If you are a programmer, you must read these books.

Title Year Author(s) ISBN
Software Tools 1976 Brian W Kernighan, PJ Plauger 0-201-03669-X
The Elements of Programming Style, Second Edition 1978 Brian W Kernighan, PJ Plauger 0-07-034207-5
Software Tools in Pascal 1981 Brian W Kernighan, PJ Plauger 0-201-10342-7
The UNIX Programming Environment 1984 Brian W Kernighan, Rob Pike 0-13-937699-2 0-13-937681-X
Programming Pearls 1986 Jon Bentley 0-201-10331-1
More Programming Pearls 1988 Jon Bentley 0-201-11889-0
Programming on Purpose: Essays on Software Design 1993 PJ Plauger 0137213743 978-0137213740
The Practice of Programming 1999 Brian W Kernighan, Rob Pike 0-201-61586-X
The Art of UNIX Programming 2004 Eric S Raymond 0-13-142901-9