What books are in your library?

Do you have a favorite next to your monitor while you program?

January 31st, 2007 at 8:00am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Developers

Every developer has at least one reference book handy standing up next to their monitor or within hands reach.

As you can see, the books above I have are as follows:

• JavaScript Pocket Reference - A while ago, I bought the JavaScript Bible. Two months before AJAX became popular (around December), I sold it on Half.com. That figures. :-) So I'm "making do" with the pocket reference.
• C# Pocket Reference - Those darn Regular Expressions keep me on my toes and this pocket reference definitely comes in handy at times.
  
• Design Patterns in C# - One of the best books that follows suit to the wildly famous Design Patterns book. This hardback has 23 design patterns for C# and is used on occasion.
• Joel On Software(and that long title name) - Joel Spolsky is a famous Micro-ISV and has learned many lessons from being at Microsoft and programming on his own for so many years. This book (and others) are made as a tome for programmers. Great reading! Thank you, Joel.
• The Daily Drucker - The Daily Drucker is based on revered management thinker Peter F. Drucker and his thoughts and ideas on management and how he can provide 366 days of wisdom in an industry that is...how should I say...lead astray at times.

Of course, as I continue down this path of programming, I'm sure there are others manuals, tomes, and reference guides that I'm missing...

...but enough about me, what's in your library beside your monitor or bookshelf?