Programming Pearls, 2nd ed. | Jon Bentley | English |
| 10 | The Build Master | Vincent Maraia | English |
| 11 | Rapid Development | Steve McConnell | English |
| 12 | Dynamics of Software Development | Jim McCarthy | English |
| 13 | The Art of Software Testing, 1st ed. | Glenford J. Myers | English |
| 14 | Lessons Learned in Software Testing | Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord | English |
| 15 | The Pragmatic Programmer | Andrew Hunt, David Thomas | English |
| 16 | Hackers & Painters | Paul Graham | English |
| 17 | The Design and Evolution of C++ | Bjarne Stroustrup | English |
| 18 | Software Estimation | Steve McConnell | English |
| 19 | Literate Programming | Donald E. Knuth | English |
| 20 | Japan's Software Factories | Michael A. Cusumano | English |
| 21 | Notes on the Synthesis of Form | Christopher Alexander | English |
| 22 | Coders at Work | Peter Seibel | English |
| 23 | Programmers at Work | Susan Lammers | English |
| 24 | Masterminds of Programming | Federico Biancuzzi, Shane Warden | English |
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