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Joel's Programmer's Bookshelf

Books recommended for programmers by Joel Spolsky.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html

Two books listed as "for non-programmers" omitted.
1. Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd Ed.
by Tom Demarco
  
2. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 20th Anniversary Edition
by Frederick P. Brooks
  
3. Rapid Development
by Steve McConnell
  
4. Code Complete, Second Edition
by Steve McConnell
  
5. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
by Andrew Hunt
  
6. Microserfs
by Douglas Coupland
  
7. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
  
8. Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
  
9. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by Christopher Alexander
  
10. User Interface Design for Programmers
by Joel Spolsky
  
11. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2nd Edition)
by Steve Krug
  
12. About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design
by Alan Cooper
  
13. The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
  
14. Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity
by Jakob Nielsen
  
15. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition
by Burton G. Malkiel
  
16. Growing a Business
by Paul Hawken
  
17. The Non-Designer's Design Book, Second Edition
by Robin Williams
  
18. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert B. Cialdini
  
19.
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 Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death (A Series of Books in Psychology)
by Martin E. P. Seligman
  
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Created by tdanner on Jul 29, 2006.