Certainly, it is very influential - but is it a book that all programmers (even western ones) should read? I'm not sure - it is very long. Its probably worth

Certainly, it is very influential - but is it a book that all programmers (even western ones) should read? I'm not sure - it is very long. Its probably worth reading some subset of, but I'd be more certain about 1984 and even The Prince, depending on whether we mean 'read all the way through'.