1. Amiga Assembly Language Programming (1987) - The book that tore me away from the Commodore BASIC I learned on my PET 2001 in 1978. 2. The Architecture of Sy

1. Amiga Assembly Language Programming (1987) - The book that tore me away from the Commodore BASIC I learned on my PET 2001 in 1978. 2. The Architecture of Symbolic Computers - (1991) - I didn't read this until the 2000s, but boy, what a book! It's about Lisp and Lisp Machines, but it covers everything that is still applicable to computers. A great example of a dense, readable textbook compared to all the fluff written nowadays with too many pictures and repeated explanations. 3. The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition - you know what I am talking about! 4. Genetic Programming (1992)- John Koza - Really got me into early machine learning and more into LISP! 5. The Handbook of Neuroevolution Through Erlang (2013) - Gene Sher - Great intro to ANNs in general, and Erlang even if you don't program in Erlang or want to! Honorable mentions: A. The Book of Shen - Mark Tarver - It's a LISP, but the history of computing and Lambda Calculus is nice, and Shen is an amazing language. B. Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK 1st Edition - Great intro to SPARK, and Ada subset, used in the book for the CubeSAT program at VTC (Vermont Technical College).