*Modified*

There are other nice books on:

(1) Visual Basic (6.0 & .Net)

(2) .Net

(3) ASP.Net

(4) Algorithms & Data Structures

(5) Microsoft SQL Server

(6) Game Programming

(7) Python

( Oracle

(9) Linux

(10) Perl

(11) Delphi

(12) Cisco

(13) C++

Hullo rancetech
Really love ur stuff ( I mean all these books are great.)

Could you please send some to me on my mailbox. exp the  ones  on fundamentals of programming.

The mail add is Razmuhy@gmail.com.

Gracias!!!!

Isn't it funny. The best programming books happen to be Java and C# books. . And I am supposed to be in the programming section of this forum. Whooof. I am disappointed.
Firstly, Java is a language that was created for AVERAGE programmers(James Gosling), so the best programming books will never be about Java. So if you wake up from your slumber and decide to learn real programming, choose a language with composable features(Or should I say dynamic with lambda, closures, continuation and lots of metaprogramming)

Disagree!!!! DON'T BEAT IT! THIS IS JUST A POST!!!
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N.B: This is one of the greatest books in programming (Even your professor will agree)
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Isn't it funny how people's understanding varies?
I said Greatest Programming Books & somebody's telling me about Programming Languages.

@ebot
To be a great programmer, you need to learn how to understand lots of things very extensively including a simple post.

How do we get some of these books?

yeah many are great books , but add these to the list

Effective java by Joshua Bloch
Mythical man month by Frederick brooks
Compilers - Principles, Techniques, and Tools by Alfred V. Aho,Monica S. Lam et. al
Seeing Data: Designing User Interfaces for Database Systems Using .NET By Rebecca M. Riordan
Java Concurrency in Practice By Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, Joshua Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, David Holmes, Doug Lea
Programming Windows by Charles Petzold
Refactoring to Patterns By Joshua Kerievsky

@ebot (a sanu  ):
Not to take away from any of the books listed above but one must also ask, "greatest by whose definition and on what basis?"

For example the "C# threading handbook" receives only 2.5 stars on amazon based on 6 reviews (and tons of "xx" of "yy" people found this useful (where "xx" carried the majority vote in many cases).  Based on personal experience I have discovered that the one person who gave a book 1 star in amazon is very likely the person who most identifies with me and has helped immensely in my purchasing decisions).

Again, not to take away from the post but one must always carry out their own independent research to verify things to be true for themselves.  The aforementioned books could be "good" or "great" but not necessarily "the greatest".

yawa-ti-de:

@ebot (a sanu  ):
Not to take away from any of the books listed above but one must also ask, "greatest by whose definition and on what basis?"
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Again, not to take away from the post but one must always carry out their own independent research to verify things to be true for themselves.  The aforementioned books could be "good" or "great" but not necessarily "the greatest".

You are absolutely right, but its cool if you can get tips , I've found that only 1 in 7 books i buy is crap (i use amazon to decide).
May be @ebot should have picked just the favorite/top 10, we'd have a quality list from that. I usually just have 1 or 2 favs in a particular topic irrespective of language.

like the Java database best practices book is one of the best i've seen for developing databases (in any language)

Excellent point! Some of these books are good, and some are OK. These are obviously in the OP's opinion.  You have to do your own due diligence and determine what works for you. For example, In the case of Java Development, In addition to Thinking In Java, I find very thorough, and will always recommend the following books. Ivor Hortons Beginning Java, Sun's Java Tutorial, Heads First Java (or any heads first book), Java in a nutshell. And it does not mean they are the greatest books out there.  There are way too many books out there and what works for one person may not neccesarily work for the other.

yawa-ti-de:

@ebot (a sanu  ):
Not to take away from any of the books listed above but one must also ask, "greatest by whose definition and on what basis?"

Again, not to take away from the post but one must always carry out their own independent research to verify things to be true for themselves.  The aforementioned books could be "good" or "great" but not necessarily "the greatest".

@ghengis:
so how about, "all, here are the books that I have found to be very useful/helpful in my development endeavors. If any of you have read any of these, it would be nice to know your opinions about them. Perhaps you all will find these useful as well."

I think the above is better than, "greatest programming books (must have!). I think it's rather misleading. Again, for the umpteenth time, I am not taking away from any of the books. Just the thread title (make person no chop my head biko ).

@yawa
The books are awesome, just admit it. & nobody is trying to chop anybody's head.

yawa-ti-de:

@ghengis:
so how about, "all, here are the books that I have found to be very useful/helpful in my development endeavors. If any of you have read any of these, it would be nice to know your opinions about them. Perhaps you all will find these useful as well."

I think the above is better than, "greatest programming books (must have!). I think it's rather misleading. Again, for the umpteenth time, I am not taking away from any of the books. Just the thread title (make person no chop my head biko ).

We are all speaking the same language, useful, helpful or whatever, it still boils down to being great.

@rancetech, I can't admit what I don't know and more importantly what I can't verify for myself to be true. I am not saying they aren't great, I am saying it is his opinion. I browsed at least half the books on amazon and granted, I am not saying amazon is the best place to guage, most of the books received 2.5 less, some 3.

So again, let's focus on the preposition: Is this a good accumulation of books and a good effort by the poster to disseminate information to us? Definitely. But are they truly the greatest? I don't know but at the same time, I admit that they *could* be.