They're for good developers to know and every one else to find out /jk Seriously though, I think almost everyone has a pick of different books that influenced

They're for good developers to know and every one else to find out /jk Seriously though, I think almost everyone has a pick of different books that influenced them the most and helped them to become the best developer that they could be, and while most of the time they are contained within a single set of books, it's kind of fruitless to buy books you might not find interesting with the promise of "They will make you a good developer". I have a fair amount of books I find difficult to read because of the style, etc. that I bought with that promise, and none of them improved my programming ability significantly more than a bunch of coding + an internship has. [What I would recommend is finding authors that you like reading andor tend to get a lot from]