[dfwgator]

For those who can't afford to go back to school, or have already "been there, done that", I have started a list of books I think everyone in IT should have in their technical library, feel free to add your own.

1. Design Patterns (The Gang of Four Book)
2. Refactoring - Fowler
3. Mythical Man-Month - Brooks
4. Professional XML
5. Patterns of Enterprise Software Architecture - Fowler
6. Beyond Software Architecure - Hohmann
7. Crossing the Chasm - Moore
8. The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Raymond
9. The Design of Everyday Things - Norman
10. The Peopleware Papers - Constantine

[BushCountry]

What a list, I am aware of only two or three books on it. I will check them out. Thanks.

[decimon]

I'm not a nerd but an oldie (1981) I enjoyed was The Soul of a New Machine.

[dark_lord]

You have listed some true classics. Your list is more applicable to senior IT personnel rather than junior personnel, so I will add to the list with that perspective in mind.

11. "Writing Effective Use Cases" by Alistair Cockburn (2001)
12. "Agile Software Development" by Alistair Cockburn (2002)
13. "UML Distilled 2nd Edition" by Martin Fowler and Kendall Scott (2000)
14. "Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture" by Martin Fowler (2003
15. "Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures” by Douglas Barry (2003)
16. "Pair Programming Illuminated" by Laurie Williams and Robert Kessler (2003)
17. "Secrets & Lies" by Bruce Schneier (2000)

I also recommend the few books on the Rational Unified Process. Compare and contrast with Extreme Programming.

[csconerd]

Can't forget these as required reading:

TCP/IP Illustrated (all 3 volumes) - Stevens
Digital Telephony - John C. Bellamy
The Guide to T1 Internetworking - Flanagan

and finally (and only because I wrote it and will shamelessly plug it on a geek thread)

Cisco Press Remote Access Exam Ceritification Guide - Morgan