Surprised to see “A pattern language” on there. I’ve read most of it in preparation for building my house. It’s more of a dictionary than a book but it’s unbelievably useful. It’s just a huge list of little things that an architect would notice over the span of his career. Little things that are important but not obvious. If you’re building a house, another really good book is “what not to build.”

I also recommend “Islamic imperialism” from Yale, “the bomb in my garden” by mahdi obeidi and “nothing to envy.”