These are my all time favorite technical books.
The Camel Book, also known as
Programming Perl
, by Larry Wall. It's the only technical book I've ever read that regularly makes me laugh out loud.
Gang of Four, also known as
Design Patterns
, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
by Martin Fowler
et al
.
Effective Java
by Josh Bloch.
M^3, also known as
Mythical Man-Month
, by Fred Brooks.
Stefanie Tellex