We have asked some of our (and your!) favorite authors to share with us their favorite 10 computer books from the past 10 years. 62 authors took us up on the challenge and sent us their list.
We have consolidated all the lists into the ultimate favorite list— the Top Ten of the Top Ten Computer Books of the Last Ten Years List. |
Top Ten of the Top Ten
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 Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Stock Expected May 13th)
By Erich Gamma, et al
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Listed by:
Bert Bates
Seth Bates
Joshua Bloch
Matthias Kalle Dalheimer
Stephen C. Dewhurst
Bill Evjen
Rob Harrop
Andy Hunt
Jesse Liberty
R.M. Menon
Tony Smith
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 The Mythical Man-Month: Anniversary Edition
By Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
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Listed by:
Joshua Bloch
Kalen Delaney
Andy Hunt
Steve Krug
Jeff Linwood
David Minter
Evi Nemeth
Tim O'Reilly
Arnold Robbins
Kathy Sierra
John Vlissides
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 TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols
By W. Richard Stevens
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Listed by:
Sean Convery
Matthias Kalle Dalheimer
Aaron Hillegass
Laura E. Hunter
Evi Nemeth
Ed Skoudis
Mark G. Sobell
Peter Wainwright
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 Writing Secure Code, 2nd Edition
By Michael Howard, et al
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Listed by:
Dino Esposito
Bill Evjen
Laura E. Hunter
Christian Nagel
Evi Nemeth
Charlie Russel
Dave Sussman
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Listed by:
Matthias Kalle Dalheimer
John Goerzen
Aaron Hillegass
George Schlossnagle
Mark G. Sobell
Peter Wainwright
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 Code Complete, 2nd Edition (Stock Expected May 13th)
By Steve McConnell
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Listed by:
Seth Bates
Steven Feuerstein
Steve McConnell
R.M. Menon
Tony Smith
Robert Virkus
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 The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition
By Brian W. Kernighan, et al
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Listed by:
James Duncan Davidson
Stephen C. Dewhurst
Evi Nemeth
Tim O'Reilly
Arnold Robbins
John Vlissides
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 The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set, 2nd Edition
By Donald E. Knuth
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Joshua Bloch
Kalen Delaney
Rob Harrop
Evi Nemeth
Tim O'Reilly
Arnold Robbins
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 Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs, 3rd Edition
By Scott Meyers
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Listed by:
Jesse Liberty
Jeff Linwood
David Minter
John Vlissides
Peter Wainwright
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 The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
By Ken Henderson
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Listed by:
Seth Bates
Bill Evjen
Jesse Liberty
Sahil Malik
Tony Smith
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 Programming Perl, 3rd Edition
By Larry Wall, et al
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Listed by:
Jay Beale
Matthias Kalle Dalheimer
John Goerzen
Tim O'Reilly
Derek Vadala
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 Programming Pearls, 2nd Edition
By Jon Bentley
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Listed by:
Francesco Balena
Joshua Bloch
Steve McConnell
Evi Nemeth
Arnold Robbins
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 Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By Andrew Hunt, et al
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Listed by:
James Duncan Davidson
Andy Hunt
Steve McConnell
George Schlossnagle
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 Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition
By Kent Beck
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Listed by:
Steven Feuerstein
Andy Hunt
R.M. Menon
Harshad Oak
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 Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
By Steve Krug
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Listed by:
Eric A. Meyer
Chris Sells
Kathy Sierra
Dave Sussman
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Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server Controls and Components
By Vandana Datye and Nikhil Kothari
(This book is now out of print)
Listed by:
F. Scott Barker
Dino Esposito
Bill Evjen
Stephen Walther
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Listed by:
Richard Bejtlich
Sean Convery
Gary McGraw
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 Routing TCP/IP, Volume I: CCIE Professional Development, 2nd Edition
By Jeff Doyle, et al
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Listed by:
Sean Convery
Wendell Odom
Peter Rybaczyk
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 The Design of Everyday Things
By Donald A. Norman
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Listed by:
Bert Bates
Steve Krug
Gary McGraw
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 Joel on Software
By Joel Spolsky
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Listed by:
David Minter
Jeff Linwood
Harshad Oak
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