The list is at the same time too little and too much. Too little, because it misses on fundamental subjects like computer architecture and algorithms (modern al

The list is at the same time too little and too much. Too little, because it misses on fundamental subjects like computer architecture and algorithms (modern algorithms, which are heavily graph-based). Too much because those books contain lots of in-depth information that is not required, unless you're really, really passionate about the field. And some parts are simply not very relevant - e.g., Knuth tells you at length how to implement (in assembly!) algorithms that are very specialized and you normally draw from a library (plus the fundamentals of assembly are not exactly the same on today's multi-core, speculative execution machines).