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Last entry inspired me to think about books I really liked, they taught me a lot and I wish everybody around me have read too :-) Here it is, it is not complete and their order is not meant as ranking.

• Martin Fowler: Refactoring Improving the Design of Existing Code
• Michael Feathers: Working Effectively with Legacy Code
• Kent Beck: Test Driven Development: By Example
• Dave Astels: Test-Driven Development: A Practical Guide
• Eric Evans: Domain-Driven Design
• Martin Fowler: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
• Gerard Meszaros: xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code
• Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John M. Vlissides: Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
• Alan Shalloway: Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design
• Andrew Hunt, David Thomas: The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
• Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
• Johanna Rothman, Esther Derby: Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management

I am sure I have missed some important or that I do not remember that some influenced me as much as these did. Only thing I am sure is that this list should be longer.

Following list contains books still in queue (either ready on shelf or still at Amazon :-) ). I have strong feeling they are worth of reading:

• James Shore, Shane Warden: The Art of Agile Developement
• Robert C. Martin: Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
• (many): The ThoughtWorks Anthology

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