Really for most programmers it is a list of 10 books I want to have on my bookshelf so I look important when someone comes over. A list of ten programing books programmers wish they read.

Much more useful is the list of "... ten books that I really enjoyed, and that I'd recommend to anyone who's a computer programmer, regardless of their preferred language and platform."

http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/ten-great-books