Best Books for Programmers in 2020

Hmm. My picks would be very different, aside from 'The Pragmatic Programmer', which is worth reading early in your career.

Leo Brodie, 'Thinking Forth'

Roland, 'Program Construction'

Ullman, 'Elements of ML Programming'

De Marco, 'The Deadline'

Brooks, 'The Mythical Man-Month'

Skiena, 'The Algorithm Design Manual'

Hunt, 'The Pragmatic Programmer'

Stevens, 'Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment'

Stevens, 'TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1'

Ross Anderson, 'Security Engineering'

Also, the Phoenix Project is a ripoff of Goldratt's 'The Goal.' I suggest reading Goldratt instead, and then think very carefully about what transfers from manufacturing to software.