Yeah, skepticism makes sense. But "The New Turing Omnibus" and (IIRC?) "Programming Pearls" are structured so you can read them in bite-sized pieces. In fact, t

Yeah, skepticism makes sense. But "The New Turing Omnibus" and (IIRC?) "Programming Pearls" are structured so you can read them in bite-sized pieces. In fact, the books on this list seem unusually readable; at least the ones I've read. And "The New Turing Omnibus" seems really under-cited to me. Maybe same with the "The Little Schemer" (and successors like "The Seasoned Schemer"). That said, all these books also have necessary flaws. (After all, they're single-author and in print; you can't build on most without law enforcement trying to come after you.) A good review would list negatives as well as positives.