- why doesn't it read "list of good programming books"? (the more the merrier, but how about quality?)
- how can such a huge list help anyone? Certainly no-one will read a significant percentage of them.
I'm all for free quality content, but these lists seems to be just for collectors.
I still rate paper books over scanning through pdf for a solution or fix to a book. I'm definitely wrong though as the rest of the world values searchability over knowledge.
What I usually do when it comes to finding good books is hitting amazon and see the reviews and recommendations. But I already have a big stack of great books that I should finish instead of wasting too much time looking for more.
If a rating and/or description exists online somewhere, it/they can be retrieved and displayed. Then add a way to make ratings & reviews, give them all some sorting options, and you'll have a nice, useful tool for programmers.
I'd do it, but I already have a long list of weekend projects. :P