What are the top five books every computer programmer should study at least once?

Refactoring, Martin Fowler [1] Brilliantly written book which effectively teaches Object Oriented Design without really trying. It starts off with a fairly typical procedural program in Java, …   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [What are the top five books every computer programmer should study at least once?]( Alan Mellor • [Answered June 9, 2016]( [Refactoring, Martin Fowler Brilliantly written book which effectively teaches Object Oriented Design without really trying. It starts off with a fairly typical procedural pr... Read more » [Upvote] 102](   [Why didn't J.K Rowling kill off Bill, Charlie or Percy instead of Fred?]( Al Potter, A regular guy. • [Answered September 19, 2023]( [Killing Bill would have wasted the time spent developing his relationship with Fleur. Killing Charlie would have had zero emotional impact. Killing Percy would have weakened ... 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