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I'm probably showing my age, but to me the all time classics are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language_%28b...

I've read the mythical man month already. I've not yet read the C programming language though.

The sooner you learn C the better. It (along with assembly) really helps to develop an understanding of how computers really work on a low level, which will be important later when you will try to write efficient code in high level or functional programming languages.

It's always important to understand what's going on under the hood, even if you don't need to open it.

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