Bentley's collection of Programming Pearls radically changed my outlook (when I read it as a novice programmer, I considered programming itself to be an end, no

Bentley's collection of Programming Pearls radically changed my outlook (when I read it as a novice programmer, I considered programming itself to be an end, not a means to an end). I still read and re-read selections to this day, and I always seem to learn something new each time. Would anyone care to share books of similar quality or importance?