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The Monica Lam sections in the second edition of the Dragon Book are out of this world good. Also, she's an excellent lecturer.

Muchnick's book is still quite good.

A second semester compiler class is rarely taught and so everyone tries to squeeze too much into one semester. I almost wish they broke it in two and allowed students to take either half. LL(1) parsing isn't a prerequisite to static single assignment.

+1 for Cooper/Torczon (as someone who has a PhD in compilers, and still hates the Dragon book).

Appel's book is also available in many other languages, if the thought of ML is offputting.

Why would the thought of ML be off-putting?

If you're unfamiliar with it but want to learn about compilers, a text in a language you know will decrease the cognitive load.