Tell me more ×  For software developers, there are some books
you must absolutely read.  What is the single most influential
book every programmer should read?  How about for sysadmins? Is
there a similar list of books?  Even though there is a right
answer at the moment (TPOSANA) there may be another book
someday, so this should probably be a community wiki –  Matt
Simmons Jun 5 '09 at 12:11 show 1 more comment  locked by
voretaq7 Sep 19 '12 at 17:06   37 Answers  If there really is a
"must read" book for either sys admins or programmers I've yet
to come across it. No one book has anywhere near enough
information to fit the description. However, there are books
that might qualify if you greatly narrow down the target
audience. For me the most valuable book I have is The Perl
Cookbook (second edition). It's the only one I open on a fairly
regular basis.  add comment  I might get booted off of this
site, given who wrote this, but... Code, by Charles Petzold  You
can't go wrong with a book that starts with nothi