One of the best books for software developers has been updated. Code Complete2 was just released http://www.cc2e.com and can be found on p2p networks already! The author Steve McConnell suggests the following reading list for software developers. I haven't read a few of the books on this list but the rest are pretty good books and should be part of any developers permanent library.

http://www.construx.com/professionaldev/in...s/sampledev.php

level 10
Code Complete 2, Steve McConnell
Programming Pearls 2nd Edition, Jon Bentley
Applying UML & Patterns 2nd Ed, Craig Larman
Conceptual Blockbusting, James Adams
Software Creativity, Robert Glass
Rapid Development, Steve McConnell
Software Project Survival Guide, Steve McConnell
UML Distilled, Martin Fowler et all


level 11
Writing Solid Code, Steve Maquire
Software Implementation, Michael Marcotty
More Programming Pearls, John Bentley
The Art of Software Testing, Glenford Myers
Mastering the Requirements Process, Robertson and Robertson
Software Requirements, Karl Wiegers
"Manager's Handbook for Software Development", NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Antipatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management, William Brown et all

level 12
Design Patterns, Erich Gamma et all
Object Oriented Software Construction, Bertrand Meyer
Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Grady Booch
Software Architecture in Practice, Bass et all
"Software Measurement Guidebook", NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Does anyone have any suggested additions or modifications to this reading list?

Three additional books I recommend:

1) Pragmatic Programmer: from journeyman to master, andrew hunt & david thomas
2) career programmer: guerilla tactics for an imperfect world, christopher duncan
3) effective oracle by design: thomas kyte


This post has been edited by jsm: Jul 16 2004, 04:26 PM

Does anybody else have any recommendations for non-technical books that are related to software development or the IT industry that they think merit being on reading-list?