‘El Clasico’, The Classics

• [1] Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell

• [2] Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin

• [3] Solid Code by Donis Marshall, John Bruno

• [4] The Practice of Programming by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

• [5] Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules by Steve McConnell

• [6] Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman

• [7] Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley

• [8] The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

• [9] The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks

Modern Practices

• [1] The Art of Agile Development by James Shore, Shane Warden

• [2] Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process by Kenneth S. Rubin

• [3] Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans

• [4] Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk by Paul M. Duvall, Steve Matyas, Andrew Glover

• [5] Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler

• [6] Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers

• [7] Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It Edited by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

• [8] Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think Edited by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

• [9] Software Development and Professional Practice by John Dooley

Academic Study of Software Engineering

• [1] Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach by Roger Pressman, Bruce Maxim

• [2] Software Engineering by Ian Sommerville

Software Architecture

• [1] Software Architecture in Practice by Len Bass, Paul Clements, Rick Kazman

• [2] Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler

• [3] Software Systems Architecture by Nick Rozanski, Eóin Woods

• [4] Beautiful Architecture: Leading Thinkers Reveal the Hidden Beauty in Software Design by Diomidis Spinellis, Georgios Gousios 

OOP & Design Patterns

• [1] Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

• [2] Dependency Injection by Dhanji R. Prasanna

• [3] Java Application Architecture: Modularity Patterns with Examples Using OSGi by Kirk Knoernschild

• [4] AspectJ in Action by Ramnivas Laddad

• [5] The Well-Grounded Java Developer: Vital techniques of Java 7 and polyglot programming by Benjamin Evans, Martijn Verburg

• [6] Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Elisabeth Robson

• [7] Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design by Brett D. McLaughlin, Gary Pollice, Dave West

Test Driven Development

• [1] Test Driven Development by Kent Beck

• [2] Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce

• [3] Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software by Adam Goucher, Tim Riley

Software ‘Tools of the Trade’

• [1] Java Power Tools by John Ferguson Smart

• [2] Version Control with Git by Jon Loeliger, Matthew McCullough

• [3] Ant: The Definitive Guide by Steve Holzner

• [4] Maven: The Definitive Guide by Sonatype Company

Experts’ Opinion Compilation

• [1] Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming by Peter Seibel

• [2] 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts Edited by Kevlin Henney

• [3] 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts Edited by Richard Monson-Haefel